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Tag: documentary

festivals, reactions, screenings, TIFF

NO ORDINARY MAN plays TIFF 2020

Meditations on a trans iconic who isn’t near as iconic as he should be.

Posted on September 13, 2020September 13, 2020
festivals, reactions, screenings, TIFF

THE WAY I SEE IT plays TIFF 2020

They say one picture says one thousand words. Here’s several thousand on The 44th President

Posted on September 12, 2020September 12, 2020
reviews

HAMILTON

History has its eyes on you – even when you think it has looked another way.

Posted on July 5, 2020July 4, 2020
matineecast, podcasts, winchester chronicles

Winchester Chronicles no 6: STORIES WE TELL

Corey Atad joins The Sixth Dispatch to discuss STORIES WE TELL

Posted on June 1, 2020May 31, 2020
reviews

BEASTIE BOYS STORY

Recounts, rhymes, reflections, from two-thirds of an iconic trio.

Posted on April 26, 2020April 26, 2020
reviews

FREE SOLO

The difference is the stakes

Posted on January 25, 2019February 18, 2019
festivals, TIFF

Little Things: CIRCLE plays TIFF 2018

With her short film at TIFF 2018, Jayisha Patel asks us why that is just how it is?

Posted on September 8, 2018September 10, 2018
reviews

THREE IDENTICAL STRANGERS

A search for an understanding of identity can lead to some pretty dark corners.

Posted on August 13, 2018September 22, 2019
reviews

WON’T YOU BE MY NEIGHBOR?

The revolution was televised, and the revolution wore a cardigan

Posted on July 22, 2018September 22, 2019
reviews

Whitney

If you can’t understand where you fit in with your own community, or if you have to deny your very being, no amount of applause will fulfill you

Posted on July 13, 2018September 22, 2019
reviews

EX LIBRIS

One of the best films of the year is a documentary about libraries clocking in over three hours long. Yes, really.

Posted on October 24, 2017September 28, 2019
festivals, hot docs, reactions

BRIMSTONE & GLORY plays Hot Docs 2017

When there’s nothing left to burn, you have to set yourself on fire.

Posted on May 7, 2017June 5, 2017

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