Chaplin battled people and situations; Keaton battled objects. For my money, there was never a better battle than the fight he put up in THE GENERAL.
Back to Basics – AI: ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
Come away, o human child!
To the waters and the wild
With a faery, hand in hand,
For the world’s more full of weeping than you can understand…
Hot Docs Reaction Wrap: LADIES IN BLUE, SHADOW PLAY and THE CANAL STREET MADAM
Alright…let’s wrap up this crazy caper. Short opinions about the last three docs I saw, and musings on the festival in general are after the jump.Not to phone this in or anything, but at this point I’m slightly gassed. furthermore, these were three docs I saw that I found “OK”, and didn’t really have much…
Hot Docs Reaction: THE OATH
It’s difficult to articulate my thoughts on THE OATH. I know it moved me…I know it’s an important doc…it’s just a little difficult to express why. For starters, the doc is about two men: Salim Hamdan and Nasser al-Bahri (aka Abu Jandal). Both men were involved in al Qaeda, the latter was even the personal…
Hot Docs Reaction: JOAN RIVERS – A PIECE OF WORK
I’ve long believed that one sign of a good documentary is if it can draw in those who sit down not caring much about the subject matter. For me, JOAN RIVERS – A PIECE OF WORK is certainly an example of a doc where I don’t much care for the subject. And yet, the successful…
Hot Docs Reaction: TEENAGE PAPARAZZO
“Hi my name is Adrian and I’m a celebrity…at least I play one on TV.” There have been a lot of films at Hot Docs that I’ve loved a lot more than TEENAGE PAPARAZZO. There have been a lot that I’ve disliked a lot more than it as well. Very few however, have left me…
Hot Docs Reaction: A DRUMMER’S DREAM
Deep in Canadian cottage country, they amass. They are the butt of many a musical joke, but without them much of the greatest music ever made could never have been. They are drummers – young drummers, old drummers, rock drummers, Latin drummers. Literally drummers from all walks of life. They have gathered to teach and…