Articles by Jonas Jacobs
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Review: ‘Kaisa’s Enchanted Forest’
Doc combines mythical storytelling with a deep sense of compassion.
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Review: ‘Tower’
Tower is a fascinating animated documentary thriller.
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Review: ‘Michael Shannon Michael Shannon John’
The second film from Toronto-based director Chelsea McMullan is one of most original and off-the-cuff of the festival.
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Review: ‘Random Acts of Legacy’
Ali Kazimi mines home movies and finds rare moving images of Chinese Americans.
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Review: ‘Weiner’
An insider portrait of former New York Democratic Senator Anthony Weiner.
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Review: ‘Brothers’
Aslaug Holm’s film is an exemplary exercise in personal documentary storytelling.
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Review: ‘Rabin In His Own Words’
A respectfully and tautly made documentary.
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Review: ‘Off the Rails’
Doc raises questions about how the state deals with mental illness.
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Review: ‘Migrant Dreams’
Min Sook Lee provides a compassionate outlet of understanding.
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Review: ‘Nuts!’
You’ll go nuts for Nuts!