Articles by Maurie Alioff
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Hot Docs 2020 Industry – Virtually
Maurie Alioff ‘Zooms in’ on the Hot Docs industry conference in the age of COVID.
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RIDM Review: ‘Present.Perfect’
Present.Perfect, 2019 RIDM Grand Prize for Best International Feature winner.
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RIDM Review: ‘In the Name of Scheherazade or the First Beergarden in Tehran’
What would John Grierson think of a doc in which a tacky set, green screen composites, and Indian shadow puppetry relay tales told by Scheherazade to calm King Shahryar?
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RIDM Review: ‘Demonic’ and ‘The Giverny Document’
Two short/mid-length docs screening at the festival.
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RIDM Review: ‘Andrey Tarkovsky. A Cinema Prayer’
Andrey Tarkovsky. A Cinema Prayer is a loving tribute by the late filmmaker’s son.
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RIDM Review: ‘Belonging’
Belonging is a true crime story and a love story.
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RIDM Review: ‘Overseas’
For its filmmaking excellence and revelation of a story people need to know more about, Sung-A Yoon’s Overseas, is a must-see doc.
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TIFF ‘19 Doc Conference Report
Highlights from the 2019 TIFF Doc Conference
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Review: ‘The Infiltrators’
The Infiltrators is both as timely as Donald Trump’s latest tweet and unusual in form.
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Review: ‘Haydee and the Flying Fish’
Haydee and the Flying Fish is inspirational and bittersweet.