Articles by Maurie Alioff

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JeffBesen, EllenBirdwise, ScottBlake, SallyBlum, JackBoyd, StephanieBrendemühl, JuttaBrown, PhilBryld, VibekeBuffin, JamesBurt-Wintonick, MiraButet-Roch, LaurenceButtignol, RudyChang, YungChevannes, ChandaChurchill, JoanCizek, KaterinaClarke and Magnus Isacsson, JocelyneClarke, CarlyClarke, ChristinaClarke, JocelyneClaydon, Sarah Cockburn, DanielCohen, BarriCole, JanisCole, JanisCole, Sue-AnnCole, Susan G.Conlogue, RayCook, MarkhamCormier, ZoeCrawley, SandyCreighton, ValerieCroall, HeatherCross, DanielCullingham, JamesCurrimbhoy, HussainDaigen, AlDault, GaryDavidson, DavidDavis, PeterDecock, OlenaDelisle, MartinDerks, AllyDeutsch, RonDi Novi, WillDillon, MarkDruick, ZoëDuffin Wolfe, Jessica Dyson, DannielleEisner, KenElia, NoelleEstrin, SimoneEvans, GaryFarnel, SeanFelstead, DebraFerrari, PepitaFitzpatrick, BlakeFlahive, GerryFlanagan, Siobhan A.Fleming, MichaelFox, EliGallus, MayaGarnett, Gale ZoëGaylor, BrettGehman, ChrisGergesha, NicholasGeringas, EricGilmore, ChrisGlassman and Kevin McMahon, MarcGlassman, DanielGlassman, MarcGlassman, RachaelGlessing, JillGligorijevic, KatarinaGoldsbie, JonathanGoldstein, BrendaGorber, JasonGreen, LaurenceGreer, SandyGulkin, CathyHarcourt, PeterHaslett Cuff, JohnHays, MatthewHerland, KarenHiggins, JuliaHockenhull, OliverHodder, SamanthaHoolboom and Chase Joynt, MikeHoolboom, Mike Isaacson, MagnusJacobs, JonasJames May, StevenJanis Cole, Noelle Elia,Jankovic, JovanaJohnston, ElizabethJohnston, ElizabethKasher, RobertKeenlyside, Sarah Kinder, JordanKing, PerryKing, RobKirby, SergeoKlymkiw, GregKouchakji, KristiLacey, LiamLalumière, ClaudeLanthier, NancyLe Li, JoyLie, TrulsLinekin, Kim Lithgow, MichaelLivingston, NealLoakman, JeanetteLoiselle, AndreLong, Marc Glassman and Michael JohnLong, Michael JohnLynch, PeterMacKay, KateMacKenzie, ScottMaddin, GuyMangaard, AnnetteMarc Serpa Francoeur, Robinder Uppal, Marshall, LizMason, MichelleMay, James McIntosh, AndrewMcKenna, Katie McKenna, RobinMcKenzie, HeidiMcMahon, KevinMcMaster, Cameron McNamara, MichaelMcSorley, TomMcWilliams, DonaldMercer, HeatherMiller, ElizabethMossanen, MozeMotluk, JamesMullen, Marc Glassman and PatMullen, Marc Glassman, Nancy Lanthier and PatrickMullen, PatMüller, Tue SteenNayman, AdamNikkel, KevinNiță, Bianca-Olivia Noelle Elia, Adam NaymanO’Hara, JasonPaakspuu, KalliPaletz, GabrielParker, AndrewPaterson, Andrew JamesPerdue, JanePevere, GeoffPhillips-Carr, ChelseaPietropaolo, VincenzoProzeniuk, Daniel Glassman and TylerProzeniuk, TylerPtashnick, Victoria Reardon, KivaRick Caine, Debbie Melnyk and Robertson, KatharineRobertson, ZoëRogalski, AlexRose, AlisonRosenbaum, MartinRubbo, MikeRyfle, SteveSaltzman, DevyaniSanders, WillemienSchwartzberg, ShlomoSemley, JohnSevcenko, MelanieSheehan, NikShih, AliceShin, AnnShoebridge, TomShowker, KellySiegel, AmySiegel, LoisSilversides, BrockSimonpillai, Radheyan Smith, Kathleen M.Spaner, DavidStanford, RichardStone, TammyStringer, CSC, RichardSullivan, RebeccaSzeman, ImreTafelski, TannerTeodoro, JoséTolusso, SusanTong, AllanTorbiörnsson, ToveTorge, JanetTracy, AndrewTurnin, SvetlaVaisbord, DavidVarga, DarrellVaskova, AnastasiaWallner, ThomasWalsh, ShannonWeisbord, MerrilyWhite, JerryWhite, ThomasWild, NettieWinton, EzraWintonick, PeterWolfe, JudyWoodend, DorothyZoë Garnett, Gale

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  Review: ‘More Human than Human’

  More Human than Human is a channel-switcher, a web-surfer of a movie that zeroes in on people who have had intense human-machine interactions.

  Film Reviews By Maurie Alioff • Published May 6th, 2018

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  Review: ‘Golden Dawn Girls’

  It’s fascinating to see how the venomous Golden Dawn rhetoric parallels the USA’s Alt-Right

  Film Reviews By Maurie Alioff • Published May 3rd, 2018

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  Review: ‘Active Measures’

  A lengthy assemblage of volatile information, building a consolidation of the case against Trump and Putin we’ve been hearing about since the presidential election and inauguration.

  Film Reviews By Maurie Alioff • Published May 2nd, 2018

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  Review: ‘Tiny Shoulders: Rethinking Barbie’

  Tiny Shoulders reveals surprising facts about one of the most recognized women in the world.

  Film Reviews By Maurie Alioff • Published May 2nd, 2018

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  Review: ‘Behind the Curve’

  Behind the Curve successfully draws you into the lives of the Flat Earthers.

  Film Reviews By Maurie Alioff • Published April 30th, 2018

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  Review: ‘Our New President’

  Our New President plays like a fever dream with its relentless montages of 21st century Russian propaganda.

  Film Reviews By Maurie Alioff • Published April 30th, 2018

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  Review: ‘Alt-Right: Age of Rage’

  Alt-Right: Age of Rage is solid documentary filmmaking, but it’s overly symmetrical, too on-the-nose and talky.

  Film Reviews By Maurie Alioff • Published April 29th, 2018

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  Review: ‘The Accountant of Auschwitz’

  The Accountant of Auschwitz, despite its calm measured tone, infuriates.

  Film Reviews By Maurie Alioff • Published April 28th, 2018

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  The Fairy Faith: In the realm of little people

  Revisit this 2001 Take One feature about Focus On honouree John Walker’s The Fairy Faith.

  Features By Maurie Alioff • Published April 21st, 2018

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  Review: ‘The Devil’s Freedom’

  Everardo González hears from the victims, hit men, and torturers of Mexico’s violent drug trade in The Devil’s Freedom.

  Film Reviews By Maurie Alioff • Published November 19th, 2017