College Behind Bars (USA, 222 min.) Dir. Lynn Novick The first hour of Lynn Novick’s four-part documentary series College Behind Bars plays out pretty much how one would expect this story to be told.
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With his new film Diego Maradona,Asif Kapadia concludes his loose trilogy of biographies of complicated superstars after the acclaimed Senna and Oscar winning Amy.
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Directors Fisher Stevens and Morgan Venville discuss their TIFF 2019 premiere And We Go Green, the world of environmentally-friendly auto racing, and working with Leonardo Di Caprio.
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"I didn’t intend to make a film entirely about empathy," says Coppers director Alan Zweig. I met one cop, Gary, who’s in the film, about five or six years ago. I could
Keep ReadingDavid Crosby: Remember My Name (USA, 95 min.) Dir. AJ Eaton Rock and roll biopics often lean towards the hagiographic or, worse, milquetoast while providing pat stories of success or recovery that
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Malcom Ingram has collaborated with Sean Stanley on a new doc, The Phantom of Winnipeg, which gives Brian De Palma's cult hit Phantom of the Paradise an appreciation it deserves.
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