An interview with Boorman and the Devil director David Kittredge about exploring the unexpected upside of the notorious Exorcist sequel.
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In Killing Patient Zero, Toronto filmmaker Laurie Lynd unravels the twisted story of Gaetan Dugas, the Quebecois flight attendant who was wrongly labelled the man who brought HIV to North America.
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After his father passed away, Montreal filmmaker Arshad Khan explored their intensely complicated relationship in Abu
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Keep ReadingAlbert Maysles' work will live on in film schools and festivals everywhere, but one can’t help but be struck by the sadness that we’ll never share his company again.
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