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Maurie Alioff

Review: ‘Don Juan’

by Maurie Alioff
May 2, 2016December 22, 2021
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A coming-of-age story about a young Russian man whose autism has made him socially awkward, Don Juan aspires toward crowd-pleaser status.

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Review: ‘The Man Who Saw Too Much’

by Maurie Alioff
May 2, 2016December 23, 2021
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The Man Who Saw Too Much probes the psyche of a man who has confronted horror since childhood and finds refuge in his inner child.

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Review: ‘Credit for Murder’

by Maurie Alioff
May 1, 2016December 27, 2021
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A crime doc loaded with twists, Vladi Antonevicz’s mordantly ironic Credit for Murder revolves around a horrific killing in a Russian forest.

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Review: ‘The Father, the Son and the Holy Jihad’

by Maurie Alioff
May 1, 2016December 26, 2021
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Stéphane Malterre's The Father, the Son and the Holy Jihad shows the reality of life in a Middle East removed from ignorant pronouncements.

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Review: ‘God Knows Where I Am’

by Maurie Alioff
May 1, 2016December 26, 2021
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God Knows Where I Am insists on too much, favouring tinkly, weepy piano music to hammer its message home.

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Review: ‘The Legacy of Frida Kahlo’

by Maurie Alioff
May 1, 2016December 26, 2021
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Tadasuke Kotani's The Legacy of Frida Kahlo is a compelling portrait of the artist and is haunted by her legend.

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Review: ‘Audrie and Daisy’

by Maurie Alioff
April 29, 2016December 26, 2021
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Audrie & Daisy is an accomplished film loaded with novelistic detail about the girls, their families, and the boys who betrayed them.

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Review: ‘Cheer Up’

by Maurie Alioff
April 29, 2016May 24, 2022
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Christy Garland's Cheer Up is a smooth, fun, and easy-going portrait of a Finnish cheerleading team.

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Review: ”Hotel Coolgardie’

by Maurie Alioff
April 29, 2016December 26, 2021
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A nightmare version of Cheers, Hotel Coolgardie is set mostly in the bar with excursions to unattractive outlying terrain.

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Review: ‘I am the Blues’

by Maurie Alioff
April 28, 2016May 24, 2022
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I Am the Blues, Daniel Cross’s first directorial effort in ten years, lovingly depicts humble but spiritually rich musicians who won’t stop playing.

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@mullenpat & @filmfest_ca report on the #documentary side of #Sundance as the festival says goodbye to Park City.

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Sundance mid-point! 🌞🕺 Our team is reporting on t Sundance mid-point! 🌞🕺

Our team is reporting on the #documentary side from Park City. Visit POV to read about these five (and others!) in our reviews and interviews so far:
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They're going for gold! But first, Canada's Olympi They're going for gold! But first, Canada's Olympic duo Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier stop by to discuss their Netflix doc Glitter & Gold: Ice Dancing. ⛸️

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How is Fred Wiseman as a scene partner? We asked J How is Fred Wiseman as a scene partner? We asked Jodie Foster to find out!

Read what Foster and her A PRIVATE LIFE director Rebecca Zlotowski had to say about Wiseman's scene-stealing cameo in the French dramedy. 

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📽: A Private Life is now in theatres. 

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Congratulations to the #documentary Oscar nominees Congratulations to the #documentary Oscar nominees! 🏆

Best Documentary Feature:
✉️ The Alabama Solution 
✉️ Come See Me in the Good Light
✉️ Cutting through Rocks
✉️ Mr. Nobody against Putin
✉️ The Perfect Neighbor

Best Documentary Short:
✉️ All the Empty Rooms
✉️ Armed Only with a Camera: The Life and Death of Brent Renaud
✉️ Children No More: "Were and Gone"
✉️ The Devil Is Busy
✉️ perfectly a strangeness 🫏

Best Song 
✉️ "Dear Me" - Diane Warren: Relentless 
✉️ "Sweet Dreams of Joy" Viva Verdi

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Back at @hotdocs_ for 1 screening only, catch fest Back at @hotdocs_ for 1 screening only, catch festival favourite #TheGardenerAndTheDictator this weekend as Jane Hui Wang shares her family story.

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📆: Jan 18, 7:00 PM 
📰: Read more in Liam Lacey's interview with Wang! (Link in bio.)

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Miette pastry chef Meg Ray and Maria Thomsson from Miette pastry chef Meg Ray and Maria Thomsson from Rödlöga, Sweden at the world premiere of Sweet Störy at @psfilmfest. Here, they share their favourite sweets in this story of cross-cultural cooking. 🌴

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