Wonders of the Sea (UK/France, 82 min.) Dir. Jean-Michel Cousteau, Jean-Jacques Mantello Just this week, Arnold Schwarzenegger told CNN that Donald Trump was in the wrong for denying climate change and withdrawing the USA from the Paris
Keep ReadingAround India with a Movie Camera (UK, 72 min.) Dir. Sandhya Suri Was there a random box of archival footage at the British Film Institute labelled Odds and Ends – India? One can
Keep ReadingHal (USA, 90 min.) Dir. Amy Scott Is there a director with a winning streak better than Hal Ashby? Perhaps rivaled only by early career Woody Allen in his prolific output, but
Keep Reading
Ryan Emacora and Jessica Johnson's Uneasy Panoramas kicks off Vertical Features' 2019 series.
Keep ReadingFinding Hygge (USA, 93 min.) Dir. Rocky Walls I’ll admit that work/life balance is an alien concept to me, partly because I simply enjoy what I do. However, I have definitely never
Keep ReadingPugly: A Pug’s Life (Canada, 44 min.) Dir. Michael McNamara, Aaron Hancox If cats have nine lives, how many chances do dogs have? After strutting with the feline friends of the catshow
Keep ReadingWhat is Democracy? (Canada, 107 min.) Dir. Astra Taylor If Astra Taylor wanted to find some easy answers, she could have travelled the world and asked people, “What is a lemon?” Her
Keep ReadingCall 2018 the year of the documentary. One story for docs this year was their incredible box office success with four non-fiction films cracking the $10 million mark. Those films, Won’t You Be
Keep ReadingThe Great Buster: A Celebration (USA, 104 min.) Dir. Peter Bogdanovich “What you see is what you get,” says film critic Leonard Maltin while appraising the works of Buster Keaton in The Great
Keep ReadingYou Are Here: A Come From Away Story (Canada, 84 min.) Dir. Moze Mossanen One doesn’t need to be able to afford exorbitantly priced theatre tickets to appreciate You Are Here. This Come From
Keep Reading