The bottom dropped out of the recorded music business some time ago, but box-office for performing arts documentaries has never been better. Films like AmyΒ (2015),Β Janis: Little Girl BlueΒ (2015),Β Muscle ShoalsΒ (2013) andΒ Searching for Sugar
Keep ReadingβMusic is an incredible conduit for telling complex stories,β says Catherine Bainbridge. βIt just opens us up as humans to listen.β TheΒ Rezolution PicturesΒ co-founder has seen that to be true ever since her
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Keep ReadingWhile it may not have been the best-attended presentation atΒ Hot Docs 2017,Β The Maribor UprisingsΒ was surely one of its most interesting. The one-night-only screening at Innis Town Hall was guided by co-director and
Keep ReadingHell on Earth: The Fall of Syria and the Rise of ISIS (USA, 99 min.) Dir. Sebastian Junger and Nick Quested Programme: Special Presentations (International Premiere) Hell on Earth: The Fall
Keep ReadingLong Strange Trip (USA, 240 min.) Dir. Amir Bar-Lev Programme: Special Presentations (International Premiere) One canβt help but appreciate the nod to the longevity of The Grateful Dead in the running
Keep ReadingRebels on Pointe (Canada, 90 min.) Dir. Bobbi Jo Hart Programme: Singular Sensation(s) (Toronto Premiere) In Rebels on Pointe, Montreal filmmaker Bobbi Jo Hart profiles Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo,
Keep ReadingGive Me Future (USA/Cuba, 85 min.) Dir. Austin Peters Programme: Artscapes (Canadian Premiere) Before The Stones rolled into Cuba for their 2016 Havana Moon show, Major Lazer drew huge crowds of
Keep ReadingSusanne Bartsch: On Top (USA, 84 min.) Dir. Anthony&Alex Programme: Nightvision (Programme: Nightvision) Hot Docsβ team of programmers have chosen a large number of character portraits this yearβmore than in previous
Keep ReadingWhite Walls Say Nothing (Argentina/USA, 70 min.) Dir. Jonny Robson, Gates Bradley Programme: Artscapes (World Premiere) White Walls Say Nothing profiles the Argentine artists who took graffiti to a new level
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