Reviews

Giving you our points of view on the latest docs in release and on the circuit.

May 27, 2022

Moonage Daydream Review: David Bowie Doc A Burst of Sound and Light

Brett Morgen's portrait of David Bowie, Moonage Daydream is a stellar music doc that embodies the constellation of the rocker's legacy.

May 1, 2022

Eternal Spring Review: Animating an Awakening

Eternal Spring is an animated documentary in which Chinese artist Daxiong revisits

January 23, 2022

Jihad Rehab Review: A Question of Ethics

Jihad Rehab boasts impressive access with interviews with men at a de-radicalization

J’ai placé ma mère Review: Love as Lifeblood

by Allegra Moyle

November 24, 2022

Reviews/RIDM

In J'ai placé ma mère, Denys Desjardins documents his mother's experience with the negligence to which Quebec's healthcare system subjects the elderly.

Anhell69 Review: Poignant, Angry Hybrid Doc

by Matthew Hays

November 22, 2022

Reviews/RIDM

Brutal and essential, Theo Montoya's hybrid documentary Anhell69 is the best kind of trangressive documentary filmmaking.

Foragers Review: Natural Resistance in Palestine

by Allegra Moyle

November 21, 2022

Reviews/RIDM

Jumana Manna depicts the politics of extinction and occupation in this hybrid film about foragers and their fight to harvest wild herbs.

Salvatore, Shoemaker of Dreams Review: The Shoe Fits

by Pat Mullen

November 17, 2022November 20, 2022

Reviews

Luca Guadagnino offers a doc portrait of shoe designer Salvatore Ferragamo that's chic and comfy in Salvatore, Shoemaker of Dreams.

Rewind & Play Review: Play It Again, Thelonious

by Matthew Hays

November 17, 2022

Reviews/TIFF

RIDM opens its 2022 festival with Rewind & Play, a Thelonious Monk doc that features a jazzy clash of interview and archive.

Some Women Review: A Self-Portrait in Transition

by Rachel Ho

November 16, 2022

Reviews

'emome Women review: director Quen Wong offers a self-portrait of her journey as a transwoman in Singapore as she sees herself anew.

Jerry Brown: The Disrupter Review – A Career in Politics

by Pat Mullen

November 13, 2022

Reviews

In Jerry Brown: The Disrupter, Marina Zenovich profiles the two-time governor of California, former presidential hopeful, and career politician.

1946: A Mistranslation that Shifted a Culture Review – Scripture through a Queer Lens

by Pat Mullen

November 13, 2022November 20, 2022

Reviews

1946: The Mistranslation that Shifted a Culture explores when and how the word "homosexual" appeared in the Bible and why the power of words carry weight.

In the Company of Rose Review: A Marriage Story

by Pat Mullen

November 11, 2022

Festivals/Reviews

In the Company of Rose sees James Lapine capture the life, work, and love of Rose Styron through a series of conversations with the poet, writer, and human rights advocate.