Ithaka chronicles the campaign to free WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange as his father John Shipton and fiancée Stella Morris remind audiences of the implications for the free press at stake in their fight.
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Ithaka Review: The Fight for Assange and for the Free Press
Ithaka chronicles the campaign to free WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange as his father John Shipton and fiancée Stella Morris remind audiences of the implications for the free press at stake in their fight.
Drop the Needle Review: The Beats of a City
Rob Freeman's documentary Drop the Needle salutes Toronto record store Play De Record and its role in shaping the sounds of the city.
Orlando: My Political Biography Review – Life at All Four Corners
Paul B. Preciado's Orlando: My Political Biography takes a cue from Virginia Woolf to explore identity and imagination in all their forms.
Unseen Skies Review: The Space Race and the Face Race
Unseen Skies follows artist and geographer Trevor Paglen as he embarks on an ambitious question: to launch an art installation in space.
Our Body Review: Claire Simon’s Intimately Epic Documentary
Claire Simon delivers a probing documentary epic about women, their bodies, and the intimacy of examining the examined in Our Bodies.
Love to Love You, Donna Summer Review: Revisiting Disco’s True Diva
Roger Ross Williams and Brooklyn Sudano deliver a thorough portrait of the late disco diva in Love to Love You, Donna Summer.
Part of the Pack Review: A Matter of Bark and Bite
Dogumentary Part of the Pack asks whether wolf-dog hybrids can ever be treated as domesticated animals, and what separates a wild beast from a pet.
The Castle Review: A Fortress and Its Caretakers Play Themselves in Moody Genre-Bender
The Castle is a documentary film dressed up in beguiling elements of fabulous fiction and defies easy categorization with its genre-bending slice of fantastic realism.
El Eco Review: Sombre and Beautiful Echoes of Mexican Village Life
Tatiana Huezo's latest film El Eco is a hypnotic and jubilant portrait of a family of labourer in rural Mexico.
The Oscar Nominated Short Docs: It Was a Very Good Year
TheOscar nominated short docs include The Martha Mitchell Effect, Haulout, Stranger at the Gate, How do You Measure a Year?, and The Elephant Whisperers.