Review: ‘Raving Iran’
Raving Iran gets very touching when we see Anoosh and Arash ecstatically releasing themselves and partygoers during the desert rave and, after a big story turn, in Switzerland. They are “floating,” as one of them puts it.
Review: ‘Cinema Novo’
Eryk Rocha’s Cinema Novo avoids a pedagogical, talking heads approach to documenting the Brazilian New Wave filmmaking of the 1960s and 1970s.
Review: ‘Ghostland: The View of the Ju/’Hoansi’
The gods must be crazy seeing all the conveniences that humans have nowadays, like the culture shock observed in Ghostland: The View of the Ju/’Hoansi.
DocLit: ‘Transmedia Marketing: from film and TV to games and new media’
Transmedia Marketing: From Film and TV to Games and Digital Media by Anne Zeiser is a practical guide for film and TV promotion.
Review: ‘I am Bolt’
I Am Bolt lets audience empathise with runner Usain Bolt, 9.7 seconds at a time.
Review: ‘Zero Days’
Alex Gibney’s Zero Days puts audiences in contact with a dangerous virus infiltrating the free world. D
Review: ‘Colonization Road’
Indigenous people get the last laugh in Colonization Road as Anishinaabe comedian and activist Ryan McMahon takes to the streets.
Review: ‘Oasis – Supersonic’
Oasis: Supersonic is an astonishingly assembled archival film about British rock legends Liam and Noel Gallagher.
Review: ‘The War Show’
The War Show is a captivating, moving document and an exceptional look at a Syrian generation that’s being obliterated by civil war.
TIFF Review: ‘Girl Unbound’
Girl Unbound tells the story of Maria Toorpakai Wazir, a young Pakistani woman who faces threats of the Taliban while rising as a squash star.