TIFF Review: ‘Where to Invade Next’
The game in Where to Invade Next is simple: show Americans how much the myth of the American dream fails them.
TIFF Review: ‘The Music of Strangers: Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble’
In The Music of Strangers: Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble, Morgan Neville captures the universal power of music with a global scope.
TIFF Review: ‘Al Purdy Was Here’
Al Purdy Was Here invites audiences to book a stay at the Quinte Hotel as Purdy’s poetry motivates a stirring discussion of Canadiana.
TIFF Review: Canadian Short Docs
Review of the TIFF short docs Bacon and God's Wrath, Bring Me the Head of Tim Horton, Mobilize, Mia, and Rock the Box.
TIFF Review: ‘He Named Me Malala’
Malala Yousafzai says, “One teacher, one student, one book, and one pen can change the world.” But can one documentary?
TIFF Review: ‘Miss Sharon Jones!’
Miss Sharon Jones! USA, 93 min. Dir. Barbara Kopple Programme: TIFF Docs (World Premiere) Barbara Kopple has the distinct honour of being one of three filmmakers in the class of TIFF 2015 who premiered a film at the Festival’s inaugural edition forty years ago. (The others are Wim Wenders and Chantal Akerman.) Kopple’s Harlan County, USA debuted at the then Festival of Festivals in 1976 before going on to win the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature and solidifying its place in the canon of great documentaries. (It screens free at this year’s festival.) Kopple’s latest effort Miss Sharon Jones!
REVIEW: Invention
With Invention, Canadian contemporary artist/filmmaker Mark Lewis boldly resurrects the city symphony film.
REVIEW: Je Suis Charlie
Je Suis Charlie uses the attack on Charlie Hebdo as a springboard to examine France’s collective cultural awakening.
DocLit: Screening Truth to Power
Cinema Politica’s book Screening Truth to Power catches Canada’s current cultural ferment.
DocLit: “Documentary”
Although there is nothing new in the content, Documentary succeeds as an important curatorial intervention.