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.
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Eryk Rocha’s Cinema Novo avoids a pedagogical, talking heads approach to documenting the Brazilian New Wave filmmaking of the 1960s and 1970s.
The timing of Jamie Kastner’s feature The Skyjacker’s Tale couldn’t be better. In late 2014, while the Toronto director worked on the movie, the U.S. and Cuba announced the restoration of diplomatic relations after a 53-year shutdown. This gave the U.S. Department of Justice hope the Cuban government would return fugitives hiding out in the
Quebec filmmaking duo Mathieu Denis and Simon Lavoie create a defiant piece of radical cinema with Those Who Make Revolution Halfway Only Dig Their Own Graves, a rebellious hybrid drama about the student protests and the fight for a better future.
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.
Doc fans with green thumbs are in for a treat with Sébastien Chabot’s sumptuous new doc The Gardener. The film, a highlight of this year’s Planet in Focus Environmental Film Festival, takes audiences on a tour of Frank Cabot’s extensive English-style garden Le Quatre Vents in Charlevoix, Quebec.
Transmedia Marketing: From Film and TV to Games and Digital Media by Anne Zeiser is a practical guide for film and TV promotion.
A good way to enter Angela Grauerholz’s world is through her books—or rather their scans—from her personal library.
I Am Bolt lets audience empathise with runner Usain Bolt, 9.7 seconds at a time.
Alex Gibney’s Zero Days puts audiences in contact with a dangerous virus infiltrating the free world. D