Review: ‘Frackman’ by Pat Mullen Published on April 7, 2016December 27, 2021 Reviews Frackman doesn’t really offer anything new to the fracking cause, although the film gives an admirable portrait of a committed activist.
Review: ‘The Pearl Button’ by Pat Mullen Published on April 7, 2016December 26, 2021 Festivals/Reviews In The Pearl Button, Patricio Guzmán wades deep into the complex colonial history of his native Chile considering the nation's shoreline.
Review: ‘The Uncondemned’ by Pat Mullen Published on April 6, 2016December 26, 2021 Festivals/Reviews In The Uncondemned, Michele Mitchell and the late Nick Louvel tackle the complexity of trying rape as a war crime.
Review: ‘I Am Sun Mu’ by Pat Mullen Published on March 30, 2016December 26, 2021 Festivals/Reviews I Am Sun Mu is a bold and compelling portrait of an artist fighting a totalitarian system and triumphing through his work.
Docs and Philanthropists: Do We Have a Match? by Marc Glassman Judy Wolfe Published on March 24, 2016January 9, 2022 Industry On the Documentary Organization of Canada's publication Philanthropic Funding for Documentaries in Canada: Towards an Industry-wide Strategy,
Review: ‘The Infinite Happiness’ by Pat Mullen Published on March 22, 2016December 26, 2021 Reviews The Infinite Happiness shows that some of the most satisfying elements of urban life aren’t to be found in concrete jungles.
DocLit: ‘Forbidden Love: A Queer Film Classic’ by Julia Higgins Published on March 17, 2016January 10, 2022 Reviews On Jean Bruce and Gerda Cammaer’s monograph Forbidden Love: A Queer Film Classic about Lynne Fernie and Aerlyn Weissman's 1992 doc.
Review: ‘Hip Hop-eration’ by Pat Mullen Published on March 16, 2016December 26, 2021 Reviews Bryn Evans' Hip Hop-eration offers a crowd-pleasing tale that defies age and celebrates life with its portrait of golden-age boppers.
The POV Interview: JP Sniadecki on ‘People’s Park’ by Jonas Jacobs Published on March 15, 2016December 26, 2021 Features/Interviews An interview with People's Park director J.P. Sniadecki about his interest in China and filmmaking process.
Crisis of the Real: New Chinese Independent Documentaries at TIFF by Jonas Jacobs Published on March 10, 2016December 28, 2021 TIFF Crisis of the Real lets Torontonians see unique and exciting distribution and curatorial hybrid models in Chinese cinema.
