Review: ‘Off the Rails’ by Jonas Jacobs Published on April 28, 2016December 27, 2021 Hot Docs/Reviews Off the Rails observes Darius McCollum, an American with Asperger’s syndrome and a lifelong obsession with the New York City transit system.
Review: ‘Migrant Dreams’ by Jonas Jacobs Published on April 28, 2016December 28, 2021 Hot Docs/Reviews Min Sook Lee's Migrant Dreams operates in the classic model of activist documentary filmmaking.
Review: ‘Nuts!’ by Jonas Jacobs Published on April 28, 2016December 28, 2021 Reviews Penny Lane's Nuts! is a thoroughly entertaining, inventive documentary about John R. Brinkley, a turn-of-the-20th century quack doctor.
Being Wild by Vivian Belik Published on April 27, 2016January 9, 2022 Features/Hot Docs Nettie Wild's KONELĪNE: our land beautiful, is a stunning portrait of those who live and work in northern British Columbia.
Moving Images: Report from Toronto’s Experimental Festival by Pat Mullen Published on April 25, 2016July 4, 2023 Festivals Highlights of Toronto's 2016 Images Festival include Kelly O'Brien's Postings from Home and Mike Hoolboom's Incident Reports.
Hybrid Film by Zoë Robertson Published on April 19, 2016December 28, 2021 Essays/Features Hybrid film draws on the stylistic and narrative traditions of both documentary and fiction film to varying degrees.
Robocops, FTAA protests, Quebec City, 2001 | Photo by Elaine Brière Elaine Brière: Activist with a Camera by Vincenzo Pietropaolo Published on April 12, 2016January 9, 2022 Photography Artist and activist Elaine Brière’s credo is that “one of the most important functions photography has is recording history.”
Review: ‘CodeGirl’ by Pat Mullen Published on April 10, 2016December 27, 2021 Reviews/TIFF As the inspiring new doc CodeGirl shows, there’s a wealth of brilliant young women ripe for the tech industry.
Review: ‘Almost Holy’ by Pat Mullen Published on April 7, 2016December 27, 2021 Festivals/Reviews In Almost Holy, Steve Hoover observes the work of Gennadiy “Pastor Crocodile” Mokhnenko, a priest who runs an orphanage for street children.
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.