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Venice Announces Documentary Lineup: Wang Bing, Alex Ross Perry, and Elizabeth Lo to Compete

by David Cuevas
July 23, 2024
Festivals

Wang Bing's Youth (Homecoming) is lone documentary in the hunt for the Golden Lion at this year's Venice Film Festival.

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You Can Call Me Bill Review: A Piece of the Shat

by Jason Gorber
March 22, 2024
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William Shatner offers a rambling bit of insight into his career in Alexandre O. Philippe's latest documentary, You Can Call Me Bill.

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Lynch/Oz Review: There’s No Place Like Homage

by Jason Gorber
July 22, 2022
Festivals/Reviews

Alexandre O. Philippe explores the influence of The Wizard of Oz on David Lynch's oeuvre and filmmaking more broadly in Lynch/Oz.

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Intense Memories

by Jason Gorber
April 16, 2019
Hot Docs/Interviews

"If we can connect with the general public, they’ll understand that the great movies are works of art and need to be experienced in certain ways. If they watch my doc on

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From Aliens to AOC, Sundance Docs Brought Down the House

by Jason Gorber
February 8, 2019
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Sundance remains the preeminent birthplace for the year’s great works of non-fiction, and more than a few reviewed below will almost certainly be declared the finest works of documentary for 2019.

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Review: ’78/52′

by Jason Gorber
April 27, 2017
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78/52 (USA, 91 min.) Dir. Alexandre O. Philippe Programme: Nightvision (Toronto Premiere)   It’s one of the most iconic sequences in cinema history: 78 setups, 52 cuts, two weeks of shooting a

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REVIEW: Doc of the Dead

by Maurie Alioff
May 6, 2014
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Overall, Alexandre O. Philippe's Doc of the Dead is a fan’s affectionate Mondo Zombie intended mainly for other aficionados.

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Not every shot makes the net. ⚽️ MOURINHO misses Not every shot makes the net. ⚽️

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How a Winnipeg shelter offers a lesson in empathy. How a Winnipeg shelter offers a lesson in empathy. 

@fivedoorfilms reflects upon making #TheMission and observing community amid the housing crisis. 

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📽 Big Chicken: A Fat Food Conspiracy is now on Netflix

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🚨 TIFF Docs Line-up! 🚨 Ahead of the big announcem 🚨 TIFF Docs Line-up! 🚨

Ahead of the big announcement, we spoke with TIFF Docs Lead Programmer Thom Powers and Canadian programmers Jason Anderson and Kelly Boutsalis to learn more about this year's documentary line-up.

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- Union Town
- Rapinoe
- The Ultra Runner
- Still Night, Burning House
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- Low Lies the Land
- Bleeding Hearts (🎵)

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We have Wavelengths! 🌊 @tiff_net announces its ex We have Wavelengths! 🌊

@tiff_net announces its experimental slate with ONE UPON A TIME IN HARLEM leading the feature docs. Lots of Wavelengths alumni hop aboard too.

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On "Filming in Retrospect." Gabrielle Brady and P On "Filming in Retrospect."

Gabrielle Brady and Poh Lin Lee reflect upon the collaborative process of @islandofthehungryghosts and @wolvesalwayscomeatnight. Read more about their approach to hybrid cinema in this exchange, now online from our spring issue!

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True to spirit, a documentary about Peter Asher se True to spirit, a documentary about Peter Asher sees the music man uplift everyone around him. 

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Witness the adventures of Flaco the owl in urban birding fable #WildInside!

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📽 In select theatres July 31; @hotdocs_ Aug. 8 & 16

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