What role does the webcam for documentary and its relationship with experimental media? It becomes a tool of self-expression for many artists.
Keep ReadingJohn Smith is a London-based experimental filmmaker whose works include Hackney Marshes, Blight, Citadel, and The Girl Chewing Gum.
Keep ReadingCow is an empty attempt to engender an emotional response to some farm animals via nauseating camera work and repetitive, banal shots of bovines.
Keep ReadingRyan Emacora and Jessica Johnson's Uneasy Panoramas kicks off Vertical Features' 2019 series.
Keep ReadingWhen you think about documentaries, certain things come to mind: verité shooting, archival footage, interviews, narration. Embedded in this idea of what could be called the “well-made doc” is a set of
Keep ReadingThe art and life of Jonas Mekas seamlessly blend together, and viewers have had the privilege to witness this intertwinement for six decades. He was, and is, at the center of the
Keep ReadingNot all of TIFF’s docs end up in TIFF Docs. In recent years, many of the festival’s most interesting documentaries have been screened in the avant-garde program, Wavelengths. This year is no different: with
Keep ReadingIsiah Medina's 88:88 is a daring piece of work that feels like it’s been engineered by a DJ: fast cuts, raw energy and pulsating emotion.
Keep ReadingThere have been rumours about a John Porter photo book for nearly as long as he has been making pictures. Kudos to editor/producer Clint Enns for making this project happen.
Keep ReadingFor the past several years, Winnipeg has been home to writer and filmmaker Clive Holden, the proprietor of Cyclops Press, and an intense observer of the urban emotional landscape. Holden’s ambitious film
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