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Redesigning the Anthropocene

by Marc Glassman
May 13, 2021May 16, 2022
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An interview with visionary Bruce Mau about design, changing, and re-imagining the world. The designer's life and career is the subject of the documentary Mau by Benjamin and Jono Bergmann.

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Her Socialist Smile Review: Framing Helen Keller Anew

by Marc Glassman
May 6, 2021August 9, 2021
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It’s hard to believe how famous Helen Keller was during her life. She was a medical miracle: a deaf and blind woman who learned how to communicate so well that she enrolled

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‘Flannery’ Review: An odd life that mattered

by Marc Glassman
August 21, 2020August 7, 2022
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lannery Dir. Elizabeth Coffman & Mark Bosco Featuring: Mary Steenburgen (narrator), Hilton Als, Sally Fitzgerald, Michael Fitzgerald, Robert Giroux, Mary Gordon, Alice McDermott, Alice Walker, Mary Karr, Tommy Lee Jones, Tobias Woolf

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Review: Philippe Falardeau Opens Berlinale with ‘My Salinger Year’

by Jutta Brendemuhl
February 21, 2020August 23, 2021
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Philippe Falardeau opens the 70th Berlin International Film Festival with the world premiere of his coming-of-age film My Salinger Year — “based on a true story,” a recurring disclaimer on Berlinale screens.

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‘Nomad’ and a Wondering, Wandering Herzog

by Pat Mullen
December 18, 2019August 27, 2021
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Nomad: In the Footsteps of Bruce Chatwin (UK, 86 min.) Dir. Werner Herzog “The world reveals itself to those who travel on foot,” says Werner Herzog in Nomad. The indefatigably prophetic director quotes himself while

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The Making of ‘Margaret Atwood: A Word after a Word after a Word is Power’

by Peter Raymont Nancy Lang
November 5, 2019August 21, 2021
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Peter Raymont and Nancy Lang recall their experience filming literary legend Margaret Atwood for their new documentary.

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TIFF Review: ‘The Capote Tapes’

by Pat Mullen
September 11, 2019October 22, 2021
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A peek behind the curtain into the life of the great writer, his troubled mind, and the book(s) that killed him.

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Toni Morrison: Sweet and Savoury Wisdom

by Pat Mullen
July 4, 2019August 24, 2021
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Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am (USA, 119 min.) Dir. Timothy Greenfield-Sanders Apparently Toni Morrison makes one heck of a carrot cake. The secret, she says, is a lot of carrots. “Other

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‘Ferrante Fever’ Celebrates the Polkaroo of Literature

by Pat Mullen
June 27, 2019August 24, 2021
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Ferrante Fever (Italy/France, 74 min.) Dir. Giacomo Durzi Elena Ferrante is the Polkaroo of world literature. The elusive Italian author of My Brilliant Friend and Troubling Love has legions of fans, yet her identity is a

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Review: ‘Stieg Larsson: The Man who Played with Fire’

by Maurie Alioff
May 5, 2019August 24, 2021
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tieg Larsson: The Man Who Played with Fire (Sweden, 99 minutes) Dir. Henrik Georgsson Programme: Special Presentations (Canadian Premiere) As Hot Docs 2019 winds down, it should be noted that the festival

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