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The Velvet Queen Review: Capturing a Dream

by Pat Mullen
January 6, 2022
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The Velvet Queen offers a visually awesome and philosophically rich journey as photographer Vincent Munier and writer Sylvain Tesson search for an elusive snow leopard.

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The End of Certainties Review: Philosophy for Uncertain Times

by Madeline Lines
December 15, 2020August 22, 2021
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The End of Certainties would be especially valuable for educational purposes, finding its place in curricula on the topic of globalization. Ultimately the film leaves you wondering what these people would be

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When Worlds Collide: Werner Herzog and Clive Oppenheimer on Fireball

by Jason Gorber
November 11, 2020August 12, 2021
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"You don’t need an exotic and a wild landscape like a sinkhole in the Yucatán Peninsula to find the wonders and recesses of the human soul." - Werner Herzog

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‘Chasing Einstein’: Into the Unknown

by Pat Mullen
January 8, 2020August 27, 2021
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Chasing Einstein (USA, 80 min.) Dir. Steve Brown, Timothy Wheeler Albert Einstein’s equation of E = MC2 might be the most famous scientific theory of our time, but does it add up? Chasing

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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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‘Becoming Nobody’ is Chicken Soup for One

by Pat Mullen
September 4, 2019August 24, 2021
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Becoming Nobody (USA, 80 min.) Dir. Jamie Catto Audiences can find a zen place with Becoming Nobody. This portrait doc profiles the life and philosophy of Ram Dass, the self-help guru and spiritual

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Review: ‘Finding Hygge’

by Pat Mullen
January 9, 2019August 28, 2021
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Finding Hygge (USA, 93 min.) Dir. Rocky Walls I’ll admit that work/life balance is an alien concept to me, partly because I simply enjoy what I do. However, I have definitely never

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Review: ‘What is Democracy?’

by Pat Mullen
January 4, 2019August 28, 2021
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What is Democracy? (Canada, 107 min.) Dir. Astra Taylor If Astra Taylor wanted to find some easy answers, she could have travelled the world and asked people, “What is a lemon?” Her

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Stargazing: Alison McAlpine Talks ‘Cielo’

by Pat Mullen
August 10, 2018August 7, 2022
Interviews

I’m generally opposed to the idea of working vacations, but transcribing an interview with Cielo director Alison McAlpine while at my cottage gave her words extra gravity. There is something about the stars that

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TIFF Review: ‘Voyage of Time’

by Pat Mullen
September 20, 2016December 18, 2021
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Terrence Malick delivers his first (and hopefully last) doc with Voyage of Time, an atrociously meandering hodgepodge of empty philosophy.

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