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The Click Trap Review: It’s Just a Click Away

by Susan G. Cole
May 1, 2024
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The Click Trap offers more than a litany of transgressions by greedy corporations, and even some hope, with its look at online biz.

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On John Berger and Michael Dibb

by Vincenzo Pietropaolo
August 15, 2022
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Revisiting the film collaborations of John Berger and Michael Dibb upon the 50th anniversary of their landmark documentary series Ways of Seeing.

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Welcome to Spain Review: Spotlight on Refugees’ Stories

by Liam Lacey
April 29, 2021August 9, 2021
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Spain, often a first stop for refugees entering Europe, is a country that offers an officially welcoming message to refugees that’s at odds with its relatively low acceptance of new immigrants. Director

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Magaluf Ghost Town Review: Documenting Debauchery

by Liam Lacey
April 29, 2021August 9, 2021
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In the past decade, online videos and tabloid photos of binge-drinking Brits getting “mortal” during their Easter and summer breaks in Spain have made having fun look alarmingly like the aftermath of

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Defying Categorization

by Pat Mullen
April 25, 2019August 20, 2021
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"There’s greater gender parity in documentary than in fiction and the approach to directing in non-fiction is to relinquish control. There’s a kind of humility or surrender. It’s not about the filmmaker;

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Review: ‘The Silence of Others’

by Liam Lacey
April 28, 2018October 16, 2021
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The Silence of Others USA, Spain. 96 Minutes. Dir. Almunena Carracedo, Robert Bahar. Program: The Good Fight (North American Premiere)   During the post-War years, Spain had a relatively benign international image,

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Sketches of Spain

by Liam Lacey
April 16, 2018January 8, 2022
Essays/Features

Spain is burdened by its history but also creatively inspired by it, and, overall, the forces of light seem to be gradually winning.

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They're going for gold! But first, Canada's Olympi They're going for gold! But first, Canada's Olympic duo Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier stop by to discuss their Netflix doc Glitter & Gold: Ice Dancing. ⛸️

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How is Fred Wiseman as a scene partner? We asked J How is Fred Wiseman as a scene partner? We asked Jodie Foster to find out!

Read what Foster and her A PRIVATE LIFE director Rebecca Zlotowski had to say about Wiseman's scene-stealing cameo in the French dramedy. 

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Congratulations to the #documentary Oscar nominees Congratulations to the #documentary Oscar nominees! 🏆

Best Documentary Feature:
✉️ The Alabama Solution 
✉️ Come See Me in the Good Light
✉️ Cutting through Rocks
✉️ Mr. Nobody against Putin
✉️ The Perfect Neighbor

Best Documentary Short:
✉️ All the Empty Rooms
✉️ Armed Only with a Camera: The Life and Death of Brent Renaud
✉️ Children No More: "Were and Gone"
✉️ The Devil Is Busy
✉️ perfectly a strangeness 🫏

Best Song 
✉️ "Dear Me" - Diane Warren: Relentless 
✉️ "Sweet Dreams of Joy" Viva Verdi

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Back at @hotdocs_ for 1 screening only, catch fest Back at @hotdocs_ for 1 screening only, catch festival favourite #TheGardenerAndTheDictator this weekend as Jane Hui Wang shares her family story.

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📆: Jan 18, 7:00 PM 
📰: Read more in Liam Lacey's interview with Wang! (Link in bio.)

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Miette pastry chef Meg Ray and Maria Thomsson from Miette pastry chef Meg Ray and Maria Thomsson from Rödlöga, Sweden at the world premiere of Sweet Störy at @psfilmfest. Here, they share their favourite sweets in this story of cross-cultural cooking. 🌴

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