Academy Award winner discusses her documentary Bikram: Yogi, Guru, Predator about hot yoga guru Bikram Choudhury, whose downfall preceded the #MeToo movement and is a tale of a bad guy who got
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State Funeral (Netherlands/Lithuania, 135 min.) Programme: Wavelengths According to a survey done earlier this year by the Russian polling firm Levada, 70% of Russians are of the opinion that Josef Stalin’s rule
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Now is the time for artists like Christopher Auchter. The Haida filmmaker revisits a slice of NFB history and a seminal event in his community’s history with his new documentary Now Is
Keep ReadingCity Dream (China, 100 min) Dir. Weijun Chen Programme: TIFF Docs (World Premiere) It doesn’t seem to matter whether a system is capitalist or communist. The consequential things remain the same. Weijun Chen’s latest
Keep ReadingIbrahim: A Fate to Define (Denmark/Lebanon/Qatar/Slovenia/Palestine, 110 min.) Dir. Lina Al-Abed Programme: TIFF Docs (World Premiere) We’ve seen films like Ibrahim: A Fate to Define before, the ones where family members find out much—sometimes too much—about
Keep ReadingParis Stalingrad (France, 86 min.) Dir. Hind Meddeb w/Thim Naccache Programme: TIFF Docs (International Premiere) Back in 1960, the filmmaker Jean Rouch, already acclaimed for Moi, un Noir, his genre-busting semi-fictional documentary shot in Africa’s
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The 2019 TIFF Doc Conference featured a number of Canadian and international leaders in the field, including Barbara Kopple, Yung Chang, and Alan Berliner in conversation about the art and business of
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Directors Fisher Stevens and Morgan Venville discuss their TIFF 2019 premiere And We Go Green, the world of environmentally-friendly auto racing, and working with Leonardo Di Caprio.
Keep ReadingThe Kingmaker (USA, Denmark, 100 min.) Dir. Lauren Greenfield Programme: TIFF Docs (Canadian premiere) Lauren Greenfield has become an award winning documentarian thanks to films like Generation Wealth and The Queen of Versailles, which illustrate the obnoxiousness
Keep ReadingCunningham (US/France/Germany, 93 min) Dir. Alla Kovgan Programme: TIFF Docs (World Premiere) Two-thirds of Cunningham consists of exquisite dancing choreographed by the iconic American choreographer Merce Cunningham, taking place on sets by the likes of Robert
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