Bikram: Yogi, Guru, Predator (USA, 82 min.) Dir. Eva Orner Programme: TIFF Docs (World Premiere) Eva Orner delivers a pre-#MeToo tale for the #MeToo movement with Bikram: Yogi, Guru, Predator. The film is an incisive,
Keep ReadingDesert One (USA, 107 min.) Dir. Barbara Kopple Programme: TIFF Docs (World Premiere) If you think Argo is a thrill ride, you haven’t seen anything yet! Ben Affleck’s hugely entertaining Oscar winning film dramatizes the 1979
Keep ReadingLove Child (Denmark, 112 min) Dir. Eva Mulvad Two of the biggest issues in the world, border crossings and the fate of refugees, are at the heart of Love Child, Danish director Eva
Keep ReadingLetter to the Editor (USA, 88 min.) Dir. Alan Berliner Programme: TIFF Docs (World Premiere) Alan Berliner dubs himself a “cultural anthropologist,” a fitting term for a filmmaker fascinated by the way media reflects
Keep ReadingThe Cordillera of Dreams (Chile/France, 85 min) Dir. Patricio Guzman Patricio Guzman is a man obsessed with the past and who can blame him? When the director was young, he was a
Keep ReadingSing Me a Song (France/Germany/Switzerland, 99 min.) Programme: TIFF Docs (World Premiere) Every edition of TIFF and Hot Docs seems to feature at least one documentary about child monks. This incredibly niche corner of documentary doesn’t
Keep ReadingThe Cave (Denmark, 95 min.) Dir. Feras Fayyad Programme: TIFF Docs (World Premiere) After shining a light on the last men in Aleppo, Feras Fayyad turns his gaze towards the women of Syria. The Cave,
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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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There’s Something in the Water (Canada, 73 min.) Dir. Elliot Page, Ian Daniel Programme: TIFF Docs (World Premiere) It’s not unusual for stars to lend their celebrity to worthy causes. Just look at TIFF eco docs
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Anne at 13,000 ft is bracingly and kinetically edited to convey the maddening rush of the dive from the air and, as the pieces fall into place, Radwanski and Campbell leave a
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