Review: ‘One of Us’

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One of Us (USA, 95 min.) Dir. Rachel Grady and Heidi Ewing Programme: TIFF Docs (World Premiere)   TIFF Docs programmer Thom Powers calls One of Us a β€œdocumentary thriller” in his

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Review: TIFF Short Docs

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There aren’t too many documentaries outside theΒ TIFFΒ Docs programme this year, but this observation doesn’t mean the festival comes up short. TIFF’s Short Cuts offers half a dozen short docs scattered around the

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Review: ‘Beyond the One’

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Beyond the One (Al di lΓ  dell’uno) (Italy/France/Germany Dir. Anna Marziano Programme: Wavelengths (World Premiere)   Wavelength regular Anna Marziano’s latest film is 53 minutes long, placing it in the somewhat neglected,

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Review: ‘Mrs. Fang’

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Mrs. Fang (France/China/Germany, 86 min.) Dir. Wang Bing Programme: Wavelengths (North American Premiere) I don’t know if it’s Chinese master documentarian Wang Bing’s rare skillsβ€”pairing the professional’s easy way with subjects with

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Review: ‘Good Luck’

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Good Luck (France/Germany, 143 min.) Dir. Ben Russell Programme: Wavelengths (North American Premiere)   The epigraph to Ben Russell’s Good Luck β€” an account of a mescaline-induced hallucination of a rock repeatedly

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Review: ‘3/4’

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3/4 (Bulgaria/Germany, 82 min.) Dir. Ilian Metev Featuring: Mila Mihova, Nikolay Programme: Discovery (North American Premiere)   What are some of the traits that come to mind when one imagines a β€œfestival

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