The 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
Keep ReadingSandra Ignagni's Highway to Heaven: A Mosaic in One Mile observes a diversity of faiths that exist side by side on Richmond’s No. 5 Road. The director discusses her NFB doc ahead
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Keep ReadingWestern Stars (USA, 83 min) Dir. Thom Zimny, Bruce Springsteen Programme: Galas (World Premiere) Over the last 24 months Bruce Springsteen has been on a reinvention of sorts. After the publication of
Keep ReadingSanctuary director Álvaro Longoria discusses his new doc, which follows Javier Bardem and Carlos Bardem on a Greenpeace campaign for Antarctic marine sanctuaries, and how the power of celebrity can help a
Keep ReadingWomen Make Film: A New Road Movie Through Cinema (UK, 840 min.) Dir. Mark Cousins Programme: TIFF Docs (World Premiere) “Most of the recognized so-called movie classics were directed by men,” contends film historian
Keep ReadingBikram: 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
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