Review: ‘Always in Season’

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Always in Season (USA, 88 min.) Dir. Jacqueline Olive Programme: Special Presentations (International Premiere) Director Jacqueline Olive asks if lynching still exists in theΒ USAΒ in her provocative documentaryΒ Always in Season, but the film

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Review: ‘There Are No Fakes’

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There are No Fakes (Canada, 114 min) Dir. Jamie Kastner Programme: Artscapes (World Premiere) Jamie Kastner’s engaging, smartly modulated, new documentary,Β There Are No Fakes, includes a 1962Β CBCΒ television clip of the then thirtyish

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TIFF Review: ‘Screwball’

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Screwball (USA, 105 min.) Dir. Billy Corben Programme:Β TIFFΒ Docs (World Premiere) Who knew baseball could be so entertaining? America’s two favorite past timesβ€”baseball and crimeβ€”join forces in a Billy Corben’s hilarious and eye-opening

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Review: ‘American Animals’

American Animals (USA, 100 min.) Dir. Bart Layton American AnimalsΒ spins the phrase β€œbased on a true story” on its head. This innovative and exhilarating docu-drama hybrid from Bart Layton (The Imposter) masterfully

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Review: ‘Fake Blood’

Fake Blood (Canada, 81 min.) Dir. Rob Grant, Writ. Rob Grant, Mike Kovac   If there are two forms of filmmaking that go hand-in-hand with low budgets, they’re documentary and B-horror. Director

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Review: ‘Wormwood’

Wormwood (USA, 240 min.) Dir. Errol Morris; Writ. Kieran Fitzpatrick, Steven Hathaway, Molly Rokosz   β€œSomething is rotten in the state of Denmark,” observes director Errol Morris while interviewing subject Dr. Eric

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