“I have a greater responsibility than you could possibly fathom. You weep for Santiago, and you curse the marines. You have that luxury. You have the luxury of not knowing what I know. That Santiago’s death, while tragic, probably saved lives. And my existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, saves lives. You don’t want…
Category: Film Festivals
Clay Peterson & Michael Harmon
So one of the films that both Sue and I enjoyed immensely this year at Hot Docs was the documentary Finding Truelove. Sue, moments after having seen it, messaged Sam the director and asked if we could meet with them while they were here in town. Finally, the fates aligned as much as they…
Indie Game: The Movie – James Swirsky & Lisanne Pajot, Canada
What goes on behind your screen of the game console you’re using, how do games find their way to your hard drive? Indie Game takes us behind the scenes of three independent game designers and their games – the flushed with success designer, Jonathan Blow, of the hit game Braid; the anxious, verging on…
The Revisionaries – Scott Thurman, USA
No matter how I broach this subject, it’s going to be a hot button topic. But at its heart lays one essential and undeniable fact… there must be separation of church and state. If it’s a public school it must respect all spiritual beliefs, races, creeds and sexual orientation, honoring none above the others….
Sylvia Caminer & Melanie Lentz-Janney
Sue and I walked out of the Rick Springfield doc An Affair of the Heart, at the Hot Docs Film Festival, won over as fans. I admittedly knew little of Rick, but for the fact that he was in the original Battlestar Galactica series opener as Apollo’s doomed brother, and of course Jessie’s Girl….
Finding North – Lori Silverbush & Kristi Jacobson, USA
A heartbreaking and undeniably one of the most important films of the Hot Docs film festival, Finding North explores the existence of the working poor and the fact that 49 million people go hungry in the United States. With the rise of corporate agriculture receiving the majority of government subsidies and the class divide…
Nina Conti – Her Master’s Voice
I loved Her Master’s Voice, it’s my favorite documentary I saw screened this year at Hot Docs. So I was delighted when we had the chance to have a brief chat with the talented and charming ventriloquist Nina Conti, and her good friend Monkey. I can’t recommend this doc enough, it’s fun, charming, touching,…
My Name Is Faith – Tiffany Sudela-Junker, USA
“The years before five last the rest of their lives”, or so the saying goes. But what happens when the years before five are spent in an environment of neglect, abuse and unsafe conditions? Can a child so broken in their formative years that they are unable to trust, relate to those around them,…
The Mechanical Bride – Allison De Fren, USA
“ The fourth skin job is Pris. A basic pleasure model. The standard item for military clubs in the outer colonies. They were designed to copy human beings in every way except their emotions.” – from the film Blade Runner The Mechanical Bride is a fascinating film that delves into the sub-culture of life-like…
The Boxing Girls of Kabul – Ariel J. Nasr, Canada
The Olympic Stadium in Afghanistan, once a grim execution ground for women under the Taliban rule, is now home to a boxing coach and the ragtag group of determined young women he has been training. Their passion for the sport is immediately evident in their enthusiastic attempts to learn everything their coach can teach…
