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Daniel Eng

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I’m Totally Fine – Where’s the humanity?

I’m Totally Fine – Where’s the humanity?

I?m Totally Fine is the latest film to take a stab at using sci-fi ideas on an indie budget in ways that show that a herculean CGI effort isn?t required. Starring Jillian Bell, Natalie Morales and Kyle Newacheck (who all serve as executive producers on the movie), it...

Navalny: Staying Alive

I felt the need to make a review of Navalny because it is one of the most recent examples of documentary filmmaking that requires our attention today. Alexandre Navalny is the leader of the Russian opposition part who since 2017 has tried to make Russia and the world...

Hunt: Spies Divided

Hunt: Spies Divided

Hunt is the directorial debut of actor Lee Jung-jae, the star of Netflix?s #1 show Squid Game. The film sees Lee take a stab at being a jack of all trades as the star, director, writer, and producer of this spy-action-thriller. Set in early 1980s Korea, the film...

Bones and All: What we crave

Bones and All: What we crave

Caution: Content reveals some potential spoilers from Bones and All. Bones and All is an absurd mash up of many familiar genres including the period piece, coming of age, romance, and road trip movies. The result is a film which asks us how we connect as sinful and...

CSFF ’22 – Category: Woman

Category: Woman documents the long history of demeaning sex checks and now testosterone level tests that have put labels on female athletes with naturally high androgen levels. Like A Common Goal, it uses the sport of track to look at the athletes who have been...

CSFF 22′ – A Common Goal

A Common Goal is a documentary film following the Arab players on the Israel National Football team. The film, like the others premiering at the Canadian Sport Film Festival, uses the fame and excitement of sport to analyze the deeper systematic issues they highlight....

CSFF – The Waterman

Waterman tells the story of Duke Kahanamoku, a man most of us probably don?t know but who we should. The documentary uses their limited amount of footage and well executed recreations of surfing and swimming events to illustrate how amazing Duke was at both. A...