<h1>Daniel Eng</h1>

Daniel Eng

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HotDocs ’23: After Work

HotDocs ’23: After Work

What would you do if you had universal income? In the rise of AI and automated machinery, many jobs are likely to be eradicated from the market, leaving the question of what will happen to the workers? Many astute philosophers and intelligible business men seem to...

HotDocs ’23: Praying for Armageddon

HotDocs ’23: Praying for Armageddon

Praying for Armageddon explores how the influence of the radical, Evangelical Right Christian movement is changing America and, by association, the entire world. The film has three distinct areas that it explores, each using different styles of cinematography to...

HotDocs ’23: Stephen Curry – Underrated

HotDocs ’23: Stephen Curry – Underrated

This was almost a very different documentary. Luckily, Stephen Curry is pretty good at Basketball. As audacious a title as Underrated may be for a film about a three-time NBA champion and a player who changed how the modern NBA plays, Curry's journey exhibits how he...

The Mountains – HotDocs 2023

The Mountains – HotDocs 2023

In The Mountains, director Christian Einshoj uses video to reflect on their family's past in a narrative documentary. In doing so, Einshoj's family provides a window into a personal story that many would refuse to tell. Beginning with the tragic death...

TIFF 2023 Predictions – The Most Anticipated

TIFF 2023 Predictions – The Most Anticipated

Lots of people in the Film World have been doing Cannes Predictions for this year's festival and it got me thinking: Why do predictions for a measly 20 or so films in Cannes competitions when you can predict the 200 or so films that will be at TIFF? That's impossible,...

To Catch a Killer: Psychological Spectacle

To Catch a Killer: Psychological Spectacle

Sometimes, when minds collide, they learn each other's wounds. To Catch a Killer is the first English film from the Oscar-nominated director of Wild Tales (2014) and his transition to American filmmaking sees him taking on a psychological thriller that centres around...

Showing Up: Art as a Mirror

Showing Up: Art as a Mirror

Showing Up is another pristine addition to auteur director Kelly Reichardt's filmography. Set in Reichardt's typical setting of rural Oregon, Lizzy (Michelle Williams) prepares to do a potentially career-changing art show. Her journey is a simple one, but nevertheless...