Black Barbie: A Documentary takes a look at the history of representation behind the Barbie brand and those figures who have (and are still fighting for) representation for the many different and diverse women in America. The film's origins stemmed from the director's...
As she was getting older, director Cecilia Aldarondo decided to turn her lens towards her past, complete with all its personal mishaps and traumas. She does this, not only by confronting her own memories and the remnants that can be visualized through home video, but...
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...
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...
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...
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This is how Game 7 can change lives. From the director of The Grizzlie Truth, I'm Just Here for the Riot shows the buildup, aftermath and raging chaos that reigned over the streets of Vancouver following their beloved Canucks losing the NHL Stanley Cup Finals in...
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...
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,...
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...