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...
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...
Love for film can be universal. It’s an idea that many directors clearly believe in as they continue to make films about their childhood. Even so, no one has captured the magic of it all quite like Pan Nail... and he did it in a place where films really are dreams....
Content Farm is a show that you need to see to believe. This sketch comedy is strung together by a story of social media instability that warns of a future where what’s authentic, what’s real and what’s AI is thrown into the messy melting pot that is the internet. The...