Sometimes, a business becomes more than a business. Directed by Rob Freeman, Drop the Needle is a fascinating doc that focuses its lens on the influence that one small business can have on the city and its artistic community. For a generation, Play De Record has become somewhat of an iconic symbol in Toronto. Speaking with a…
?It?s very hard to be right in philosophy.? I was in college when I had my first class in philosophy. We may think philosophy too hard, esoteric, or maybe even a waste of time. But in the documentary Young Plato, filmmakers Neasa N? Chian?in and Declan McGrath, take us to a primary school in the…
Telling the story of an artist like David Bowie requires more than just the facts. Directed by Brett Morgan, Moonage Daydream is a fitting tribute to an eclectic artist with a mythical mind. Heralded as a musician, painter, actor and world traveler, David Bowie was a man of immeasurable talent and creativity. Six years after his death, Daydream taps…
Randy?s wasn?t a place you wanted to visit. Instead, it was a place where everyone could have their say. Directed by Mark James, Studio 17: The Lost Reggae Tapes chronicles the journey of Clive Chin, a man determined to rescue a long-lost treasure trove of reggae from oblivion. Having opened the doors on Randy?s, a record store…
Doctors take an oath to save lives. Sometimes that means making some hard decisions. For a group of doctors at a Catholic hospital in Rome in 1943, those decisions were very hard. It could have cost them their lives. Instead they infected a number of local Jews with a disease. That may sound inhumane, but…
Set in 1993, My Old School tells the story of Brandon Lee, a 17-year-old fifth year Canadian who became a student at Bearsden Academy, a high school near Glasgow. Brandon was a model student who was on the way to becoming a future doctor. However, in reality, everything about him was a lie. Strangely, Brandon?s real name…
Even in the most desolate areas, love can spark. Beginning in the 1960s, Fire of Love is a new documentary that tells the incredible story of Katia and Maurice Krafft, two volcanologists who found love in one another?s arms. For over twenty years, the Kraffts travelled the world, examining eruptions and chronicling the wonders set before them….
They say that life is more about the journey than the destination. But sometimes, that journey is far longer than expected. Directed by Sean Cisterna (From the Vine), the new documentary The Long Rider tells the story of Filipe Masetti Leite, a young man with an epic quest. Leaving his adopted home in Calgary, Alberta, Leite decides…
In Stay Prayed Up, Ms. Lena Mae Perry and her gospel group, The Branchettes, prepare to record a live album with musician and producer, Phil Cook. This documentary film highlights community, faith and just how important gospel music is to the people in this community, and indeed to a lot of people outside it as well….
?The most powerful words in English are ‘Tell me a story,’ words that are intimately related to the complexity of history, the origins of language, the continuity of the species, the taproot of our humanity, our singularity, and art itself.? Phil Wall?s documentary The Book Keepers opens with a title card of the Pat Conroy…
