“Neuvonen’s documentary thus becomes a means of revisiting and reflecting on the dark, sorted corners his friend once used to tread—chasing a ghost—and an attempting to sift through the detritus of distorted memories and morbid footage to uncover some sense of “truth” or sense behind his passing.”
Read More“Narration from Isadore happens throughout the course of the film, but it’s not aimed at the audience. Rather, he’s talking directly to this ex-boyfriend - spoken with great prose and worded for optimal impact.”
Read More“From a Western perspective, issues facing India only seem to make it on the radar if situations have gotten dire … and so Writing with Fire adopts an easily digestible style that brings to the fore the lesser-known, less digestible news stories that don’t typically reach us.
Read More“Any Given Day ultimately becomes about laying yourself bare, and both Margaret and her subjects should be commended for their strength and perseverance in sharing an especially tumultuous and taxing five-year period of their lives.”
Read More“Come Back Anytime is about savouring the time that we have, and about the community that savours with you when the time you have made for yourself is a product of passion, love, and play.”
Read MoreSOMEONE LIKE ME had its world premiere at Hot Docs 2021, and Thomas Stoneham-Judge had the chance ahead of the festival to talk with Steve and Sean about the challenges in making this documentary, and what they learned in the process.
Read More“Archipelago (Archipel) is a spellbinding experiment with words, animated images, and occasional snippets of archival footage, combined to often transfixing effect as the island clusters of the director’s native Quebec are surveyed across time and channelled psychically.”
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