On the Front Lines: The War Room
D.A. Pennebaker hardly needs an introduction for those familiar with documentaries. One of the forefathers of direct cinema, Pennebaker startedContinue Reading
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Stop Making Sense: The Ecstasy of Anxiety
Stop Making Sense opens with David Byrne walking onstage and placing a boombox down. Staring restlessly out into the audience,Continue Reading
Travelling Through Time to Monterey Pop
Before Woodstock, there was the Monterey Pop music festival. The three day concert in June of 1967 was one ofContinue Reading
Stories We Tell (and Stories We Don’t)
I think three viewings are needed to take in Stories We Tell in full. One to understand the story, oneContinue Reading
The Vast Universe and For All Mankind
“We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy,Continue Reading
“I’ll See You At The Movies”: Roger Ebert and Life Itself
Without Roger Ebert, I never would have dreamed of writing about movies. Just as he was for countless others, RogerContinue Reading
Anxiety and Inspiration in Free Solo
The thought of climbing a mountain or rock face for most people is terrifying, but for Alex Honnold, it isContinue Reading
Weiner and the Surrealism of Modern Politics
Josh Kriegman and Elyse Steinberg’s 2016 political documentary Weiner is living proof that truth is stranger than fiction. The filmContinue Reading
The Act of Killing and The Banality of Evil
“War crimes are defined by the winners. I’m a winner. So I can make my own definition.” From 1965-1966, somewhereContinue Reading
Expressive Examination in The Missing Picture
Filmmaker Rithy Panh is known for his films centred around the 1970s Cambodian Genocide and the effects of this horrificContinue Reading
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