film reviews
‘The Mountain’: A disturbing feature about lobotomy in the 1950s
July 24, 2019Perhaps The Mountain can be seen as the menacing underside of the Madison Avenue success that America in the 1950s was built up to be.
Read more‘At War,’ class struggle film coming soon to a theater near you
July 22, 2019At War is very realistic and well-made—at times it seems like a documentary, and the cast is largely composed of nonprofessional actors.
Read moreToronto Hot Docs Film Festival: War, a murder mystery and banks
July 1, 2019Constantly in today's headlines and in our government's gunsight, is Islamic terrorism.
Read moreHot Docs from Latin America: The latest harvest of films
June 19, 2019North America's premiere Hot Docs Festival in Toronto featured several new and intriguing documentaries from Latin America.
Read more‘The Edge of Democracy’ sheds light on Brazil teetering on the brink
June 17, 2019Unlike documentarians like Michael Moore, whose proletarian persona is a recurring part of his docs, Costa can’t keep up with her material.
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