278: 2024 SIFF Wrap Up May 21, 2024 The 2024 Seattle International Film Festival just concluded and we wrap up some of the films we saw. Joining the show is Thomas Stoneham-Judge, of For Reel. Continue Reading
Reviews: Hitchcock’s Pro-Nazi Film from SIFF 2024 May 20, 2024 Hitchcock’s Pro-Nazi Film looks at whether or not the esteemed director’s 1944 film Lifeboat was helping the war effort or potentially aiding the enemy. Continue Reading
Reviews: Ru May 17, 2024 Ru follows the tale of Tinh, who with her family is one of many “boat people” from Southern Vietnam that relocate to Quebec. Continue Reading
Reviews: Humane May 16, 2024 In Humane, Caitlin Cronenberg takes on the environment, government overreach, pandemic response plans, familial legacies, race, ableism and much more. Continue Reading
Reviews: Grand Theft Hamlet from Hot Docs 2024 May 15, 2024 Grand Theft Hamlet, documents the process to stage a live production of Hamlet within the virtual world of GTA during the UK’s COVID lockdown in early 2021. Continue Reading
277: A24 Retrospective – Dark Places May 14, 2024 In 2015’s Dark Places, Charlize Theron plays Libby Day a woman who witnesses her older brother murder her entire family in a satanic ritual as a child. Continue Reading
Reviews: The Click Trap from Hot Docs 2024 May 13, 2024 Over 80 minutes of The Click Trap, in interviews with politicians and watchdog groups, we are shown the worst that digital advertising enables/funds. Continue Reading
Reviews: Fire Tower from Hot Docs 2024 May 10, 2024 Set at several fire towers in the Yukon and Alberta, Fire Tower illustrates life 50 feet above the forest at some of the 110 fire lookouts across the country. Continue Reading
Reviews: Secret Mall Apartment from Hot Docs 2024 May 9, 2024 After his home was demolished in the wake of the mall’s opening, artist Michael Townsend had an idea: what about living in the mall? Continue Reading
Reviews: Any Other Way: The Jackie Shane Story from Hot Docs 2024 May 8, 2024 Any Other Way: The Jackie Shane Story, tells the story of the trailblazing trans R&B singer who on the cusp of success walked away from the industry in 1971. Continue Reading
