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Reviews: SIFF Documentary Round Up – Part 1

May 27, 2024

In this batch of capsule reviews from the Seattle International FIlm Festival, we’ve chosen to focus on two documentaries.

Reviews: Madame Web

May 24, 2024

Even at its worst, Madame Web is fascinating. The choices are almost uniformly bad, but in interesting ways that inspire more reflection.

Reviews: river

May 23, 2024

In River, the inhabitants of a small inn in the Japanese countryside suddenly find themselves in a time loop, River restricts the loop to two minutes.

Reviews: Tim Travers and the Time Traveler’s Paradox from SIFF 2024

May 22, 2024

Tim Travers creates a time machine, and a paradox when he steps through the machine over and over again creating many Tim’s.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.