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Articles by Brett Pardy

Brett is from Vancouver and is currently in Montreal working on his PhD, which examines how people learn empathy through watching films. His favourite film is The New World.

Brett Pardy

Brett is from Vancouver and is currently in Montreal working on his PhD, which examines how people learn empathy through watching films. His favourite film is The New World.

Still from 76 Days for a review of the film.

Brett Pardy / September 15, 2020

TIFF Review: 76 Days provides a new lens on the pandemic

76 Days is an urgent documentary about coronavirus pandemic that humanizes the people behind the PPE. Keep up to date with our TIFF '20 coverage. 76 Days …

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Brett Pardy / February 21, 2020

Deceptive Nostalgia: Patricio Guzmán’s Cordillera of Dreams

With Cordillera of Dreams, Documentarian Patricio Guzmán completes his trilogy contrasting the beauty of Chile’s landscapes with the horror of its recent …

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Brett Pardy / January 4, 2020

The search for strange: Werner Herzog re-examines Bruce Chatwin’s travels in Nomad

20 years after travel writer Bruce Chatwin’s death, Herzog’s new film Nomad: In the Footsteps of Bruce Chatwin serves as both a celebration of Chatwin’s …

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Brett Pardy / December 20, 2019

63 Up is a moving new installment in Michael Apted’s series

Michael Apted's latest addition his 'Up' series, 63 Up, catches up with the participants he's been following since they were seven, in one of the most moving …

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Brett Pardy / September 13, 2019

TIFF19 review: In Made In Bangladesh , the women who make your clothes call for justice

Neither hopeless nor sugar-coated, Rubaiyat Hossain's Made in Bangladesh is a compelling drama about the difficulties of attaining justice. Made in Bangladesh …

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Brett Pardy / September 12, 2019

TIFF19 review: Jordan River Anderson, The Messenger, a perfect introduction to a legend’s activist cinema

Alanis Obomsawin caps off a cycle of five films, seven years in the making, about Indigenous children’s rights in Canada with Jordan River Anderson, The …

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