…Dinner Table; Niki Lindroth von Bahr’s existential stop-motion musical The Burden; and Nikita Diakur’s comedic animated documentary backflip. Seasoned feature filmmakers like Philippe Falardeau and Mina Shum agree that short…
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Cannes Review: The Captive is captivatingly tense but shallow
…Tina is full of resentment and rage, but we never see her experience anything else, like really trying to carry on with her life under such a tragic burden. The…
TIFF15: How Heavy This Hammer explores masculinity in crisis ****
…as if switching between perspectives. There’s little connection between these people even when they inhabit the same space. Erwin finds reality a burden and the needs of others a chore….
TIFF15: Jennifer Peedom discusses her Everest doc Sherpa
…short film for SBS called The Sherpas’ Burden. “I realized that my body worked quite well at altitude,” said Peedom, “so I started to get offered these other jobs.” For…
Gleason tells a cliched story of disability
…house and a burden on those around him. Both narratives are condescending and dehumanizing. It’s 2015, and we deserve better. This review was originally published on Feb. 10, 2016 as…
Manchester by the Sea embraces conventional stereotypes
…harbours a dark secret, a past failure that has burdened him ever since. His ex-wife still lives in town, but even she exists only as a manifestation of his guilt…