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Ep. 8: Best of 2018 Canadian cinema, part 1

Episode 8 of our podcast begins our discussion on the best of 2018 Canadian Cinema, through the lens of Canada’s Top Ten Film List. In this episode, we discuss Anthropocene, Edge of the Knife, Firecrackers, The Fireflies are Gone, and Freaks. Each year, the Toronto International Film Festival releases a list of Canada’s ten best […]

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Sundance 2019: Advocate, Bedlam, and more

Our capsule reviews spotlight three documentaries and two Scandinavian features we enjoyed at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, including Advocate, Bedlam, Sonja: The White Swan, and Midnight Traveler. Watch out for them as they travel the festival circuit and arrive on home viewing platforms.

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Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am and Miles Davis: Birth of Cool

Sundance continues its mission to feature stories about important African American historical figures with worthy docs Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am and Miles Davis: Birth of Cool. Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am In the last few years, Sundance has screened multiple biography documentaries about important literary and historical figures in 20th America that […]

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Behind the Lens: Franklin Dow on the technical innovation behind the documentary Evelyn

Director of Photography Franklin Dow discusses his personal involvement in the documentary Evelyn and the complex camera rig he built especially for the film. Read our interview with director Orlando von Einsiedel here. Discover more illuminating interviews with documentary filmmakers with our ebook In Their Own Words: Documentary Masters Vol. 1, which you can purchase […]

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Orlando von Einsiedel discusses his documentary Evelyn

One of the most eye-opening and subtle films about grief and suicide, the moving documentary sees the director Orlando von Einsiedel and his family talk about the suicide of his brother Evelyn for the first time. Read our interview with Evelyn cinematographer Franklin Dow here.