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Michael Nazarewycz
Michael will watch anything considered a motion picture, from a nickelodeon silent to a digital epic, and he is a sucker for everything from the 1980s. While he thinks it’s great to have thousands of movies available to him around the clock, he misses the joy of random discovery that broadcast television used to bring in the pre-home video era.
104 articles written by Michael Nazarewycz
- Film Festival | May 5, 2016
Ukrainian Sheriffs (Hot Docs Review)
'Ukrainian Sheriffs' can't meet the challenge to make its own subject matter interesting.
- Movie | May 5, 2016
Fraud (Hot Docs Review)
This found-footage doc about one family's addiction to materialism is impossible to believe but impossible to resist.
- Movie | April 29, 2016
Cheer Up (Hot Docs Review)
This sluggish documentary about Finnish cheerleaders suffers from a flat presentation.
- Film Festival | April 29, 2016
Wizard Mode (Hot Docs Review)
A pinball wizard tries to overcome personal hurdles in this one-sided documentary.
- Movie | April 28, 2016
Hotel Dallas (Hot Docs Review)
Fantasy and reality blur on multiple levels in this uneven arthouse film posing as a documentary.
- Film Festival | April 28, 2016
League of Exotique Dancers (Hot Docs Review)
There's a story to be told about the golden age of burlesque. This film isn't that story.
- Film Festival | April 26, 2016
Obit (Hot Docs Review)
History, journalism, and storytelling converge in a marvelous doc that heralds the most unappreciated section of the newspaper.
- Movie | April 14, 2016
Above and Below
This doc about people living on society's fringe offers little beyond its gorgeous visuals.
- Movie | April 8, 2016
Louder Than Bombs
A wrenching and intimate tale about the criticality of communication, and the collateral damage of deceit, in the wake of loss.
- Movie | April 6, 2016
Borealis
A man uses a father/daughter road trip to flee his debts and his demons in this uneven but effective drama.
- Movie | April 5, 2016
Here Come the Videofreex
History is made behind the camera in this detached documentary about the world's first citizen journalists.
- Movie | March 25, 2016
Cameraperson (ND/NF Review)
A dazzling example of storytelling in its purest form.
- Movie | March 22, 2016
Kill Me Please (ND/NF Review)
What starts out as a promising teen slasher soon falls victim to its own narcissism.
- Movie | March 21, 2016
Life After Life (ND/NF Review)
A man carries out the wishes of his late wife, whose spirit has possessed their son, in this bleak Chinese drama.
- Movie | March 18, 2016
Sweet Bean
With excellent performances and a fine directing touch, 'Sweet Bean' is a film worth finding and savoring.