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Next Goal Wins
The story at the center of sports doc Next Goal Wins is classic underdog material: American Samoa’s national football (soccer) team...
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Cannes 2014: Director’s Fortnight & Critic’s Week
Barring any outside chances of more additions (…Roy Andersson, we’re waiting…) from Fremaux and co., this year’s Cannes...
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Hot Docs 2014: An Honest Liar, Love and Terror on the Howling Plains of Nowhere, Whitey
Love and Terror on the Howling Plains of Nowhere Filmmaker Dave Jannetta has made a sort of companion...
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SFIFF 2014 Preview
Tomorrow night, the 57th annual San Francisco International Film Festival (April 24-May 8) kicks off its program of...
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Hot Docs 2014: The Overnighters, Watchers of the Sky, The Creator of the Jungle
Now that I’ve seen over a dozen of Hot Docs’ selections so far, I can see patterns begin...
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Hateship Loveship
2013 was the year for Saturday Night Live alums to break out of their comedic roles to star...
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Trailer: Ping Pong Summer
Bust out your boombox and neon colored clothing. A new trailer for the 80s inspired film Ping Pong...
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Jeremy Irons to Receive Peter J. Owens Award at SFIFF 2014
The San Francisco Film Society announced today that Jeremy Irons will be the recipient of the Peter J. Owens Award for...
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Matt Wolf Bridges Past and Present Youth Culture in ‘Teenage’
With Teenage, filmmaker Matt Wolf chronicles the rise of the phenomenon known as the teenager from its inception around...
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Hot Docs 2014: Love Me and Don’t Leave Me
Love Me The documentary begins and ends with the same question, what is love? Director Jonathon Narducci attempts...
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The Creator of the Jungle (Hot Docs review)
The Creator of the Jungle tells the story of Garrell, a man who has spent 45 years building...
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5 Most Anticipated Films at Sundance London 2014
Returning to the Sundance London Film Festival this year, I’m excited to witness the big hits that Park...
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Cannes 2014: Media Guide
Unless you’ve managed to live without the internet since April 16th, the question “How do you feel about...
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Hot Docs 2014: Joy of Man’s Desiring, Harmontown, No Lullaby, Before The Last Curtain Falls
With almost 200 documentaries playing at Hot Docs, the amount of variety on display is quite staggering. Social...
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Watermark
Filmmakers Jennifer Baichwal and Edward Burtynsky (Manufactured Landscapes) bottle the immense power and omnipresence of water, earth’s mightiest...