MIFF 2015 Film Review: How to Dance in Ohio (2015)
byThe too-cool-for-schoolers can relax; this isn’t a Glee spin-off. It barely even features any dancing. Alexandra Shiva has dealt previously with the arts in…
Documentary
4 Film Review: Desire for Beauty (2013)
byDesire for Beauty adds another voice to the discussion of beauty and how we define it, specifically looking at plastic surgery. The film documents…
Film Review: Women He’s Undressed (2014)
byThere is everything to love about Gillian Armstrong’s Women He’s Undressed, a docu-drama about the life of costume designer Orry Kelly. It is a…
Film Review: David Bowie Is A Documentary (2015)
byFirst David Bowie was ‘David Robert Jones’, before he changed his name in 1965. Then David Bowie was an up and coming musician after…
Film Review: I Am Big Bird: The Caroll Spinney Story (2014)
byIf you were ever a child, chances are you were closely acquainted with an eight foot tall yellow bird that lives on 123 Sesame…
Film Review: Amy (2015)
byIt has been four years since Amy Winehouse passed away at the age of 27, and it goes without saying that her life was…
Film Review: Going Clear – Scientology and the Prison of Belief
byBased on the book by Lawrence Wright and directed by Alex Gibney, Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief is yet another very…
Film Review: The Emperor’s New Clothes (2015)
byRussell Brand has an infectious enthusiasm, and his charm and charisma are really quite irresistible. The fear with Brand is that there is little…
Film Review: Banksy Does New York (2014)
byFor the month of October 2013 the graffiti artist known simply as Banksy took up residence in New York City with the promise of…
Film Review: The Salt of the Earth (2014)
byTracing the life and career of renowned photographer Sebastião Salgado from his childhood in Brazil through to his most recent collection “Genesis” which saw…