Film Review: Merchants of Doubt (2015)
byEvery so often there comes along a documentary that needs to be seen, one that is so stirring that it makes you want to…
Documentary
Film Review: The Yes Men Are Revolting (2014)
byThe Yes Men Are Revolting documents the pranks and hoaxes perpetrated by activist duo The Yes Men. This is their third documentary, following The…
Film Review: Finding Fela! (2014)
by“Music is the weapon”. This is the war cry of Nigerian musician, composer and political identity Fela Kuti, the cry reiterated by his friends,…
Film Review: Citizenfour (2014)
byEdward Snowden, or Ed, as he likes to be called, is the iconic spy of the 21st century. In January 2013, he began sending…
Film Review: Keep on Keepin’ On (2014)
byIf you’ve never heard of Clark Terry before here’s the overview; he was born in dirt poor Missouri in 1920, rose to fame in the late…
Film Review: The Case Against 8 (2014)
bySet and shot over a five year period, The Case Against 8 is a documentary that covers the many lawsuits which resulted from the…
Film Review: Jodorowsky’s Dune (2013)
byThe world of cinema is full of tales of moves that almost got made: Stanley Kubrick’s Napoleon? Sergio Leone’s Stalingrad? Tim Burton’s Superman Lives?…
Film Review: 20,000 Days On Earth (2014)
by20,000 Days On Earth is effectively a staged documentary that purports to follow Australian born music legend Nick Cave on his titular anniversary. Throughout…
MIFF 2014: Life Itself (2014)
byIt’s hard to imagine what the landscape of film criticism would be had there been no Roger Ebert. Forget for a moment that he…
MIFF 2014: Curtain Call (2014)
by“Regrets, I’ve have a few, but then again, too few to mention.” – lyrics from My Way (sung by Frank Sinatra and many others)….