‘Acasa, My Home’ Review: Life Lived in a Nature Reserve, Until It’s Not
The Enache family lived 18 years in the abandoned wetlands of Bucharest. Now they're being forced out.
‘Happy Happy Joy Joy’ Review: Into the Dark Heart of ‘Ren & Stimpy’
The Nickelodeon show changed the history of animation forever, but at what cost?
‘143 Sahara Street’ Review: Tea Time In The Desert
A tender, often humorous portrait of an elderly proprietor of a sleepy café in the middle of the Sahara.
‘I Am Not Alone’ Review: One Man’s Walk Leads to Armenia’s Revolution
Garin Hovannisian's documentary viscerally follows Nikol Pashinya's march to remove Armenian president Serzh Sargsyan from power.
‘The Cave’ Review: Feminist Camaraderie Keeps Syrian Underground Hospital Running
Oscar nominee Feras Fayyad returns with a brutal but humanistic companion piece to 'Last Men In Aleppo.'
‘Un Film Dramatique’ Review: Kids, Cameras, and Freedom
This "miraculous gem" explores the potential of collaboration with a group of young French students.
‘Love Child’ Review: Seeking Refuge in Romance
An Iranian family flees their homes and seeks asylum in Turkey in this deeply moving documentary from Eva Mulvad.
Ain’t No Mountain High Enough: The Heights of Documentary Filmmaking at the 2018 Toronto Film Festival
Cameras turned toward the right, the sky, and everywhere in between in the TIFF Docs and Wavelengths programs.
Nonfiction North of the Border: What to Expect From the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival
TIFF documentary programmer Thom Powers previews this year's lineup.
What Gender Parity Looks Like: The Best of Hot Docs 2018
This year’s highlights touch on time-traveling feminism, literary heroes in translation, governmental surveillance and more.Irene Lusztig’s ‘Yours In Sisterhood’Heading into its 25th edition, the Hot …
Behind the Glitz & Glam: The Top Documentaries at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival
Toronto International Film FestivalFeatures and shorts brought more women filmmakers, a lot of familiar favorites, and a number of new nonfiction gems.Frederick Wiseman’s ‘Ex Libris — The New York Pub…
Behind the Glitz & Glam: The Top Documentaries at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival
Toronto International Film FestivalFeatures and shorts brought more women filmmakers, a lot of familiar favorites, and a number of new nonfiction gems.Frederick Wiseman’s ‘Ex Libris — The New York Pub…
Hot Docs 2017: The Future Is Now And Then
We report on the best films and biggest trends of this year’s fest.Toronto’s massive Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival, though stuffed to the gills with cinematic treasures, is not …
Heart and Form in the Midwest: The Best of the 2017 True/False Film Festival
This year’s highlights include another new documentary about rats, films about preschoolers, and a Claire Simon retrospective.Theo Anthony’s ‘Rat Film’For the third year running I’ve decided to forgo …