Author Archives: James McNally

Guest of Cindy Sherman

Editor’s Note: Doc Soup is a monthly documentary screening programme run by the good folks at Hot Docs. It gives audiences in Toronto (and now Calgary and Vancouver!) their regular doc fix each year from the fall through to the … Continue reading

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Sita Sings the Blues is Free

Nina Paley‘s gorgeous animated epic Sita Sings the Blues has been in distribution limbo for a while now. Because the film uses the jazz songs of Annette Hanshaw on the soundtrack, Paley couldn’t negotiate a theatrical or DVD release of … Continue reading

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Notes from an Education: Part the First

I don’t have an awful lot of free time these days to write, but thought I should put down a few thoughts concerning what is turning out to be quite a concentrated education in festival programming, documentary filmmaking, and the … Continue reading

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Why I’ve Been So Busy Lately

A few days ago, I alluded to something I was working on that I “couldn’t talk about” and so I’m glad that now I am able to tell you about it. I’m very honoured to reveal that I’m working for … Continue reading

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BLAST! to Air on the Discovery Channel

BLAST! is an intriguing documentary about a team of astrophysicists who travel to both poles in an effort to launch a massive telescope from a hot air balloon to discover more about the origins of the universe. The film originally … Continue reading

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