Category Archives: Documentaries

Beyond Ipanema

Editor’s Note: I’ve decided to begin posting my reviews of films screening at SXSW early, hope­fully helping anyone attending make some decisions about what to see. Beyond Ipanema is screening on Thursday March 18 at 9:30pm at the Alamo Ritz … Continue reading

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Interview: Andrew James and Joshua Ligairi

Cleanflix has a number of festival screenings coming up in the coming months. Catch the film at the Big Sky Documentary Film Festival in Missoula, Montana, and at Cinequest in San Jose, California. My first film at the 2009 Toronto … Continue reading

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Last Train Home

Update – January 2011: I’m happy to report that KinoSmith is releasing the film on DVD in March 2011. Order your copy here. Editor’s Note: Doc Soup is a monthly documentary screening programme run by the good folks at Hot … Continue reading

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Mine

Mine was the December 2009 selection of Film Movement Canada, a subscription service that brings the best of independent cinema to your door each month. Though it’s only recently launched here, Film Movement has operated in the US for several … Continue reading

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Interview: Kat Cizek

The National Film Board recently released Filmmaker-in-Residence, a DVD box set of Katerina (Kat) Cizek’s pioneering work with St. Michael’s Hospital in Toronto. Cizek was “embedded” as a filmmaker working at the hospital for a period of several years and … Continue reading

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