Category Archives: Documentaries

We Are Wizards

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. We Are Wizards is screening on Saturday March 8 at 1:45pm in the Austin … Continue reading

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AJ Schnack on Top Doc Fests

Filmmaker AJ Schnack (Kurt Cobain: About a Son) is putting together his list of the top 25 documentary film festivals in the world, with lots of input from other filmmakers and industry representatives. I was very pleased that Toronto took … Continue reading

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The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters

The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters (2007, Director: Seth Gordon): I missed this at SXSW last year but have been hearing great things about it ever since. Despite the unwieldy title (why not just “The King of Kong”?), … Continue reading

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Up The Yangtze

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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SXSW Film Anticipation

Though the full lineup won’t be announced until tomorrow, a little bird has let me know that Joshua Weinstein’s documentary Flying on One Engine will premiere at SXSW. This one looks unmissable. Dr. Sharadkumar Dicksheet is a wheelchair-bound larynx-less surgeon … Continue reading

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