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Monthly Archives: January 2009
Not Another Post on the Oscar Noms!
This morning’s Academy Award nominations really drove home to me why I write this blog. I am not embarrassed to tell you that I have yet to see any of the films nominated for Best Picture. That’s not to say … Continue reading
NFB Launches New Screening Room
Canada’s world-renowned National Film Board has launched a brand-new screening room section on their website, allowing free access to more than 700 films, clips and trailers. Included at launch are such animated classics as The Cat Came Back and The … Continue reading
Cinema Eye Honors 2009 Nominees Announced
AJ Schnack announced the nominees for the second annual Cinema Eye Honors yesterday at Sundance. The awards ceremony will be held in New York City on Sunday March 29, 2009. Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Filmmaking Man on Wire, directed by … Continue reading
Posted in Awards, Documentaries
Tagged cinemaeyehonors
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Recipes for Disaster (Katastrofin Aineksia)
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
Posted in Doc Soup, Documentaries, Film Festivals
Tagged climatechange, environment, family, finland
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The Times of Harvey Milk
The Times of Harvey Milk (1984, Director: Rob Epstein): With all the publicity around Milk, Gus Van Sant’s biopic of pioneering gay political figure Harvey Milk, I’d been hearing on good authority that Rob Epstein’s Oscar-winning documentary, now almost 25 … Continue reading
Posted in Documentaries, DVD
Tagged assassination, homosexuality, politics
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