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Thieves By Law
Thieves By Law (Director: Alexander Gentelev): I’ve been reading Misha Glenny’s excellent survey of the world of organized crime, McMafia: A Journey Through the Global Underworld, so the subject of this film interested me. An exposé of the inner workings … Continue reading
Posted in Documentaries, Film Festivals, Hot Docs
Tagged #hotdocs10, crime, israel, russia
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Adam Resurrected
Adam Resurrected (2008, Director: Paul Schrader): Let me begin by saying I have a lot of respect for the work of Paul Schrader. Anyone who has been both a screenwriter and a critic before becoming a director is bound to … Continue reading
Waltz with Bashir
Waltz with Bashir (2008, Director: Ari Folman): I think calling this an animated documentary might be stretching it a bit, but director Ari Folman has created something really interesting. He’s used animation to go where documentary filmmaking hasn’t been able … Continue reading
Posted in Documentaries, Film Festivals, TIFF
Tagged #tiff08, guilt, israel, lebanon, memory, palestine, war
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TIFF 2008: Preliminaries, Part 2
Entre Les Murs (Director: Laurent Cantet): Winner of the Palme d’Or at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, this film was shot documentary-style in a real French classroom with nonprofessional actors. The teacher (François Bégaudeau) plays himself in a screenplay he … Continue reading
The Band’s Visit (Bikur Ha-Tizmoret)
The Band’s Visit (Bikur Ha-Tizmoret) (Director: Eran Kolirin): This first feature from the young Israeli director is a charming confection that, as the director admits, has no basis in reality. In some unspecified recent past, the members of an Egyptian … Continue reading