Film Review: Poverty, Inc. (2014)
byThere’s a saying that gets thrown around when discussing world poverty that goes “the future is here, it’s just not well distributed”. We are…
documentary
Film Review: The Price We Pay (2014)
byScreening as part of the Transitions Film Festival, The Price We Pay is a documentary about the way big business manages to avoid tax…
Film Review: The Look of Silence (2014)
byThe Look of Silence is the second documentary from director Joshua Oppenheimer to examine the mass genocide in Indonesia in the late 1960s. It…
Film Review: He Named Me Malala (2015)
byIn October 2012, the Pakistan Taliban shot 15-year-old Malala Yousafzai on her way home from school, targeting her because of public comments she’d made…
Film Review: How to Change the World (2015)
byWith a clickbaity title and glowing endorsements from Greenpeace, you could be excused for thinking Jerry Rothwell’s How to Change the World is an…
Film Review: Graceful Girls (2015)
byAnyone who has ever participated in dance should appreciate Olivia Peniston Bird’s debut feature Graceful Girls. On the contrary, if exaggerated smiles, sequins, and…
MIFF 2015 Film Review: Only the Dead (2015)
byMichael Ware is a fascinating individual with insights into dark truths many of us may only glimpse in a life time. He is the…
Film Review: Iris (2014)
byIris Apfel, the subject and namesake of the Albert Maysles directed documentary Iris, learned early in her life that she wasn’t pretty. But pretty…
MIFF 2015 Film Review: Cartel Land (2015)
byIn Cartel Land, director Matthew Heineman provides a terrifying look at the ongoing drug cartel crisis in Mexico by telling the stories of two…
MIFF 2015 Film Review: How to Dance in Ohio (2015)
byThe too-cool-for-schoolers can relax; this isn’t a Glee spin-off. It barely even features any dancing. Alexandra Shiva has dealt previously with the arts in…