Music by John Williams: Eminent Film Composer Steps in Front of the Lens at Last
ReviewJim SlotekMusic by John Williams, Laurent Bouzereau, Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, J.J. Abrams, Branford Marsalis, Disney+, Itzhak Perlman, documentary, Star Wars, Jaws, John Williams, Raiders of the Lost Ark
Sugarcane: Devastating Doc about Canadian Residential Schools Should be Required Viewing
ReviewJim SlotekSugarcane, documentary, Canada, Emily Kassie, Julian Brave NoiseCat, Charlene Belleau, Rick Gilbert, Chief Willie Sellars, Ed Archie Noisecat, Indigenous themed films, Residential Schools
Sugarcane: Devastating Doc about Canadian Residential Schools Should be Required Viewing
ReviewJim SlotekSugarcane, documentary, Canada, Emily Kassie, Julian Brave NoiseCat, Charlene Belleau, Rick Gilbert, Chief Willie Sellars, Ed Archie Noisecat, Indigenous themed films, Residential Schools
Occupied City: Steve McQueen’s Original Take of Amsterdam Under the Nazis
Photographer: Point, Shoot, Obsess
ReviewJim SlotekPhotographer, Series, National Geographic, Muhammed Muheisen, Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, Jimmy Chin, Paul Nicklen, Cristina Mittermeier, Anand Varma, Dan Winters, Campbell Addy, Krystle Wright, documentary
The Super 8 Years: A Home Movie “We-Moir” From A Nobel Laureate
Louis Armstrong’s Black & Blues: A Fresh Look at Satchmo from His Home Tapes
Rendezvous With Madness: Festival Marks Its 30th In the Year of Collective Mental Crisis
PreviewJim SlotekRendezvous With Madness, How to Save A Dead Friend, My Emptiness and I, Two Dogs, Bigger than Trauma, Love Bound: When Your Child Becomes Mentally Ill, Rain in 2020, Delphine’s Prayers, My Two Voices, I Didn’t See You There, Eat Your Catfish, Tim and Gemmel, When We Reach Out: Who Will Respond?, Film Festival, Mental health issues, documentary, Drama, Anniversary
Hot Docs ‘22: Even More Brief Encounters With the Best Told Real-Life Stories on the Planet
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ReviewJim SlotekHot Docs 2022, Attica, Relative, SAM NOW, Sexual Healing, Shabu, documentary, Film Festival, Documentary Film Festival, My Two Voices
A Cops and Robbers Story: Doc Succeeds in Probing Cop Culture, Sags as Character Study
Harry Chapin: When In Doubt, Do Something Celebrates a Life Worth Celebrating
ReviewJim SlotekHarry Chapin, documentary, Harry Chapin: When In Doubt, Do Something, Rick Korn, Bruce Springsteen, Billy Joel, Pete Seeger, Bob Geldof, Kenny Rogers, Pat Benatar, Darryl “DMC” McDaniels
The Capote Tapes: Truman Capote Doc Titillating and Weirdly Trying in Equal Measure
ReviewJim SlotekThe Capote Tapes, documentary, TIFF, Ebs Burnough, Kate Harrington, Sally Quinn, Dick Cavett, Colm Tóibín, Jay McInerney, 20th Century
The Velvet Underground: Todd Haynes Doc Captures the NYC Cult Stars in Full Splendour
ReviewJim SlotekTodd Haynes, The Velvet Underground, Rock movies, documentary, Lou Reed, John Cale, Mo Tucker, New York City, The Sparks Brothers, Sterling Morrison, Cult Bands, Andy Warhol, The Factory
Gunda: Dazzling One-Of-A Kind Documentary Elevates Farm Animals and Filmmaking
Wolfgang: Genial Doc on Wolfgang Puck Charts the Birth of the Celebrity Chef
By Karen Gordon
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ReviewJim SlotekWolfgang, Wolfgang Puck, Celebrity chefs, David Gelb, Mike Ovitz, California, Cuisuine, documentary, Food, Food films, Alice Waters
Truman and Tennessee: Documentary Captures Prickly Literary Giants In Soft Glow of Nostalgia
ReviewJim SlotekTruman Capote’s In Cold Blood, Truman Capote, Tennessee Williams, Jim Parsons, Zachary Quinto, Lisa Immordino Vreeland, documentary, Hot Docs, David Frost, Dick Cavett
Moby Doc: Novel Filmic Memoir of EDM Star and Vegan Activist Holds Nothing Back
Wojnarowicz: Remembering a Voice of Protest and the New York AIDS-Generation Art Scene
Review, PreviewJim SlotekWojnarowicz, documentary, New York, New York art scene, 1980s, '80s AIDS epidemic, Chris McKim, Keith Haring, Fran Lebowitz, David Wojnarowicz
Queer Japan: Doc on Japan’s Meek Acceptance of LGBTQ Culture a Delightful Rallying Cry
TIFF 2020: What to See and How to See it During The World’s Weirdest Year
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Views, PreviewTIFF 2020, Ammonite, The Truffle Hunters, One Night in Miami…, The Father, Downstream to Kinsahsa, Falling, Nomadland, I Am Greta, Pieces of a Woman, Gaza mon amour, Violation, The New Corporation: The Unfortunately Necessary Sequel, The Inconvenient Indian, MLK/FBI, City Hall, Frederick Wiseman, Viggo Mortensen, Kate Winslet, Saoirse Ronan, Halle Berry, Regina King, Daniel Oyelowo, Spike, Chloe Zhao, Mark Wahlberg, documentary, Special Presentations, Gala, Wavelengths, Discovery, Contemporary World Cinema, In Coversation With, Short Cuts, Midnight Madness, Connie Britton, Gary Sinise
