Hot Docs 2018 Review: “To Kill Alice” (2018) ★★
The tension between North and South Korea has always been dangerously high. One sentence or just a word can turn it into a legal matter. Maybe now it is a….
Author: Ulkar Alakbarova
My name is Ulkar Alakbarova. A wonderful name, is it not? I come from the exotic land of Azerbaijan but now I live in the hub of Hollywood North – Toronto, Canada. How lucky I am to be able to enjoy and indulge in my favourite avocation of watching movies. Movies of every genre are screened here in Toronto. There are black and white classics, avant garde, independently produced, and of course, newly released movies for all to enjoy. Let me share this treasure of entertainment with you. Read my thoughts and opinions then let me know if you agree.
Tribeca 2018 Review: “Zoe” (2018) ★★★★
What do we humans feel when we are alone? What choices do we make to fulfil that emptiness we have? Or rather, what do we expect from happiness or from….
Hot Docs Interview: Director Jack Bryan Discusses “Active Measures”, Russians, Donald Trump, the Aftermath of the 2016 Presidential Election and the Main Idea of His Film
There was an obvious fear we could sense coming from Russia when they, and in fact nobody, knew who was to become the next President of the United States. Russians….
Tribeca 2018 Review: “The Fourth Estate” (2018) ★★★★★
Nowadays anything coming from the White House reminds us of a very bad unscripted horror movie that hopes to get scarier with every minute the story unfolds. And I must….
Hot Docs 2018 Review: “The Silence of Others” (2018) ★★★★★
How convenient it is to create an amnesty law so that everyone in politics who commits a crime against humanity can get away with it while the ordinary people can’t….
Hot Docs 2018 Review: “Commander Arian – A Story of Women, War and Freedom” (2018) ★★★★
The work of a documentary filmmaker is way harder than a feature filmmaker. The responsibility of capturing everything in their camera as the witness is much higher than telling a….
Hot Docs 2018 Review: “Active Measures” (2018) ★★★★★
There was an obvious fear we could sense coming from Russia when they, and in fact nobody, knew who was to become the next President of the United States. Russians….
Tribeca Interview: Vanessa Roth on “The Girl and the PIcture”
What did the past taught us? What were those lessons we think we learnt so we could become better human beings? What is the impact of a memory that holds….
Sundance 2018 Review: “The Oslo Diaries” (2018) ★★★★
What is the price of peace? Why do innocent people have to lose their lives only because someone does not want to stop benefitting from the conflict that can be….
Hot Docs 2018 Review: “Our New President” (2018) ★★★★★
If you are a North American, whether Canadian or American or anyone who is not Russian, you should know one thing, but try not to get so surprised though, that….
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