Hot Docs 2016 Interview: Samira Goetschel Talks “City 40”
The best part about interviews is when you get a chance to talk to someone who has lots of knowledge about something that may help your readers to learn something….
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.
Hot Docs 2016 Review: “God Knows Where I Am” (2016) ★★★★★
The art of filmmaking is when you’re able to tell in your movie an ordinary story in an extraordinary way. It’s when you put everything you have into your story….
Hot Docs 2016 Review: “Damiana Kryygi” (2016) ★★★★
Good or bad, history always leaves its footprints as evidence of a certain event that occurred. Damiana Kryygi was just a three-year-old girl when she survived the massacre of her….
Hot Docs 2016 Review: “Hotel Coolgardie” (2016) ★★★★
Remember the film “Dogville” directed by Lars Von Trier? There was an interesting line Grace delivers where she states that, “There is one city in the world which does not….
Hot Docs 2016 Review: “League of Exotique Dancers” (2016) ★★★★
Women have always been the strong ones in the world. They do what it takes to get wherever they need, a need that can bring them to the top. Rama….
Hot Docs 2016 Review: “What Tomorrow Brings” (2016) ★★★★
Tomorrow can bring you a successful life if you get enough education today. But what if in some part of the world education is forbidden for those who have no….
Hot Docs 2016 Review: “What He Did” (2016) ★★★
Relationship. Love. Passionate affair and thirteen years of life together is a great subject for any novel. For the novel with a happy ending. However, what happens in real life….
Hot Docs 2016 Interview: Tadasuke Kotani Talks “The Legacy of Frida Kahlo”
A Frida Kahlo subject is not an easy one to talk about. Especially when you try to make a film about her or her legacy. However, the huge respect goes….
INTERVIEW: David Bezmozgis Talks “Natasha”
A forbidden romance. Desperation. Dark past. Uncertain future. Russian community. Dysfunctional family is all what you will be seeing in David Bezmozgis’ “Natasha”. It follows a fourteen-year-old girl who immigrates….
Film Review: “The Meddler” (2015) ★★★★★
Imagine you live in a world attacked by massive kindness. Good spirit and warm-hearted people are spread everywhere. Wherever you go you see beautiful smile on the faces, and sparkling….
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