Inside Out 2018 Review: “Call Her Ganda” (2018) ★★★★
The more I watch documentary films the more I realize how unpredictable we human beings are. No, it’s not the voice of disappointment you hear from me or read through [continue reading]
Hot Docs
Film Review: “A Woman Captured” (2017) ★★★★
I can understand why sometimes people refuse to watch documentary films; fictional life is so much more entertaining than the non-fictional one. And who can blame those who [continue reading]
Hot Docs 2018 Interview: Margarita Cadenas on “Women of Venezuelan Chaos”
If there was any hope that after the death of Hugo Chavez things in Venezuela could get better, it now appears that things could not get any worse. One chaos after another, [continue reading]
Hot Docs 2017 Review: “Women of Venezuelan Chaos” (2017) ★★★★
If there was any hope that after the death of Hugo Chavez things in Venezuela could get better, it now appears that things could not get any worse. One chaos after another, [continue reading]
Hot Docs 2018 Review: “On Her Shoulders” (2018) ★★★★
It’s incredible how much we talk about the injustice happening in this world but contribute so less in terms of solutions. I, as a film critic, can’t really do much other [continue reading]
Hot Docs 2018 Review: “Crime + Punishment” (2018) ★★★
Police corruption does exist. Its everyday prosperity is damning and terrifying. But how much can we do as civilians to force the police to perform its primary duty [continue reading]
Tribeca 2018 Review: “Time for Ilhan” (2018) ★★★★
Myself being an immigrant, I know that in some higher society, refugees or immigrants have always been seen as a threat. If you look deeper, it is understandable because [continue reading]
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 bit different, but [continue reading]
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 could hope [continue reading]
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 [continue reading]
