Late self-portrait
An eye in close-up moves ever nearer to abstraction.
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An eye in close-up moves ever nearer to abstraction.
The actor in question is George C. Scott. Many of his co-workers on the film The Last Run (1971) talk about what it is like to work with the famed actor.
Mathieu Favreau offers this tribute to Canadian rapper Daybi and his community, the Kahnawake Mohawk reserve on the outskirts of Montreal. There, nature and tranquility have given him creative breathing space and, more i
This is a film about love and the impact that a legacy left behind has on ones youth.
Human interaction with the Florida wilderness is juxtaposed with abstract movement, creating a portrait of impermanence in the natural landscape.
The trials and tribulations of Joseph Gagnon.
Slovak director Marek Kuboš has not shot a film in 13 years. His first film ever – a student exercise at film school – was a self-portrait. The circle is closed, the source of creativity has seemingly dried up. All that
Director Mohsen Makhmalbaf claims to have never seen a movie before making his first film. Doubtful as it sounds, this boast matches perfectly with the controversial artist's personae. Stardust Stricken -- Mohsen Makhmal
Bosco Hogan plays Joyce's alter-ego, Stephen Daedelus, growing up in Ireland in the early part of the 20th century, and at odds with the strictures of his Catholic home and family. The film charts his search for knowledg
A portrait of and tribute to the author who, with the publication of Barometer Rising in 1941, set a precedent in Canadian literature by writing about Canadian topics and places and, in so doing, paved the way for a thri
This film by director Mark Kidel about one of the world's leading makers of music programs features an illuminating documentary profile on one of the world's foremost jazz keyboard players and composers, along with an el
The two-part TV movie Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil crystallizes that evil by concentrating on two Berlin brothers. In 1931, Helmut Hoffman a brilliant student and self-styled opportunist, joins Hitler's SS. At the same
Sparked by the impending 25th anniversary of the Academy award-winning film Shine, this documentary explores the power of the musical brain. Featuring exclusive, intimate footage of superstar international musicians in t
Arguably the most influential person in American comics, Will Eisner, as artist, entrepreneur, innovator, and visual storyteller, enjoyed a career that encompassed comic books from their early beginnings in the 1930s to
Tied to a chair and unable to scream for help, a man is gruesomely tortured for a dark, mysterious reason.
In the Hudson River region of New York lies Holy Cross Monastery, an Anglican Benedictine monastery whose monks follow an ancient guidebook for monastic living known as The Rule. It was written by St. Benedict of Nursia
A portrait of Francoise Gilot.