Tag: Winter

Hot Docs 2013, Days Two to Five: Fascist Regimes, Hellish Conditions, and Shanghai Jazz + Saul Bass at 93

Hot Docs 2013, Days Two to Five: Fascist Regimes, Hellish Conditions, and Shanghai Jazz + Saul Bass at 93

May 8, 2013 | By

Uploaded are a quartet of documentary film reviews from Hot Docs, including the world’s oldest jazz band in As Time Goes By in Shanghai, the hellish world of asbestos mining in remote China in Cloudy Mountains, film school students in The Great North Korean Picture Show, and Russia’s tsarist President in the feature doc Winter, Go Away! shot during the 2012 elections + the short film Vladimir Putin in Deep Concentration. Also embedded within the Editor’s Blog: extyra blather on Saul Bass’ 93rd birthday, Kubrick at the Bloor, and upcoming goodies at KQEK.com and Big Head Amusements.

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Film: Winter, Go Away! / Zima, otkhodi! (2012) + Vladimir Putin in Deep Concentration (2012)

Film: Winter, Go Away! / Zima, otkhodi! (2012) + Vladimir Putin in Deep Concentration (2012)

May 6, 2013 | By

Return to: Home / Blu-ray, DVD, Film Reviews / V to Z . Film: Very Good/ DVD Transfer:  n/a DVD Extras: n/a Label: n/a/ Region: 1n/a / Released: n/a Genre: Documentary / Politics / Russian History Synopsis: Visceral assembly of ground-level footage from the 2012 Russian elections, spanning protests, rallies, and mass arrests. Special Features: n/a . . […]

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