Author Archive: Mark R. Hasan

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Film: Sower, The / Le Semeur (2013)

Film: Sower, The / Le Semeur (2013)

May 5, 2014 | By

Patrice Fortier isn’t exactly on a mission to save the world’s rarest plants by harvesting seeds from so-called heirloom varieties of vegetables and flowers, but he does acknowledge his work – originally an art project that soon became a consuming business…

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Film: What Is Left? (2014)

Film: What Is Left? (2014)

May 5, 2014 | By

The makers of the festival favourite Italy: Love It or Leave It (2011) return with this satirical poke at Italy’s colourful political figures while genuinely searching for a definition (and contemporary equivalent) to what constitutes a left-wing, socialist party in Italy…

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A Cream-Coloured Dreamworld / Once Upon a Sunny Day

A Cream-Coloured Dreamworld / Once Upon a Sunny Day

May 1, 2014 | By

Review of the luminescent Blu-ray of Ryan Darst and Whit Hertford’s Dreamworld (2012) + Snapshot of What We Should Be Enjoying Right Now.

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BR: Dreamworld (2012)

BR: Dreamworld (2012)

May 1, 2014 | By

Using a road movie structure in which the mini-adventures and personal revelations during a journey cause characters to reassess their lives and intended goals at their journey’s endpoint, Dreamworld follows struggling animator Oliver as he makes a rash decision to hitch a ride with a complete stranger…

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HOT DOCS 2014: Reviews Set 3

HOT DOCS 2014: Reviews Set 3

April 30, 2014 | By

Hot Docs 2014 Reviews, Set 3, include: Jutra (2014), Love Hotel (2014), The Nose: Searching for Blamage (2013), and Pipeline (2013).

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