Film: Happiness (2013)
Thomas Balmès’ film begins with 1999 footage of Bhutan’s King Jigme Wangchuck declaring to a cheering populace his reluctant blessing to start rolling out the infrastructure for TV and internet in his rural mountainous nation…
Author Archive: Mark R. Hasan
Film: Khrushchev Does America (2013)
Tim Toidze’s background in editing and producing a multitude of historical films serves him well in this roughly hour-long chronology of Nikita Khrushchev’s 1959 visit to America where the shoe-banging ‘We will bury you’ …
Film: Self(less) Portraits (2014)
The personal reflections, confessions, and deeply private thoughts of 50 people might be a bit heavy at 98 mins., but Danic Champoux’s semi-experimental film is a meticulously arranged collage of human vulnerabilities, captured by a locked camera that occasionally slow-zooms towards the raconteurs…
HOT DOCS 2014: Reviews Set 1
Advance Hot Docs 2014 Reviews, Set 1, include: The Darkside, The Overnighters, Sacro GRA, Slums: Cities of Tomorrow, and The Songs of Rice.
Film: Darkside, The (2013)
Director / cinematographer Warwick Thornton applies a very low-key approach to documenting sightings of and interactions with aboriginal ghosts in Australia, often locking off his camera and letting seated or standing actors (including the venerable Bryan Brown) perform highly personal recollections…
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