Past Films
TURTLE: THE INCREDIBLE JOURNEY (TIFF 2009)
Description from TIFF 2009 catalog:
Digging its way out of the sand on a Florida beach, a newly hatched loggerhead turtle has only one goal: to make it to the ocean. So begins one of the most fascinating and extraordinary migration stories in the ...
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L’ENFER DE HENRI-GEORGES CLOUZOT (TIFF 2009)
Description from TIFF 2009 catalog by Thom Powers:
The French director Henri-Georges Clouzot is renowned for suspenseful classics such as Le Salaire de la peur (in English, The Wages of Fear) and Diabolique. Now this incredible documentary gives ...
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COLONY (TIFF 2009)
Description from TIFF 2009 catalog by Thom Powers:
We admire some documentaries for their artistry and others for their urgency. Rarely do we see a film that combines both of these qualities as impressively as this debut by directors Carter Gunn ...
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COLLAPSE (TIFF 2009)
Description from TIFF 2009 catalog by Thom Powers:
Americans generally like to hear good news. They like to believe that a new president will right old wrongs, that clean energy will replace dirty oil and that fresh thinking will set the economy ...
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THE ART OF THE STEAL (TIFF 2009)
Description from TIFF 2009 catalog by Thom Powers:
The Art of the Steal plays like a thrilling whodunit as it seeks to solve what happened to the world-renowned Barnes art collection, valued in the “billions and billions.” The collection’s ...
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BARRY LEVINSON PRESENTS THE BAND THAT WOULDN’T DIE (TIFF 2009)
Description from TIFF 2009 catalog by Thom Powers:
Barry Levinson has covered a lot of ground in his film career – from Southeast Asia in Good Morning, Vietnam to Las Vegas in Rain Man – but he always comes back to Baltimore, from Diner to Tin Men ...
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FREDERICK WISEMAN PRESENTS LA DANSE - LE BALLET DE L’OPERA DE PARIS (TIFF 2009)
Description from TIFF 2009 catalog by Thom Powers:
The documentary master Frederick Wiseman makes his home in Cambridge, Massachusetts, but he’s always had a thing for Paris. During the mid-fifties, he gave himself a film education in Parisian ...
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A HISTORY OF ISRAELI CINEMA: PART 2 (TIFF 2009)
Description from TIFF 2009 catalog by Thom Powers:
During the period covered in part 1 of this history, Israeli filmmakers tended to focus on the dream of their country. Part 2 picks up in 1979, when they were starting to explore the gap between ...
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A HISTORY OF ISRAELI CINEMA: PART 1 (TIFF 2009)
Description from TIFF 2009 catalog by Thom Powers:
In recent years, Israeli cinema has risen to prominence through acclaimed films such as The Band’s Visit, Jellyfish and Waltz with Bashir. The diversity of output defies generalization, but two ...
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SNOWBLIND (TIFF 2009)
Description from TIFF 2009 catalog by Thom Powers:
The Iditarod dogsled race is one of the most gruelling endurance tests in the world. The course stretches 1,850 kilometres through Alaska’s rugged terrain, spanning treacherous mountain ranges, ...
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THE MOST DANGEROUS MAN IN AMERICA: DANIEL ELLSBERG AND THE PENTAGON PAPERS (TIFF 2009)
Description from TIFF 2009 catalog by Thom Powers:
Today the name Daniel Ellsberg might draw a blank from younger people, but in the early seventies, he was all over the news for leaking the Pentagon Papers. This resulted in his being hunted by ...
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HOW TO FOLD A FLAG (TIFF 2009)
“Fascinating ground-level exploration of the intersections between patriotism and the lasting emotional effects of war…unusually candid.” - New York Magazine
Description from TIFF 2009 catalog by Thom Powers:
A cage fighter in Texas. A ...
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GOOGLE BABY (TIFF 2009)
Description from TIFF 2009 catalog by Thom Powers:
Necessity may be the mother of invention. But who is the parent of a child when the sperm comes from Israel, the egg comes from the United States and the surrogate pregnancy takes place in ...
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CLEANFLIX (TIFF 2009)
Description from TIFF 2009 catalog by Thom Powers:
Mormons can be movie lovers too. The problem is that their religious leaders strongly discourage R-rated content. As one Mormon prophet explained, “The mind through which this filth passes is ...
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JANE (Docurama 10th anniversary) (FALL 2009)
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Robert Drew, D.A. Pennebaker, Hope Ryden
SPECIAL PRELUDE TO STF FALL SEASON: DOCURAMA celebrates its 10th anniversary by screening JANE, a rarely seen classic of early cinema verite, not yet released on video or DVD. The film follows Jane Fonda preparing for her Broadway debut in “The Fun ...More info »
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Upcoming Screenings
Feb 7: UNFINISHED SPACES
by Alysa Nahmias and Benjamin Murray“Cuba will count as having the most beautiful academy of arts in the world.” —Fidel Castro (1961) Cuba’s ambitious National Art Schools project, designed by three young artists in the wake of ...
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Feb 14: ZELIG
by Woody Allen”[Allen’s] new, remarkably self-assured comedy is to his career what… Berlin Alexanderplatz is to Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s and… Fanny and Alexander is to Ingmar Bergman’s ... Zelig is not only ...
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Feb 21: TOOTIE’S LAST SUIT
by Lisa Katzman“Tootie represented a kind of soulfulness in the community, and a certain type of style, and everybody loved him.” – Wynton Marsalis TOOTIE’S LAST SUIT explores the complex relationships, rituals, ...
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Feb 28: THE PROMISE: THE MAKING OF DARKNESS ON THE EDGE OF TOWN
by Thom ZimnyDescription from TIFF 2010 catalog by Thom Powers: The Promise: The Making of Darkness on the Edge of Town takes us into the studio with Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band for the recording of ...
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Mar 6: SMASH HIS CAMERA
by Leon Gast“Famously and successfully sued by Jackie Onassis, and slugged just as famously and successfully by Marlon Brando, denounced from the pulpits of punditry for decades, Galella has been a man easy to ...
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Mar 13: THE MAN NOBODY KNEW: IN SEARCH OF MY FATHER, CIA SPYMASTER WILLIAM COLBY
by Carl ColbyA son’s riveting look at a father whose life seemed straight out of a spy thriller, THE MAN NOBODY KNEW: IN SEARCH OF MY FATHER, CIA SPYMASTER WILLIAM COLBY uncovers the secret world of a legendary ...
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Mar 20: GIRL MODEL
by Ashley Sabin and David Redmon Description from TIFF 2011 catalog by Thom Powers: Girl Model shows a rarely seen side of the fashion industry. The film brings a novelist’s eye for emotional and psychological complexity to its ...
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