Past Films
IRAN: A CINEMATOGRAPHIC REVOLUTION (TIFF 2006)
Description from TIFF 2006 catalog by Thom Powers:
Every country’s cinema deserves a history as good as this. Iran: Une Révolution cinématographique traces the evolution of Iranian film and its relation to the country’s political and ...
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THE PERVERT’S GUIDE TO CINEMA (TIFF 2006)
Description from TIFF 2006 catalog by Thom Powers:
“Cinema is the ultimate pervert art. It doesn’t give you what you desire. It tells you how to desire,” says Slavoj Žižek. It turns out that the world-renowned philosopher and ...
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MY LIFE AS A TERRORIST: THE STORY OF HANS-JOACHIM KLEIN (TIFF 2006)
Description from TIFF 2006 catalog by Thom Powers:
The Hans-Joachim Klein belonged to a radical faction of the German left. He achieved infamy in 1975 when he joined the terrorist Ilich Ramírez Sánchez, also known as Carlos the Jackal, in a ...
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BLINDSIGHT (TIFF 2006)
Description from TIFF 2006 catalog by Thom Powers:
Erik Weihenmayer accomplished the unthinkable when he climbed to the peak of Mount Everest despite being blind. His daring especially impressed Sabriye Tenberken, a blind educator and adventurer ...
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SHOT IN THE DARK (TIFF 2006)
Description from TIFF 2006 catalog by Thom Powers:
Today, Adrian Grenier is best known as a film and television star, seen most recently in The Devil Wears Prada and HBO’s “Entourage.” But he’s long had an interest in moving behind the ...
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KURT COBAIN ABOUT A SON (TIFF 2006)
Description from TIFF 2006 catalog by Thom Powers:
Kurt Cobain About A Son is a rock ’n’ roll film unlike any other. There are no cable TV contrivances. No celebrity sound bites. No attempts to mine the grunge aesthetic. Instead, director AJ ...
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...SO GOES THE NATION (TIFF 2006)
Description from TIFF 2006 catalog by Thom Powers:
The United States presidential race between George W. Bush and John Kerry two years ago was ultimately decided by a narrow margin in Ohio; a truism often repeated during this turbulent time was ...
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SUMMERCAMP! (TIFF 2006)
Description from TIFF 2006 catalog by Thom Powers:
The bus is leaving and you don’t want to miss this ride. We’re taking a trip back to summer, back to nature, and back to childhood.
Summercamp! evokes everything that’s magic and tragic ...
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SARI’S MOTHER (TIFF 2006)
Description from TIFF 2006 catalog by Thom Powers:
In Sari’s Mother, director James Longley looks at an Iraqi woman struggling under U.S. occupation to care for her son Sari, who has AIDS. Longley brings the same stunning camera work and ...
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OFFICE TIGERS (TIFF 2006)
Description from TIFF 2006 catalog by Thom Powers:
Corporations are often the subject of documentaries made by outsiders; very rarely do we get an inside look. But then OfficeTiger is an unusual company. Started by two Americans six years ago, ...
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THE PRISONER OR: HOW I PLANNED TO KILL TONY BLAIR (TIFF 2006)
Description from TIFF 2006 catalog by Thom Powers:
On September 23, 2003, filmmaker Michael Tucker followed the U.S. Army on a house raid in Baghdad. This raid is depicted in Gunner Palace, the documentary Tucker directed with his wife, Petra ...
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GHOSTS OF CITE SOLEIL (TIFF 2006)
Description from TIFF 2006 catalog by Thom Powers:
Meet 2pac and Bily, brothers with broad smiles and big guns. In the Haitian slum of Cité Soleil, 2pac and Bily are among a cadre of notorious gang leaders whose foot soldiers are known as ...
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THE U.S. VS. JOHN LENNON (TIFF 2006)
Description from TIFF 2006 catalog by Thom Powers:
John Lennon had a simple idea: “Give Peace a Chance.” In The U.S. vs. John Lennon, directors David Leaf and John Scheinfeld trace the singer’s evolution as an activist and the powerful ...
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THE KILLER WITHIN (TIFF 2006)
Description from TIFF 2006 catalog by Thom Powers:
Bob Bechtel is the epitome of mild-mannered. In his early seventies, he’s soft-spoken, with a nervous laugh. He teaches psychology at the University of Arizona and has a loving wife and two ...
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RANK (SPRING 2006)
Q&A with director John Hyams and producer Jon Greenhalgh
Shot on location in Las Vegas, Nevada, RANK takes us from the ranch to the arena for the struggle of the three highest ranking bull riders competing for the title of Professional Bull Riding World Champion. Even if you have zero interest in bull ...More info »
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Upcoming Screenings
May 22: SALESMAN
by Albert Maysles and David Maysles“I was spellbound. I’ve seen Salesman three times and each time I’ve been more impressed. Fascinating, very funny, unforgettable.” - Vincent Canby, NEW YORK TIMES, April 18, 1969 “One of the most ...
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May 29: DELTA BOYS
by Andrew BerendsWORLD PREMIERE An American documentary filmmaker crosses the lines of Nigeria’s oil conflict in order to bear witness to the lives of the militants engaged in the struggle, and the civilians caught ...
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