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NOW Magazine Hot Docs review: Writing With Fire Powerful documentary about women from an Indian newspaper going digital is a spiritual companion piece to Collective By Norman Wilner NNNN A spiritual companion piece to Collective, Thomas and Ghosh’s ride-along follows the women of the Indian newspaper Khabar Lahariya in Uttar Pradesh, 2016, as they transition from a traditional print organ to a digital product, YouTube channel and all – which is complicated, since many of the paper�...

When I think of bridge, I think of my grandmother, who played regularly with her bridge club until she died. I associate the game with a sort of 1950s housewife aesthetic, and the elderly. The whole thing feels quaint. But according to “Dirty Tricks,” a documentary that premiered Thursday at the Hot Docs festival, bridge has a dark underbelly, full of scheming and cheating that one would perhaps expect of poker or blackjack — gambling games played at underground clubs or mob gatherings, i...

David Friend Hilarie Moore, one of the subjects of table-setting competition documentary “Set!”, prepares her taxidermy “tablescape” installation. The film premiered at the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Film Festival, which runs until May 9. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Film Festival, *MANDATORY CREDIT* May 03, 2021 - 1:00 AM TORONTO - At worst, misplacing a spoon on the dining room table would pr...

From birthdays to blue ribbons: Five tips for setting an epic, unforgettable table Poll Yes By David Friend, The Canadian Press on May 3, 2021. Hilarie Moore, one of the subjects of table-setting competition documentary "Set!", prepares her taxidermy "tablescape" installation. The film premiered at the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Film Festival, which runs until May 9. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Film Festival, *MANDATORY CREDIT* TORONTO ...

From birthdays to blue ribbons: Five tips for setting an epic, unforgettable table Poll Better Hilarie Moore, one of the subjects of table-setting competition documentary “Set!”, prepares her taxidermy “tablescape” installation. The film premiered at the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Film Festival, which runs until May 9. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Film Festival, *MANDATORY CREDIT* TORONTO – At worst, misplacing a ...

  TORONTO -- The COVID-19 pandemic has forced a reckoning with many issues, such as elder care standards, attitudes about vaccines, and national and global inequalities in health resources. But in her documentary “In the Same Breath,” filmmaker Nanfu Wang turns a focus to the issue of government misinformation in the early days of the pandemic, and connects the approaches taken by China and the United States. Known for her past documentaries “Hooligan Sparrow” and â€�...

NOW Magazine Questlove to give keynote talk at Hot Docs 2021 The musician-turned-filmmaker will chat with NOW culture editor Radheyan Simonpillai about his music doc Summer Of Soul By Kevin Ritchie Michael Baca Musician-turned-filmmaker Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson will close out this year’s Hot Docs Film Festival with a keynote conversation with NOW Magazine culture editor Radheyan Simonpillai. The Roots main man and drummer’s Sundance Grand Jury Prize-winning film Summer Of Sou...

Hot Docs Review: Set! Makes Competitive Table Setting Actually Seem Interesting Directed by Scott Gawlik Published May 03, 2021 7 Youve been setting your dinner table wrong this entire time. That much is clear after Scott Gawliks Set!, a superb dive into Californias competitive tablescaping scene. The film follows participants in the six month lead-up to the Orange County tablescaping fair, which they prepare for with the same intensity and determination that one imagines Tom Brady might for t...

7:15 AM 5/3/2021 by THR staff From Questlove (Summer of Soul) to Samantha Stark (Framing Britney Spears’), these breakout documentarians are tackling tough subjects with innovative storytelling. Courtesy of Subject Isabel Bethencourt (right) & Parker Hill Beauty reimagined at the Miss Black America pageant. The legacy of a radical LGBTQ artist. A Riz Ahmed-exec produced animated documentary. A pivotal moment in Black music history resurrected. Those are some of the stories told by these docu...

, by Isabel Coixet, for example. Personally, what interests me the most is the idea of starting with this artificial universe — a universe that has gone off the rails or begun to decline — and looking at each individual element to see what’s underneath. So, while the films you mention smoothed the way in some respects, for me Magaluf is a distinctive character in its own right, not just another setting. Things happen there that couldn’t happen anywhere else. I love books and...