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Magaluf Ghost Town hands us a guilty pleasure, a cinematic ensaimada in which each layer offers a different texture. At times, Blanca tears us away from the ruckus to check in with the resort’s handful of year-round residents, for whom low-cost tourism is both a vital source of income and a monumental headache, creating a dichotomous relationship between locals and visitors convinced they’ve landed in a hedonistic paradise. This aspect of the film is grounded in reality: Blanca makes use o...

NOW Magazine Hot Docs review: Cannon Arm And The Arcade Quest Mads Hedegaards DIY doc follows an obsessed Danish man trying to play an 80s arcade game for 100 hours on one coin By Norman Wilner NNN If you’ve ever wondered what kind of person would commit to playing a forgotten 80s coin-op game for 100 hours on one coin, Mads Hedegaard’s cheerfully DIY documentary is here to tell you. His name is Kim, he’s a quiet Danish grandfather who hangs out at a Copenhagen arcade with some e...

"There is a cost to convenience." Dogwoof has revealed a promo teaser trailer for the indie documentary titled The Gig Is Up, the latest from award-winning Canadian filmmaker Shannon Walsh. Her new doc about the gig economy is premiering at both Hot Docs and the CPH:DOX Film Festivals this spring, which is why this first trailer is dropping now to build buzz in the doc marketplace. App developers lured a massive labor force by promising flexible hours with no offices or bosses-but with gig wo...

NOW Magazine Hot Docs 2021: Meet the Toronto activists taking on Uber As films about gig work screen at Hot Docs, a new coalition wants to change the public narrative around ride-hailing and delivery apps  By Julia Mastroianni Samuel Engelking The subject of a short doc, RideFairTOs JJ Fueser, Brendan Agnew-Iler and Thorben Wieditz want to change how Torontonians think about gig work. RIDE FAIR (Javier Lovera), 7 minutes; THE GIG IS UP (Shannon Walsh), 88 minutes. Both films availa...

Exclusive clip: Ian Thornton, Gary Lang talk Hot Docs feature “The Face of Anonymous” One May morning in 2016, novelist Ian Thornton was pushing his two kids in a stroller down Toronto’s Queen Street West when he stopped to put two dollars in a ... April 28, 2021 One May morning in 2016, novelist Ian Thornton was pushing his two kids...

NOW Magazine Hot Docs review: Fanny: The Right To Rock Bobbi Jo Harts rockumentary about the first all-female band to land a record deal and tour the world is exuberant By Norman Wilner NNN  In the late 60s and early 70s, a band called Fanny popped up in the Los Angeles music scene, landed a record deal and toured the world – the first all-female band to do so. David Bowie was a fan, so why haven’t you ever heard of them?  Well, as Hart’s lively rockumentary points out, some of...

NOW Magazine Hot Docs review: Come Back Anytime John Daschbachs gentle documentary looks at a year in the life of chef Masamoto Uedas tiny Tokyo ramen bar By Norman Wilner NNNN Daschbach’s gentle look at a year in the life of Bizentei, a tiny Tokyo ramen bar where veteran chef Masamoto Ueda prepares exquisite comfort food for his loyal clientele, exists on the other end of the documentary scale from something like Jiro Dreams Of Sushi. Where David Gelb’s 2011 doc was exquisite and ...

NOW Magazine Hot Docs review: The Most Beautiful Boy In The World Film about Björn Andrésen, the teen from 70s classic Death In Venice, is unpredictable and disturbing By Kevin Ritchie Björn Andrésen (right) played the fatal object of desire in Luchino Viscontis acclaimed film. THE MOST BEAUTIFUL BOY IN THE WORLD (Kristian Petri, Kristina Lindstrom, Sweden). 94 minutes. Rating: NNN Ever wonder what happened to Björn Andrésen, the teenager who played the fatal object of desire in...

Hot Docs review: Wuhan Wuhan Yung Changs calm doc shot during the first months of the COVID-19 crisis counters the current wave of anti-Asian racism By Norman Wilner NNNN  Working with footage shot by several filmmaking teams, Chang (Up The Yangtze, China Heavyweight) follows a handful of people through the first wave of COVID-19: a chief ER doctor, an intensive-care nurse, one of her critical-care patients, a mother and young son quarantined in a massive field hospital, a travelling ...

If you could upload your mind into a computer, would you? How AI is making science fiction real In a new documentary, A.rtificial I.mmortality filmmaker Ann Shin explores whether AI can make us live forever — and what that would mean Author of the article: Chris Knight Publishing date: Apr 28, 2021  •  16 hours ago  •  6 minute read  •  Ann Shin (at right) poses with Erica, robot creation of Hiroshi Ishiguru. Photo by Photo by Iris Ng Reviews and recommendations are unbi...