09 October 2020
Exclusive Interview: Filmmaker Tanmay Singh
By Laura Anne Harris // Cinema
With so many film festivals changing their programming from in-person to virtual, it can make it difficult for viewers to access and be exposed to vibrant upcoming and established short …
17 May 2019
Hot Docs Interview: The Directors of The Pickup Game
By Laura Anne Harris // Cinema
If you need to be reminded about how toxic masculinity can be used as a business model, then the documentary The Pickup Game should be essential viewing. Or if you …
31 May 2018
Documentary Scores
By Laura Anne Harris // Cinema
One aspect of the documentary films I’ve seen this year at Hot Docs and Inside Out Festival, is the use of musical score to add drive and liveliness to the …
30 April 2018
HotDocs Q&A: The Guardians director Billie Mintz
By Laura Anne Harris // Cinema
The Guardians is an alarming new documentary from Toronto director-journalist Billie Mintz about the American public and private guardianship scam which captures unsuspecting elderly out of their home by court …
30 April 2018
HotDocs Q&A: This Mountain Life director Grant Baldwin
By Laura Anne Harris // Cinema
Toronto’s HotDocs Festival is in full swing, and if you are craving a spectacular nature documentary look no further than Grant Baldwin’s love letter to British Columbia, This Mountain Life. …
02 March 2018
Exclusive Interview: Modern Whore author Andrea Werhun
By Laura Anne Harris // Books
For a year I anticipated the release of my friend Andrea Werhun’s memoir Modern Whore, about her experience working as a sex worker in a Toronto escort service. I was …
07 July 2017
In the Name of Canadians‘ Vivian Belik & Aisha Jamal
By Laura Anne Harris // Cinema
This year marks the 150 Centennial of the colonial founding of Canada and if you are like me, this year you may feel very uneasy about celebrating the occupation of …
22 June 2017
Exclusive Interview: Filmmaker Alex Fegan
By Laura Anne Harris // Cinema
This year marks the first year of the Syracuse Contemporary Irish Film Festival, and closing out the festival is a charming and moving film by Alex Fegan called, Older than …
21 June 2017
Syracuse Contemporary Irish Film Festival
By Laura Anne Harris // Cinema
Being a producer is tough. I know this from my experience self-producing my solo shows across the fringe theatre festival circuit in Canada. It’s a grind, it’s necessary for your …
10 May 2017
HotDocs ’17 in Review
By Laura Anne Harris // Cinema
This year’s International HotDocs Festival in Toronto, is made up of eclectic array of documentaries divided into different categories. Part of the collection this year is an emphasis on the …
04 May 2017
Hot Docs Interview: Charles Wilkinson
By Laura Anne Harris // Cinema
Vancouver is one of the most beautiful cities in Canada, however it’s nearly impossible for people to buy property due to the high housing prices. Charles Wilkinson’s documentary Vancouver: No …
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