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The State of Texas vs. Melissa
Death row is home to the prisoners awaiting execution for committing the worst crimes known to man. In 2007, Melissa Lucio was convicted of killing her two-year-old daughter and was…
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Harley
In part an anti-bullying message, documentary filmmaker Jean-Cosme Delaoye’s Harley is primarily a character study of the eponymous…
By Andrew Murray
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Banksy Most Wanted
The question of who Banksy is is one that many of us assumed had already been answered. However,…
By Mary-Catherine Harvey
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P.S. Burn This Letter Please
P.S. Burn This Letter Please owes its existence to the fact the postscript instruction was not followed by…
By Mary-Catherine Harvey
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Stateless (Apátrida)
An eye-opening look into a country whose current affairs rarely gain recognition on the global stage, director Michele…
By Guy Lambert
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Picture a Scientist
An eye-opening documentary that highlights the severity of harassment and gender bias faced by female scientists at the…
By Andrew Murray
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Hydration
Hydration documents hip-hop artist Pharrell Williams's creation of There’s Something In The Water Festival. For what could have so…
By Andrew Murray
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Sweet Thing
Alexandre Rockwell directs his children in Sweet Thing, an intimate and aching family drama that tackles the ways…
By Mary-Catherine Harvey
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Looking for a Lady with Fangs and a Moustache
It comes as no surprise that a film about a distracted man comes across as, well, distracted. If…
By Mary-Catherine Harvey
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Pacified
The latest feature to be written and directed by American filmmaker Paxton Winters and co-produced by Darren Aronofsky,…
By Andrew Murray
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Ainu Mosir
The second feature from Japanese writer-director Takeshi Fukunaga, Ainu Mosir is a unique – if somewhat contradictory – coming-of-age…
By Andrew Murray
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Asia
Asia is a film that initially presents itself as one that could go in any direction. Ultimately, it…
By Mary-Catherine Harvey
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12 Hour Shift
The 2020 Tribeca Film Festival takes a new online form within the strange world of social distancing. However,…
By Mary-Catherine Harvey