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Film Review: Chris & Martina: The Final Set

July 16, 2026 C.L. Illsley

Documentary serves Chris Everett and Martina Navratilova’s heated rivalry and friendship [read on]

Review: The Voice of Hind Rajab

June 21, 2026 Hala Taher

Art is one of the ways we make sense of ourselves, each other, and the world around us. At its best, it holds up a mirror and forces us to confront uncomfortable truths. The Voice [read on]

Profit of MDMA: PROPHET OF ECSTASY

June 12, 2026 C.L. Illsley

The Canadian feature documentary Prophet of Ecstasy, which premiered in Montreal in late May, is now available to stream on CBC Gem. Using a mix of modern interviews, archival photos, and dramatic reenactments co-directors Elias [read on]

RIDM Reviews #3: I lost sight of the landscape

November 21, 2025 Christian J Williams

This film is about the creative process – with all its uncertainty, rambling contradictions and maddening inefficiencies – which makes it potentially uncomfortable viewing for anyone who’s ever agonised over a creative project. But fear [read on]

Festivals

RIDM Picks for 2025

November 15, 2025 Rachel Levine

By taking me around the world to people and situations, the RIDM, Montreal’s annual documentary festival, gets me through November’s wet, cold, dark days. Every year, I learn about the resilience of the disadvantaged, tragically [read on]

RIDM Reviews 1 : Preparations for a Miracle

November 24, 2024 Rachel Levine

Straddling sci fi and documentary, Preparations for a Miracle, follows an intelligent, humanoid machine that has traveled back in time to find the King of the Humans. The future is dark, machines roam free, and [read on]

RIDM: Doc Your Heart Out

November 13, 2024 Rachel Levine

The annual RIDM festival brings the best of documentary film to Montreal for a week and a half. With films ranging in topics from comedy to conservation to decolonization, and sometimes all in the same [read on]

RIDM Reviews: Sofia Foi, Motherland, Programme Malena Sziam

November 25, 2023 Christian J Williams

Three films from the RIDM for review. [read on]

Doc Your Heart Out : RIDM 2022

November 9, 2022 Rachel Levine

RIDM features diverse line up of documentary films from around the globe [read on]

Fantasia Reviews: All The Moons and Dear Hacker

August 22, 2021 Rachel Levine

All the Moons Following the bombing of her orphanage, a young girl (Haizea Carneros) survives but barely. A striking woman (Itziar Ituno) appears, offering to save her if she wants it “from her heart.” “I [read on]

Documentary Review: Tattoo Uprising

December 16, 2019 C.L. Illsley

The new documentary Tattoo Uprising explores the long history and cultural influence of tattooing, tracing the art form all the way back to Biblical times. Referring to the movie as being 40 years in the [read on]

Film Review: American Dharma

December 2, 2019 C.L. Illsley

Errol Morris is a respected American filmmaker who, over the course of his long career, has produced, directed, and written an array of important, unique, and thought provoking films. Included in his filmography are the [read on]

Documentary Review: The Corporate Coup d’État

November 7, 2019 C.L. Illsley

The new documentary The Corporate Coup d’État explores the current state of American politics by shining a revealing spotlight on modern corporatism. An ideology rooted in fascism, modern corporatism involves the government being controlled not [read on]

FNC 2019: Nail in the Coffin: The Fall and Rise of Vampiro [Review]

October 24, 2019 Steven Lee

First and foremost, it’s important to mention that Nail in the Coffin: The Fall and Rise of Vampiro is not necessarily a movie about wrestling — it’s actually a compelling story that focuses on the [read on]

To The Extreme: No limits, no regrets

September 26, 2019 C.L. Illsley

To the Extreme is a short but extensive new documentary exploring the world of extreme sports and the thrill-seeking athletes who routinely take part in such dangerous activities. Shot in starkly beautiful black and white, [read on]

Before Stonewall Review: No Going Back

August 6, 2019 C.L. Illsley

The documentary Before Stonewall was originally released in 1984. Now, on the 50th anniversary of the historic Stonewall riots, the newly restored film is being re-released. Directed by Greta Schiller and Robert Rosenberg, this award winning [read on]