“I Am”: What’s Right with the World?

Certainly one of the most upbeat documentaries I’ve ever seen, I Am (2010) refuses to dwell on the horrible events happening around the world. Instead the film looks at what people can do to make life worth living. Some of the world’s most revered environmentalists, historians, religious leaders and philosophers present their ideas on how […]

The Congress – Vancouver International Film Festival

Israeli director Ari Folman’s follow-up to his critically acclaimed autobiographical war movie Waltz with Bashir (2008) isn’t much like that film, nor is it likely to resemble anything else released next year (the film is set for theatrical distribution in North America by Drafthouse Films and Films We Like in 2014). This is always a […]