Hot Docs 2022 (Capsule Reviews of Selected Films)

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Published: Tuesday, 12 April 2022 16:00

Written by Gilbert Seah

HOT DOCS 2022

Hot Docs is here again, this year available both in theatre screenings and on streaming platforms.  Docs are educational and informative, always showing audiences that there is much to learn about a number of topics, while being entertaining at the same time.

It is impossible to see all the docs screened this year - just too many.  Below can be found capsule reviews of selected documentaries.  These have been selected primarily because their publicity reached out to this film reviewer.

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Film Review: Tout S'est Bien Passe

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Published: Friday, 01 April 2022 10:34

Written by Gilbert Seah

TOUT S’EST BIEN PASSE (EVERYTHING WENT FINE) (France 2021) ****

Directed by Francois Ozon

A new film by French auteur  Francois Ozon is always something to look forward to, since Ozon is now in top form with his recent hits like L’ETE DE ’85, L’AMANT DOUBLE and THE NEW GIRLFRIEND.  This is Ozon’s most serious film, where all the details in the film appear to be a premonition of the worst that is yet to come.

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Film Review: Les Olympiades (Paris, 13th District)

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Published: Friday, 08 April 2022 09:41

Written by Gilbert Seah

LES OLYMPIADES (PARIS, 13TH DISTRICT) (France 2021) ***
Directed by Jacques Audiard

These two weeks sees the release of two French films by two French Masters, a rare treat for French film aficionados like myself.  Last week saw the opening of Francois Ozon’s excellent EVERYTHING WENT FINE and this week Jacques Audiard’s PARIS, 13TH DISTRICT.  Both are arresting films and worth a look.  If only there would be more French films commercially released in Canada.

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Film Review: L'Inconnu de Shandigor

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Published: Tuesday, 22 February 2022 10:58

Written by Gilbert Seah

THE UNKNOWN MAN OF SHANDIGOR (Switzerland 1967 ) ***1/2

(L’INCONNU DE SHANDIGOR)

Directed by Jean-Louis Roy

THE UNKNOWN MAN OF SHANDIGOR is a largely unknown black and white Swiss spy thriller that made cinematic history when it opened.  I have not heard of the supposedly long-unseen 60s Cold War Spy Thriller that stars Marie-France Boyer, Ben Carruthers, Jacques Dufilho, Daniel Emilfork, and Famed Singer-Songwriter Serge Gainsbourg.  But seeing its re-release, the film has whetted my appetite, and it is a strange spy film, as strange as, say, Joseph Losey’s MODESTY BLAISE that came out around the same time.

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