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Dark Shadows Review
While definitely closer in tone to what director Tim Burton should be making with his vivid imagination, wit, and eye for detail, Dark Shadows shouldn’t be heralded as a comeback for the director just yet. The potential for this film to serve as a middle ground between the big haired auteur’s beloved Edward Scissorhands and Beetlejuice feels somewhat squandered by a lightweight script and a really terrible final 20 minutes. Continue reading
Interview: Yung Chang
We sat down with China Heavyweight director Yung Chang to talk about making a documentary about boxing in a country where the sport was outlawed for decades. Continue reading
Interview: Joe Swanberg
Dork Shelf sits down to talk with prolific independent DIY filmmaker and actor Joe Swanberg about a trilogy of films he will be presenting at Innis Town Hall in Toronto on Sunday, May 13th. Continue reading
Edwin Boyd: Citizen Gangster Review
Featuring a great leading performance from Scott Speedman, Edwin Boyd: Citizen Gangster stands to be one of the best English language Canadian films in quite some time, and it marks director Nathan Morlando’s debut as a filmmaker to watch for in the future. Continue reading
Interview: Brian Knappenberger
Dork Shelf talks to the director of Hot Docs 2012 selection We Are Legion: The Story of the Hacktivists, Brian Knappenberger, about his fascination with Anonymous and his approach to making a film about and for the internet age. Continue reading
Interview: Stacy Peralta
To close out our coverage of Hot Docs 2012, we talk to skateboarding legend and Dogtown and Z-Boys director Stacy Peralta about his personal look back in Bones Brigade: An Autobiography and his work as a producer on the Vans Warped Tour documentary No Room for Rockstars. Continue reading
Tags: Agi Orsi, Animal Chin, Bones Brigade: An Autobiography, Chris Drew, film, George Powell, Gleaming the Cube, Hot Docs, Hot Docs 2012, interview, Lance Mountain, Made in America, Mike Posner, Never Shout Never, No Room for Rockstars, Parris Patton, Police Academy 4, Riding Giants, Rodney Mullen, Stacy Peralta, Steve Caballero, Suicide Silence, Tony Alva, Tony Hawk, Vans Warper Tour
Interview: Cobie Smulders
Dork Shelf catches up with The Avengers‘ Agent Maria Hill, Vancouver native Cobie Smulders, to talk about working with such an elite squad of actors and how it’s a change of pace from her day job on How I Met Your Mother. Continue reading
Tags: Agent Colson, Agent Maria Hill, Captain America, Chris Evans, Chris Hemsworth, Clark Gregg, Cobie Smulders, film, How I Met Your Mother, interview, Iron-Man, Jeremy Latcham, Joss Whedon, Less Than Zero, Mark Ruffalo, Marvel Studios, Nick Fury, Robert Downey Jr., Samuel L. Jackson, The Avengers, The Incredible Hulk, Thor
The Avengers Review
Funny, exciting, and not entirely disposable as entertainment, The Avengers lives up to the early hype that it might be the film to beat for this year’s box office crown. Continue reading
Tags: Black Widow, Bruce Banner, Captain America, Chris Evans, Chris Hemsworth, Clark Gregg, Cobie Smulders, film, Hawkeye, Iron-Man, Jeremy Renner, Joss Whedon, Mark Ruffalo, Nick Fury, review, Robert Downey Jr., S.H.I.E.L.D., Samuel L. Jackson, Scarlett Johansson, Steve Rogers, The Avengers, The Incredible Hulk, Thor, Tom Hiddleston, Tony Stark, Zak Penn
Interview: Mark Ruffalo
Dork Shelf sat down with the new big screen incarnation of The Incredible Hulk, Mark Ruffalo, just before the release of the long anticipated Marvel epic The Avengers about working on such a big scale with director Joss Whedon and his adventures in motion capture. Continue reading
Interview: Corey and Frank Lee
We caught up with martial arts legend Frank Lee and his filmmaker son Corey about their personal relationship and their collaboration on the deeply personal Hot Docs entry Legend of a Warrior Continue reading
Tags: Corey Lee, documentary, film, Frank Lee, Hot Docs, Hot Docs 2012, interview, Legend of a Warrior, NFB
