“Art. Love. Radical self-determination. Nazis. BDSM. Consent. THE ARTIST & THE PERVERT is a documentary about a very special couple; Georg Friedrich Haas is a world-renowned composer and his wife Mollena is a sex educator, storyteller and activist. Together, they live in a 24/7 BDSM relationship with him being the master and her being the […]
Author: Jason Whyte
HotDocs 2018 Interview: LAILA AT THE BRIDGE director Elizabeth Mirzaei
“LAILA AT THE BRIDGE is a film about an Afghan woman who tries to offer second chances to the outcast heroin addicts living under an infamous bridge in Kabul. Laila’s own brother was a heroin addict for over 25 years, inspiring her to undertake this Sisyphean task to provide free treatment to thousands of men […]
Hot Docs 2018 Interview — MR. FISH: CARTOONING FROM THE DEEP END director Pablo Bryant
“MR. FISH: CARTOONING FROM THE DEEP END is an in-depth look at the artist Mr. Fish, who is a brilliant, outrageous political cartoonist with a biting sense of satire whose work is dangerous in the best sense. He is a not ready for prime time artist, and the film is both a very personal documentary […]
Hot Docs 2018 Interview – THIS MOUNTAIN LIFE director Grant Baldwin
“THIS MOUNTAIN LIFE follows 60 year-old Tania and her daughter Martina who survive a 6 month ski trek through the treacherous Coast Mountains from Vancouver to Alaska. Their adventure is the main thread of the film, but it’s also intertwined with five other stories about people with incredible passion for the BC mountains from a […]
Hot Docs 2018 Interview: THE ACCOUNTANT OF AUSCHWITZ director Matthew Shoychet
“The film essentially focuses on the trial of a 94-year-old former Nazi named Oskar Gröning, who, seventy years after the Holocaust, was charged with being an accessory to the murder of 300,000 Hungarian Jews at Auschwitz. His job was to collect the victims’ valuables when they arrived at the death camp. Why is this happening […]
Hot Docs 2018 Interview: TRANSFORMER director Michael Del Monte
“The film follows former U.S. Marine, bodybuilder and strongest man in the world, Matt Kroc, as he attempts his greatest test of strength: becoming a woman.” Director Michael Del Monte on TRANSFORMER which screens at #HotDocs25. Great to have you here at HotDocs! Tell me more about your process of getting this documentary project together! […]
Hot Docs 2018 Interview: THE NIGHT OF ALL NIGHTS director Yasemin Samdereli
“I was just freshly married and already thinking anout getting a divorce. So I thought of my grandparents and asked myself. How did they manage? They were married over 50 years. Did they knew something our generation had forgotten? Or was it just the “duty” that they stayed together. The absence of an exit possibility?” […]
Happy National Canadian Film Day!
Wednesday, April 18th, 2018 marks the fifth annual National Canadian Film Day, an annual celebration of Canadian cinema in our own very, very, very big backyard. Through my annual film festival pilgrimage to Toronto, Vancouver and Whistler Film Festivals I see a large amount of Canadian productions from all corners of the country. To celebrate […]
UNSANE or: Steven Soderbergh Takes the Smart (Phone) Thriller Approach
As someone who has a rule to avoid all previews in theaters and all forms of online advertising, the promotion for the new thriller UNSANE did get past my stubborn policies in a unique way. Slipping through my social media interactions, I discovered that not only has legendary filmmaker Steven Soderbergh returned with another feature […]
Breaking Down The 2018 Edition of South By Southwest Film Festival
By Jason Whyte, Managing Editor With contributions from Kielan Ellis, Daniel Azbel & Ben Scanga 2018 marked my 11th year at the South By Southwest Conference & Festivals and my first covering as Managing Editor for GetReelMovies.com. To say this was a fun year in Austin is a massive understatement; every day brought great […]
SXSW 2018 Review: Unfriended: Dark Web
No singular being falls victim to the “unfollow” button on Facebook here, which removes you from your mildly-healthy relationships digitally and in reality. Dark Web doesn’t bother to attempt to continue the narrative of Laura Barnes and whatever group of alpha-males and insecure prom queens she’ll go onto haunt next, it instead focuses on the […]
SxSW 2018 Interview: Meet the team behind SCIENCE FAIR!
“Science Fair follows nine students and one mentor on their journey to the International Science & Engineering Fair, or ISEF, which is like the Olympics of science fairs.” Directors Cristina Costantini & Darren Foster on SCIENCE FAIR which screens at SxSW 2018. Congratulations on your film playing in Austin at SxSW this year! Is your […]
SxSW 2018 Interview: Meet the team behind THE POTENTIAL OF NOISE – CONNY PLANK!
“The idea to make a documentary about Conny emerged while I was clearing out the recording studio after the death of my mother. It occurred to me that I knew my father but I could not understand the producer Conny Plank. So I started a research project into the work of my father. And wow […]
SxSW 2018 Interview: Meet the team from HEAVY TRIP!
“This is an anarchic comedy on a Finnish heavy rock band on their way to a Norwegian metal festival. The lead singer Turo, 25, tries to overcome his fears by leading his band, Impaled Rektum, to the hottest metal festival of Norway. Their journey includes metal music, vomiting, grave robbings, fake vikings and the first […]
SxSW 2018 Interview: JINN director Nilja Mu’min
“Jinn is a coming of age film about a teenage dancer named Summer whose world is shaken when her mother, Jade, converts to Islam. At first resistant to the faith, she becomes drawn to some of it teachings, and experiences deep feelings for a Muslim classmate, Tahir, crossing the thin line between desire and piety.” […]