Film reviews, interviews, and previews from The GATE including annual coverage of the Academy Awards, Toronto International Film Festival, and more.
Unusually filmed, but unquestionably intense and captivating, Mexican filmmaker Everardo González’s A Wolfpack Called Ernesto might make viewers question the authenticity of its images, but certainly opens eyes with its …
An experimental documentary with a distinctly lived in feeling, Terra Long’s Feet in Water, Head on Fire uses a peculiar visual sensibility to entrance, educate, and provoke thought.
I’m Just Here for the Riot, a typically great ESPN 30 for 30 documentary, directed by Kathleen Jayme and Asia Youngman, looks at one of the most regrettable, but possibly …
A documentary that would either benefit from a grander scope or further editing, Davide Rizzo and Marzia Toscano’s After the Bridge takes a sorrowful and appropriately heavy look at tragedy …
Messy, but well intentioned, the documentary Food and Country makes some great points about the continued devaluation of farmers, restaurants, and overall nutrition, but the package as a whole leaves …
The Stroll is an astute, wide ranging, and comprehensive oral history of a place and time in New York City that suffered great stigmatization and hardship, but also one that …
Accomplished documentary filmmaker Penny Lane turns the camera on herself for the funny and emotionally charged Confessions of Good Samaritan, a look at her attempts to give back to the …
Lagueria Davis takes an informative and personal deep dive into the creation of a groundbreaking, but often overlooked children’s toy in Black Barbie: A Documentary.
Rowdy Girl is an observational animal advocacy documentary that carries a pleasantly zen-like tone and softness to go alongside its impassioned message.
Director Zack Russell’s documentary Someone Lives Here chronicles the advocacy and struggles of one person striving to help serve Toronto’s growing and underserved homeless community.
