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TIFF Picks 09: Peter Mettler’s Petropolis: Aerial Perspectives on the Alberta Tar Sands
Canada is one of the world's worst polluters and thanks to Peter Mettler's keen eye as a cinematographer (Manufactured Landscapes) and filmmaker - words will be totally unnecessary to grasp the full impact of this country's actions.
What’s NEXT for Sundance?: Cooper Embraces Counter Culture
The announcement of a new section called NEXT (or going by the symbol < = > ) is John Cooper's first major move as the head honcho of Sundance and it's exactly what this festival needed.
TIFF Picks 09: Lu Chuan’s City of Life and Death
Those who've seen Kekexili: Mountain Patrol won't need an introduction to the filmmaker, but for the rest of yous, he is one of the better Chinese filmmakers around. Epic scaled film should receive one of the top 5 nomination spots for the Best Foreign picture.
TIFF Picks 09: Harmony Korine’s Trash Humpers
Korine returns to Gummo territory in this handheld video of a loser-gang cult-freak collective who do antisocial things in a nonnarrative way, except for the song-and-dance numbers.
TIFF Picks 09: Chris Smith’s Collapse
Chris Smith has picked one hell of a subject to interview - the whistleblower of all whistleblowers. TIFF's Thom Powers says the style "recalls the work of Errol Morris and Spalding Gray" and let me tell you, a one-on-one interview with an unpopular person as was the case with Morris' Fog of War resulted in one hell of a fascinating watch.
