Articles by Daniel Pratt

Ping Pong

Hugh Hartford

PUBLISHED Nov 22, 2012

Documentaries that revolve around a particular competition can be informative, enlightening and amusing. Beyond the exploration of a given...

Arctic Air: The Complete First Season

PUBLISHED Nov 22, 2012

The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation has a history of airing low-budget Canadian programming, such as The Beachcombers, The Red Green Show...

Irvine Welsh's Ecstasy

Rob Heydon

PUBLISHED Nov 22, 2012

Irvine Welsh, beyond his use of language, is known for stories that delve into the depths of all things underground and drug-related. And t...

Silence

Pat Collins

PUBLISHED Nov 21, 2012

Anyone that lives in a metropolitan area is subjected to so many man-made sounds in a given minute that it would be impossible to list them...

Steam of Life

Joonas Berghäll and Mika Hotakainen

PUBLISHED Nov 19, 2012

While North American spas and gyms frequently have saunas nestled within them, they are by no means as intrinsic in our everyday life as th...

A Sister's Call

Rebecca Schaper & Kyle Tekiela

PUBLISHED Nov 17, 2012

There was a time when mental illness was viewed as something that could be treated with electroshock therapy and the afflicted individual c...

The Fruit Hunters

Yung Chang

PUBLISHED Nov 16, 2012

Most people seeking a piece of fruit know it's as simple as stopping by their local grocery store to find what they're looking for. Citize...

First Position

Bess Kargman

PUBLISHED Nov 15, 2012

A documentary about a ballet contest might not seem inherently dramatic or appealing to anyone that doesn't already follow the genre, but b...