Articles by Robert Bell
Wavelengths 2: YOLO
Various
PUBLISHED Sep 21, 2015
As part of the Wavelengths programme at TIFF, several short films are grouped by thematic or stylistic similarities and offered in a collec...
3,000 Nights
Mai Masri
PUBLISHED Sep 21, 2015
Documentary filmmaker Mai Masri has a history of crafting films about Palestine under occupation, detailing the experiences of children in...
Eva Doesn't Sleep
Pablo Agüero
PUBLISHED Sep 18, 2015
Before her death in 1952 at the age of 33, Eva Perón, the First Lady of Argentina, was known for her work in what became known as Peronist...
Women He's Undressed
Gillian Armstrong
PUBLISHED Sep 17, 2015
Australian director Gillian Armstrong is intrigued by history and how it's portrayed. Many of her films are period piece biopics, while oth...
Magallanes
Salvador del Solar
PUBLISHED Sep 17, 2015
Peruvian actor Salvador del Solar, who, in addition to making an appearance on Narcos, was last seen in the underappreciated, cleverly self...
Granny's Dancing on the Table
Hanna Sköld
PUBLISHED Sep 17, 2015
Back in 2009, when Swedish director Hanna Sköld took out a loan from the bank to shoot her first feature, Nasty Old People, she took a non-...
Every Thing Will Be Fine
Wim Wenders
PUBLISHED Sep 17, 2015
Wim Wenders isn't for everyone. He's one of the rare examples of a director that's more accessible and mainstream in the context of documen...
Homesick
Anne Sewitsky
PUBLISHED Sep 16, 2015
Charlotte (Ine Marie Wilmann), a children's dance instructor, lives a life of seeming independence. When Homesick, Norwegian director Anne...