19 Jun 2019

FILM REVIEW: LAW AND SHORTER (TORONTO TRUE CRIME FILM FESTIVAL)

The second annual Toronto True Crime Film Festival came to a close last weekend. After last years break out debut full of interesting documentaries such as the fascinating yet equally horrifying ABDUCTED IN PLAIN SIGHT, this year the film festival had some equally interesting offerings. We are all completely fascinated

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13 Jun 2018

INTERVIEW: SKYE BORGMAN PART 2

Yesterday we gave you part 1 of our 2 part interview with filmmaker SKYE BORGMAN.Skye’s film ABDUCTED IN PLAIN SIGHT recently screened at the TORONTO TRUE CRIME FILM FESTIVAL. The film is so bonkers that it’s hard to believe it is a true crime story. When we were given the

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09 Jun 2018

Film Review: HOSTAGES (TORONTO TRUE CRIME FILM FESTIVAL)

HOSTAGES is a true crime film by Georgian filmmaker Rezo Gigineishvili. Set in the Soviet Union in the 1980s, it is as much a political drama as it is a crime thriller. HOSTAGES is showing in Toronto as part of the TORONTO TRUE CRIME FILM FESTIVAL and with its Russian

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08 Jun 2018

FILM REVIEW: 42 COUNTS (TORONTO TRUE CRIME FILM FESTIVAL)

Screening this weekend at the TORONTO TRUE CRIME FILM FESTIVAL is the short film 42 COUNTS. Written, edited and directed by Jill Gevargizian, the film is based on real events with the title of the film referring to the number of charges laid against the perpetrator in one arrest. Ava

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07 Jun 2018

FILM REVIEW: ABDUCTED IN PLAIN SIGHT (TORONTO TRUE CRIME FILM FESTIVAL)

This month will usher in the inaugural Toronto True Crime Film Festival, and with it, some of the most disturbing true crime films from around the world. I had the good fortune to get my hands on the surreal, stranger-than-fiction, true crime documentary ABDUCTED IN PLAIN SIGHT. It’s one of

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