Posts Tagged ‘The Globe and Mail’
Review: Anthropocene is a shocking and beautiful documentary
By Kate Taylor The Globe and Mail ★★★★ Vast rectangular ponds of foul yellow water lie evaporating in the Chilean desert; they will produce the lithium that powers electric-car batteries. A gorgeous red-and-grey rock is imprinted with an eye-catching circular pattern: It’s the mark of Russian potash mining, extracting one of the fertilizers that is…
Read MoreAnthropocene art show and documentary will shock you with a view of human impact on the planet
By Kate Taylor The Globe and Mail The project, which includes not only a new documentary but also two museum exhibitions and an art book, gives a chilling, yet sometimes beautiful, examination of the indelible and spreading mark of human activity on the planet. Like some eerie sculpture, a dome-shaped pile of elephant tusks glimmers…
Read MoreTIFF 2018: Will the wait be worth it for Dolan, Arcand and Burtynsky?
By Kate Taylor | The Globe and Mail It takes money, time and persistence to get a movie made in any country but in Canada the task can feel like moving a mountain. I’m looking forward to the slate of Canadian films at the Toronto International Film Festival this year and in particular I am eager…
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