‘The Rehearsal’ review: Nathan Fielder puts the reality (and fiction) in reality television

Throughout the course of his sleeper hit Comedy Central series, Nathan For You, Nathan Fielder constantly—and, of course, hilariously—blurred the lines between reality and fiction. Never quite a mockumentary series, but too absurdly augmented to be authentic (even when life…

NYFF Review: The Rehearsal

I like to think that when Alison Maclean finished shooting her new film The Rehearsal, she and her editor Jonno Woodford-Robinson sat down and numbered each scene individually. Maclean then flipped a coin. If it was heads, all the even-numbered…

VIFF 2016 #1: Kedi, Graduation, Lifeline

To read other VIFF coverage, click here Graduation Cristian Mungiu’s Graduation stands at the front what seems to be a Romanian New Wave resurgence. Graduation, which seems to be the most talked about of the bunch, is also the bleakest, most melancholy and claustrophobic…