The title of Mark Hall's first feature documentary might be somewhat misleading to all the viewers who got so accustomed to watching artistic, eye-pleasing but not entirely memorable foodie pictures. Sushi: The Global Catch is not as much about sushi in itself as it is about making people all over the world aware of the dangers caused by excessive fishing capacity for different kinds of fish, mostly bluefin tuna. Though strictly one-sided in the approach to the presented topic, the film does make a convincing and really worrisome point. What begins as a historical journey into the sushi-making business, deliciously beautified with mouthwatering imagery reminiscent of Jiro Dreams of Sushi, soon turns into an insightful and earnest commentary on the state of the fishing industry, shown from...
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- 11/4/2013
- Screen Anarchy
On Demand DVD New Releases April 15-21: Celebrate sending off your taxes with a movie! There’s a handful of new releases to choose from this week, including the Oscar-winning Django Unchained. If documentaries are more your speed, try Sushi: The Global Catch; for kids, consider A Monster in Paris or the animated Iron Man:Rise of Technovore. 33 Postcards A man is surprised when the young Chinese orphan he has sponsored for many years arrives in Sydney unexpectedly to thank him. Guy Pearce, Zhu Lin, Claudia Karvan (Nr, 1:34) 4/15 3 Blind Saints When Sam’s latest scheme blows up, he and his cohorts Jamal and Frankie have [...]
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- 4/15/2013
- by Meredith Ennis
- ChannelGuideMag
Sushi: The Global Catch ponders this question and others by delving into the sustainable fishing issue. While there are indeed some interesting ideas on the table to solve the problem, in the end, it boils down to educating the consumer and convincing said consumer to adapt. Some potential solutions in the works include sushi restaurants serving only sustainable varieties of fish, and Australian tuna farms, satisfying the Japanese sushi fix by breeding bluefin in onshore pontoons. Will the consumer adapt? Will the fishermen of the world be rendered obsolete by wiping out the world's supply of bluefin? Perhaps there is a future for them working on the tuna farms.
- 4/12/2013
- by Dirk Sonniksen
- SmellsLikeScreenSpirit
Sushi: The Global Catch Alive Mind Cinema/ From Kino Lorber Director: Mark Hall Cast: Mamoru Sugiyama, Mike Sutton, Alistair Douglas, Daccon Trenor, Hagen Stehr, Tyson Cole Screened at: Review 2, NYC, 7/19/21 Opens: August 3, 2012 People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), the most radical of the major organizations for animal rights, would like us all to go vegan, not primarily for environmental reasons but for the welfare of the animals themselves. Mark Hall, who directs the documentary “Sushi: The Global Catch,” is more moderate. He, and some of the members of the interviewed cast, have no ethical problems regarding the rights of fish or, for that matter, [ Read More ]...
- 7/20/2012
- by Harvey Karten
- ShockYa
Another Austin film, another distribution deal. You may have heard that Richard Garriott: Man on a Mission was picked up by First Run Features and will open in Austin in mid-January. And the Twittersphere positively exploded with the news that Emily Hagins' My Sucky Teen Romance was picked up by Dark Sky Films a few weeks ago. The latest news: Austin goes global with Sushi: The Global Catch, from Austin filmmaker Mark Hall.
Sushi: The Global Catch just played the prestigious International Documentary Film Festival ("Idfa") in Amsterdam last week, and has been picked up by Kino Lorber for North American theatrical release in early 2012. The documentary won a Special Jury Award Seattle International Film Festival in June.
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Sushi: The Global Catch just played the prestigious International Documentary Film Festival ("Idfa") in Amsterdam last week, and has been picked up by Kino Lorber for North American theatrical release in early 2012. The documentary won a Special Jury Award Seattle International Film Festival in June.
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- 11/22/2011
- by Jenn Brown
- Slackerwood
Vancouver, Canada – There are over 200 sushi restaurants in the city of Vancouver alone, it was only fitting that the documentary Sushi: The Global Catch screen at the Vancouver International Film Festival.
A documentary about fish — bluefin tuna specifically — Sushi explores the cultural significance of the cuisine as an art form, an industry, and a soon to be endangered species in the eyes of environmentalists.
The film eases the viewer into the world of sushi as a delicacy, and as a fast food option, but doesn’t shy away from shining light on the treatment of fish and overfishing practices of the industry. Told mainly through interviews with fishermen, scientists, even chefs like Tyson Cole of Uchi sushi bar, the global appetite for bluefin tuna is in demand, and at a high price.
Director Mark Hall, a former lawyer turned filmmaker, begins documenting the explosion of sushi in his home town of Austin,...
A documentary about fish — bluefin tuna specifically — Sushi explores the cultural significance of the cuisine as an art form, an industry, and a soon to be endangered species in the eyes of environmentalists.
The film eases the viewer into the world of sushi as a delicacy, and as a fast food option, but doesn’t shy away from shining light on the treatment of fish and overfishing practices of the industry. Told mainly through interviews with fishermen, scientists, even chefs like Tyson Cole of Uchi sushi bar, the global appetite for bluefin tuna is in demand, and at a high price.
Director Mark Hall, a former lawyer turned filmmaker, begins documenting the explosion of sushi in his home town of Austin,...
- 10/22/2011
- by Albert Art
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Here's the latest Austin movie news.
The Austin/Texas films at Los Angeles Film Festival are gathering plenty of attention and critical acclaim. The opening-night film on Thursday was Richard Linklater's latest feature, Bernie, starring Jack Black, Shirley MacLaine and Matthew McConaughey, and based on a Texas Monthly article. Austin Movie Blog has a good roundup of reviews and responses, plus photos.Also at Laff, former Austinite Steve Collins' film You Hurt My Feelings premiered over the weekend. The cast includes Collins regulars John Merriman, Courtney Davis and Macon Blair. IndieWIRE has an email interview with Collins about the movie. Check out Paul Sbrizzi's thoughtful review at Hammer to Nail.And last night, Laff screened An Ordinary Family, from local filmmaker Mike Akel (Chalk), which has a local cast/crew including a brief appearance from Merriman. It's still early for reactions, but Moving Pictures Network has a review.
The Austin/Texas films at Los Angeles Film Festival are gathering plenty of attention and critical acclaim. The opening-night film on Thursday was Richard Linklater's latest feature, Bernie, starring Jack Black, Shirley MacLaine and Matthew McConaughey, and based on a Texas Monthly article. Austin Movie Blog has a good roundup of reviews and responses, plus photos.Also at Laff, former Austinite Steve Collins' film You Hurt My Feelings premiered over the weekend. The cast includes Collins regulars John Merriman, Courtney Davis and Macon Blair. IndieWIRE has an email interview with Collins about the movie. Check out Paul Sbrizzi's thoughtful review at Hammer to Nail.And last night, Laff screened An Ordinary Family, from local filmmaker Mike Akel (Chalk), which has a local cast/crew including a brief appearance from Merriman. It's still early for reactions, but Moving Pictures Network has a review.
- 6/20/2011
- by Jette Kernion
- Slackerwood
“To Be Heard” and “Hot Coffee” win big at Seattle International Film Festival’s awards ceremony today at Seattle’s Space Needle.
See below for the full list of winners and runners-up:
Siff 2011 Competition Awards
Siff 2011 Best New Director
Grand Jury Prize
Gandu, directed by “Q” Kaushik Mukherjee (India, 2010)
Jury Statement: “We chose to give the prize to a movie that bowled us over with its kinetic, brash humor and style-hoping dexterity, a portrait of tortured youth that refreshingly pokes fun at adolescent self-centeredness while simultaneously exploring the anger, despondency and malaise of a generation.”
Siff 2011 Best Documentary
Grand Jury Prize
Hot Coffee, directed by Susan Saladoff (USA, 2011)
Jury Statement: “Going beyond a well-known headline that was the butt of many jokes, Hot Coffee makes dry legal boilerplate spring to life in portraying human dramas with tragic consequences. It makes us all question our simple assumptions – it’s a film that needs to be seen.
See below for the full list of winners and runners-up:
Siff 2011 Competition Awards
Siff 2011 Best New Director
Grand Jury Prize
Gandu, directed by “Q” Kaushik Mukherjee (India, 2010)
Jury Statement: “We chose to give the prize to a movie that bowled us over with its kinetic, brash humor and style-hoping dexterity, a portrait of tortured youth that refreshingly pokes fun at adolescent self-centeredness while simultaneously exploring the anger, despondency and malaise of a generation.”
Siff 2011 Best Documentary
Grand Jury Prize
Hot Coffee, directed by Susan Saladoff (USA, 2011)
Jury Statement: “Going beyond a well-known headline that was the butt of many jokes, Hot Coffee makes dry legal boilerplate spring to life in portraying human dramas with tragic consequences. It makes us all question our simple assumptions – it’s a film that needs to be seen.
- 6/12/2011
- by admin
- Moving Pictures Network
“To Be Heard” and “Hot Coffee” win big at Seattle International Film Festival’s awards ceremony today at Seattle’s Space Needle.
See below for the full list of winners and runners-up:
Siff 2011 Competition Awards
Siff 2011 Best New Director
Grand Jury Prize
Gandu, directed by “Q” Kaushik Mukherjee (India, 2010)
Jury Statement: “We chose to give the prize to a movie that bowled us over with its kinetic, brash humor and style-hoping dexterity, a portrait of tortured youth that refreshingly pokes fun at adolescent self-centeredness while simultaneously exploring the anger, despondency and malaise of a generation.”
Siff 2011 Best Documentary
Grand Jury Prize
Hot Coffee, directed by Susan Saladoff (USA, 2011)
Jury Statement: “Going beyond a well-known headline that was the butt of many jokes, Hot Coffee makes dry legal boilerplate spring to life in portraying human dramas with tragic consequences. It makes us all question our simple assumptions – it’s a film that needs to be seen.
See below for the full list of winners and runners-up:
Siff 2011 Competition Awards
Siff 2011 Best New Director
Grand Jury Prize
Gandu, directed by “Q” Kaushik Mukherjee (India, 2010)
Jury Statement: “We chose to give the prize to a movie that bowled us over with its kinetic, brash humor and style-hoping dexterity, a portrait of tortured youth that refreshingly pokes fun at adolescent self-centeredness while simultaneously exploring the anger, despondency and malaise of a generation.”
Siff 2011 Best Documentary
Grand Jury Prize
Hot Coffee, directed by Susan Saladoff (USA, 2011)
Jury Statement: “Going beyond a well-known headline that was the butt of many jokes, Hot Coffee makes dry legal boilerplate spring to life in portraying human dramas with tragic consequences. It makes us all question our simple assumptions – it’s a film that needs to be seen.
- 6/12/2011
- by admin
- Moving Pictures Magazine
Reviewed by Christy Karras
(from the 2011 Seattle International Film Festival)
Directed by: Mark Hall
Featuring: Alistair Douglas, Casson Trenor and Hagen Stehr
I’ll admit this up front: I don’t eat sushi. I’m allergic to shellfish, and as far as I’m concerned, all fish are guilty by association. This means that while I’ve done my part when it comes to pollution, deforestation and copper mining, I bear no responsibility for the environmental destruction that overfishing causes.
But as “Sushi: The Global Catch” points out, a lot of people love sushi — for reasons including health, craftsmanship, tradition and taste — and this is where director Mark Hall’s exploration of sushi’s worldwide impact begins.
Hall eschews voiceover narration in favor of letting his subject interviewees talk for themselves, which would be fine except that the excess of subtitles causes the film to feel a tad academic at times.
(from the 2011 Seattle International Film Festival)
Directed by: Mark Hall
Featuring: Alistair Douglas, Casson Trenor and Hagen Stehr
I’ll admit this up front: I don’t eat sushi. I’m allergic to shellfish, and as far as I’m concerned, all fish are guilty by association. This means that while I’ve done my part when it comes to pollution, deforestation and copper mining, I bear no responsibility for the environmental destruction that overfishing causes.
But as “Sushi: The Global Catch” points out, a lot of people love sushi — for reasons including health, craftsmanship, tradition and taste — and this is where director Mark Hall’s exploration of sushi’s worldwide impact begins.
Hall eschews voiceover narration in favor of letting his subject interviewees talk for themselves, which would be fine except that the excess of subtitles causes the film to feel a tad academic at times.
- 6/12/2011
- by admin
- Moving Pictures Network
Reviewed by Christy Karras
(from the 2011 Seattle International Film Festival)
Directed by: Mark Hall
Featuring: Alistair Douglas, Casson Trenor and Hagen Stehr
I’ll admit this up front: I don’t eat sushi. I’m allergic to shellfish, and as far as I’m concerned, all fish are guilty by association. This means that while I’ve done my part when it comes to pollution, deforestation and copper mining, I bear no responsibility for the environmental destruction that overfishing causes.
But as “Sushi: The Global Catch” points out, a lot of people love sushi — for reasons including health, craftsmanship, tradition and taste — and this is where director Mark Hall’s exploration of sushi’s worldwide impact begins.
Hall eschews voiceover narration in favor of letting his subject interviewees talk for themselves, which would be fine except that the excess of subtitles causes the film to feel a tad academic at times.
(from the 2011 Seattle International Film Festival)
Directed by: Mark Hall
Featuring: Alistair Douglas, Casson Trenor and Hagen Stehr
I’ll admit this up front: I don’t eat sushi. I’m allergic to shellfish, and as far as I’m concerned, all fish are guilty by association. This means that while I’ve done my part when it comes to pollution, deforestation and copper mining, I bear no responsibility for the environmental destruction that overfishing causes.
But as “Sushi: The Global Catch” points out, a lot of people love sushi — for reasons including health, craftsmanship, tradition and taste — and this is where director Mark Hall’s exploration of sushi’s worldwide impact begins.
Hall eschews voiceover narration in favor of letting his subject interviewees talk for themselves, which would be fine except that the excess of subtitles causes the film to feel a tad academic at times.
- 6/12/2011
- by admin
- Moving Pictures Magazine
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