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Oscar Peterson: Black + White 
  • Review: Oscar Peterson documentary asks whether Canadian jazz legend received the respect he deserved - Globe and Mail
  • New documentary tells the story of Montreal jazz great Oscar Peterson - National Post 
  • New Crave docu-concert looks at the incredible jazz career of Oscar Peterson - Your Morning
  • Oscar Peterson made the piano ‘sound like it had four hands’ - fellow music greats celebrate him in the film ‘Black +White’ - Toronto Star
  • Podcast interview with Barry Avrich - TVO ‘On Docs’
  • Let’s Hear It for Oscar Peterson - York University Magazine - Fall Issue 
  • ‘Oscar Peterson: Black + White’ Doc: Exploring the Canadian Jazz Giant’s Monumental Life and Legacy - Zoomer
  • ‘Oscar Peterson: Black + White’ Clip: Docu-Concert Film From Director Barry Avrich Acquired by Hulu - Deadline
  • Oscar Peterson documentarian Barry Avrich on telling Black Canadian stories - Toronto Star
  • Oscar Peterson: Black + White - tiff
  • New film celebrates Montreal jazz legend Oscar Peterson - CBC

Coriolanus 
  • Coriolanus review – orgiastic frenzy in a modern-day setting - The Guardian


Made You Look 
  • ‘Made You Look’ and the Art of the Con - POV Magazine
  • ‘Made You Look’ Trailer: Barry Avrich’s Documentary About Largest Art Fraud In American History - Deadline
  • Made You Look: a True Story About Fake Art - a Grade a Dissection of One of America's Biggest Art Scams - Original Cin
  • Documentary Made You Look explores the fine art of fake art, while its premiere blurs the line of how we view art in the first place - The Globe and Mail
  • Fake-art doc Made You Look sharply stokes skepticism of the one per cent’s favourite hobby - The Globe and Mail

David Foster
  • ​Hitmaker David Foster on seeing the movie about him: ‘The arrogance was kind of on a pretty high level’ - The Star

My first Harvey Weinstein movie missed some important details. So I made another– Toronto Star
Barry Avrich on what he knew, when, while making his first Weinstein doc– The Globe and Mail 
‘The Reckoning: Hollywood’s Worst Kept Secret’– ET Canada 
​Startford Review: Timon of Athens – The Square
How #MeToo informed a filmmaker’s second documentary on Harvey Weinstein – The Frame
Canadian doc The Reckoning, about Harvey Weinstein and other cases, set for Hot Docs – Toronto Star
Hot Docs Fest Adds Harvey Weinstein Doc ‘The Reckoning: Hollywood’s Worst Kept Secret’ – Hollywood Reporter
Hot Docs ’18: Barry Avrich’s Weinstein doc added to lineup – Real Screen
April 17: After #MeToo: Barry Avrich’s new film digs into the sexual misconduct allegations facing Harvey – WBEZ 91.5 Chicago
Harvey Weinstein documentary will have world premiere in Toronto next month – Daily Hive
Stratford Festival’s bid for big screen success pays off with Romeo and Juliet – Toronto Star
Romeo And Juliet – Stratford Festival HD fits in perfectly with societal discussion about toxic male violence – Now Toronto
Hottest tickets in Canada – five things to do across the country – The Globe and Mail
Review: Blurred Lines doc a slick critique of contemporary art industry – The Globe and Mail
The 8 Must-See Art and Fashion Films of the 2017 Tribeca Film Festival – W Magazine
Blurred Lines paints a picture of an art world corrupted by big money – CBC – The Q
Plenty to adore in HD production of Stratford’s Love’s Labour’s Lost: review – Toronto Star
King John on film masterfully acted and directed: review – Toronto Star 
Stratford’s King Lear acquires new depths onscreen: review – Toronto Star
Stratford’s Antony and Cleopatra gains stature in film edition – Toronto Star
8 Great Business Documentaries to Watch on Netflix – Equities
The Shaming of the Shrew: ‘Tis a very excellent piece of stage, film artistry – The Globe and Mail
Women Who Act: A documentary that fills a void – The Globe and Mail 
Quality Balls: The David Steinberg Story review – SF Gate
Hot Docs: How Winnipeg’s David Steinberg helped usher in a golden age of satire – Toronto Star
Penthouse founder Bob Guccione remembered as ‘Renaissance Man’ – Toronto Sun
The Corporate Chief of Sex as Big Business – New York Times
Filthy Gorgeous focuses on penthouse founder Bob Guccione: review – Toronto Star 
Filthy Gorgeous: The Bob Guccione: Toronto Review – Hollywood Reporter
Bob Guccione doc reveals porn king as tragic artist – Toronto Star
For Jailed Producer, the Show Goes on Without Him – The Wall Street Journal 
The Rise and Fall of Garth Drabinsky – The Canadian Jewish News
Show Stopper: The Theatrical Life of Garth Drabinsky – The Hollywood Reporter 
What Drove Garth Drabinsky? Not greed, according to new film – The Globe and Mail
Is Garth Drabinsky poised for a comeback? – BlogTO
Documentary hails Churchill as Zionists’ greatest ally – Toronto Star 
Shooter of stars gets a fitting tribute – Toronto Star
Harvey Weinstein is Under the Microscope Again – The New York Times 
Harvey Weinstein Can’t Bully His Critics Into Submission Anymore – Gawker 

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