Admittedly, I did not catch all the big films at the Hot Docs this year. I ventured out watching films that were about interesting topics, sounded cool, balanced out that which I had previously seen, or simply fit into a schedule. That said, of the roughly 20 films I was fortunate enough to watch, many stood out, leaving a lasting impression and fostering important conversations. The goal of a doc
Our Nixon is a documentary that feels like a home movie, since the majority of the footage used is exactly that.
Kathy Leichter’s mother has dead for 16 years. She lives now in the house her mother lived in, and has done nothing yet to change or remove the window from which her mother jumped out of when she decided to kill herself. Until now as well, Kathy has keep untouched the box of audio diaries her mother kept leading up to her death.
Cullen Hoback’s documentary is one that you know is going to be compelling right from the start, but one you also cringe at watching. The reason is that you know what he is going to do, but you want to avoid the inconvenient truth. He is about to show the horrors of the mostly complacent world in which we live when it comes to online privacy.
The opening night film is not feel-good, but surely interesting and very hard to forget; whether you want to remember or not. A colourful cast of characters make up the people of The Manor, a hotel and strip club in Guelph, and those colors are pretty unattractive ones.
If you missed Yung Chang’s China Heavyweight during Hot Docs, the film opens this Friday, May 11th at the Varsity! I recommend everyone catch this amazing story of rural teens turned Olympic hopefuls from the …
Another great year at Hot Docs has come and gone. The wildly popular Canadian International Documentary Festival, running from April 26th to May 6th, has just wrapped up its 19th year in Toronto; and what …
RADIOMAN Craig Castaldo aka “Radioman” is no stranger on the streets of Manhattan. You may have even seen him on the big and small screen in one of his 100+ cameo appearances. Dubbed for his …
