Hot Docs 2015: Tig Review
Tig documents a year in the life of comedian Tig Notaro after being diagnosed with bilateral breast cancer and working this uncomfortable truth into one of the most revelatory stand-up sets of all time.
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Hot Docs 2015: Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck Review
It’s hard not to see Brett Morgen’s documentation of Kurt Cobain’s life as anything short of definitive, using both character animation and wonderfully rendered motion graphics to present Cobain’s writings, musings and music in a visually stunning way.
Hot Docs: Raiders! Interview
Our in-depth interview with Tim Skousen, one of the co-directors of the wildly entertaining doc Raiders!, screening at this year's Hot Docs film fest.
Hot Docs 2015: Welcome To Leith Review
Pitched somewhere between a real world nightmare and sick black comedy, Welcome To Leith serves up a story so unlikely that it could only be real.
Hot Docs 2015: Rolling Papers Review
On January 1, 2014 the state of Colorado went ahead and legalized the sale of marijuana. We probably all assumed someone would make a documentary about it the following year. Sure enough, Mitch Dickman did exactly that and bit off a little more that he could chew.
Hot Docs 2015: Raiders! Review
Raiders! tells the story of three kids who decided to take up a video camera in 1982 and do a shot-for-shot remake of Raiders of the Lost Ark, a feat even more preposterous prior to the age of home video releases.
Hot Docs 2015: Live From New York! Review
Live From New York! is the latest talking heads documentary to chronicle the remarkable history of the Saturday Night Live and it plays out pretty much as you’d expect.
Hot Docs 2015: Pervert Park Review
Surely one of the most challenging entries in this year’s Hot Docs, Pervert Park dares to give a voice to and even strives to find empathy for a group of people who most viewers would rather pretend didn’t exist.
Hot Docs 2015: Sweet Micky For President Review
Sweet Micky For President is full of surprises. Mixing politics, music, and celebrity, it's one of those rare documentaries that is fun AND informative.
Hot Docs 2015: What Happened, Miss Simone? Review
More than a usual rise/fall biography, What Happened, Miss Simone? dives deep into the artist’s life, examining with sometimes uncomfortable detail the swath that she created both in her personal and professional life.
Hot Docs 2015: Being Canadian Review
Being Canadian follows Canuck comedy writer/ director Rob Cohen's quest across the country to find out what it really means to 'be Canadian'.
Hot Docs 2015: On Her Own Review
On Her Own is a thoughtful documentary about a woman struggling to keep her family and her farm.
Hot Docs 2015: The Visit Review
Extra Terrestrials have landed. Well, not really. But for the sake argument, let’s say they have. What would we do? How would we react? More importantly, who would be writing the press release?
Hot Docs 2015: Western Review
The Ross Brother’s Western provides deep insight in to the lives of these two remarkable individuals, as well as the community to which they belong.
True Story Review
True Story is a true crime tale that tries hard to illustrate its cinematic qualities and justify its existence, but miscast leads and a novice script fail to elevate it to anything worthy of praise.
