Hot Docs

Hot Docs 2016: Off The Rails Review

It's rare that a can can stumble upon a character as fascinating as Off The Rails ' Darius McCollum, a man whose need to ride on and/or commandeer trains is so deep that it's landed him in jail over 30 times.

Hot Docs 2016: Frame 394 Review

Frame 394 follows a man who digitally analyzed the video of the Walter Scott shooting and found something that could potentially affect the outcome of the case.

Hot Docs 2016: Cheer Up Review

Following three members of a Finnish cheerleading team, Cheer Up finds universal characters through their very specific experiences.

Hot Docs 2016: Fear Itself Review

From the director of Beyond Clueless comes another essay film about pop culture, this time settling on horror films as a subject as it weaves together clips from the entire history of the genre.

Hot Docs 2016: Nuts! Review

Nuts! is about a man who nearly a century ago implanted goat testicles into the sacks of thousands of lost souls to cure their impotence and how this is a thing that really happened.

Hot Docs 2016: De Palma Review

Filmmakers Noah Baumbach and Jake Paltrow sit down with legendary director Brian De Palma for a career spanning chat, De Palma will be loved by those who already love him, but that's about it.

Hot Docs 2015: Stay Awhile Review

The Bells were a Canadian pop group formed in the 60s who were considered hugely successful at the time but failed to really leave their mark, Stay Awhile is their story told from the perspective of two of the original members' daughter.

Hot Docs 2015: Survivor’s Rowe Interview

At 21, Daniel Roher has already shot documentaries all over the world. His latest, Survivor's Rowe gives a voice to victims of Canada's most prolific sex offender. We talked to him about how he approached such a difficult topic.

Hot Docs 2015: Deprogrammed Review

In Deprogrammed , Mia Donovan takes us into the strange, disturbing and yet completely intriguing world of deprogramming, the process by which one is removed from an alternative religion or cult and brought back into the wider world.