Photo of the Montreal edition of Mille Femmes from Galerie [sas]'s Picasa album. Consider the first editions of Toronto's two major multidisciplinary arts festivals: Nuit Blanche 2006 was a stunning success, a magical playground that revived the spirit of the blackout and provided a moving conclusion to Let's All Hate Toronto; Luminato 2007 was a mixed bag of highfalutin performances not attended by anyone you know (with the exception of the George F. Walker......

Michael Moore’s much anticipated Sicko hits, and having seen it, we can say it’s not particularly essential for Canadian viewers to watch, unless you want to feel smug about our lovely health care system, or slightly surprised that it only takes an hour or so in London (Ontario) to be seen in an emergency room. Yes, the film is chock-a-block with anecdotal evidence, and it’s probably to the film’s fault that, as usual, Moore......

The joke goes: "The women in Montreal are so beautiful. Where do you send all the ugly women? To Toronto?" In the Hot Docs smash movie Let's All Hate Toronto, Brampton comedian Russell Peters tells the joke as evidence towards the animosity Canadians have for Toronto. Rob Spence and Albert Nerenberg, the directors of Let's All Hate Toronto were offended as well. They brought forth a petition to the Just for Laughs comedy festival to......

Do you love this city? Of course you do! And here's your chance to profess your undying love to the world. Elevator Films, the people who brought you the Hot Doc hit Let's All Hate Toronto, are holding a contest called "Let's All Love Toronto." They are asking you—yes, you—to share photos and videos of why it is that you love this fair city of ours. Does riding the subway warm your heart? Put......

As ticketholders lined up around several city blocks to get into the Bloor Cinema Friday night, the main concern among them was whether Let's All Hate Toronto would live up to its hype. The movie itself was not reviewed beforehand, so this was the first time the movie would see an audience. Some went into the movie expecting a serious in-depth investigation into the sociological and psychological theories behind the animosity towards Toronto, and were......

Idiot ex-Green candidate complains that party refuses to support him just because he wrote how he thought the 9/11 attacks were "beautiful." The best part is that Kevin Potvin claims that this is proof that the Greens don't know how to handle a scandal. uh, they punted your butt off the party in about a day, jackass. Ontario voters will get the chance to vote in a referendum for mixed-member proportional government. If it wins,......

Canadian culture is very difficult to define. There are very few unifying traits that identify a person as a true Canadian. Sure, for the most part there's hockey and the fact that we're all polite, but even so, is that all it takes to make us a part of the "true north strong and free"? Well, according to a new documentary entitled Let's All Hate Toronto, one thing that brings all Canadians together is their......

The elite of the documentary film world gathered this morning at Revival for a press conference announcing the lineup of this year's Hot Docs festival. It's a powerhouse program, which TVO's Rudy Buttingnol attributes to the filmmakers and the growing importance of the medium. "Documentaries are helping change the way people think," says Buttingnol, who will also receive the inaugural Outstanding Industry Achievement Award. "Just look at how governments around the world are now trying......