Posts Filed Under: Hot Docs

Review Roundup: Six Must-See Films at Hot Docs

Toronto's documentary film festival continues until May 7.

By Jesse Hawken and Angelo Muredda May. 3rd, 8:00 pm

Five Weird, Wacky, and Wonderful Films to Watch at Hot Docs

Toronto's documentary film festival runs till May 7, and will showcase 230 films from a record 58 countries.

By Jesse Hawken and Angelo Muredda Apr. 29th, 4:36 pm

Truth is Stranger Than 6ix-tion: Toronto Filmmakers at Hot Docs 2017

A look at five powerful must-see docs by Toronto-based directors.

By Jesse Hawken Mar. 22nd, 11:00 am

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Hot Docs: My Scientology Movie, Southwest Of Salem: The Story of the San Antonio Four, and Norman Lear: Just Another Version Of You

A controversial church, the wrongful prosecution of four Texas lesbians, and look at a TV icon.

By Jesse Hawken May. 6th, 4:45 pm

Hot Docs: Life, Animated, Wizard Mode, and KONELĪNE: Our Land Beautiful

Our Hot Docs weekend picks span intimate portraits of autistic men with rare talents and a look at a remote First Nations territory in British Columbia.

By Angelo Muredda May. 6th, 4:00 pm

Hot Docs: Future Baby, Migrant Dreams, and Off the Rails

Hot Docs livens your weekend with films about the migrant worker crisis in Canada, the eerie but possibly hopeful future signalled by new reproductive technologies, and a compulsive bus hijacker who only wants to get his passengers to their destination safely.

By Angelo Muredda May. 2nd, 1:00 pm

Hot Docs: Weiner, The Last Laugh, De Palma, and Tickled

The unravelling of a democratic star, the rules of Holocaust humour, the career of film legend Brian De Palma, and the bizarre world of competitive endurance tickling—here's what's coming up at Hot Docs.

By Jesse Hawken Apr. 29th, 12:50 pm

Hot Docs 2016: The League of Exotique Dancers, Contemporary Color, and Tower

Kicking off Hot Docs with nonfiction films about the grand dames of burlesque, a colour guard concert organized by David Byrne, and a campus shooting in Texas from 1966.

By Angelo Muredda Apr. 28th, 3:42 pm

Nonfiction Filmmaking Fans Get Their First Look at Hot Docs 2016

The largest festival in North America devoted to documentary filmmaking unveils a slate of world premieres, Canadian launches, and interdisciplinary installations and performances.

By Angelo Muredda Mar. 22nd, 3:30 pm

Hot Docs Roundup: International Spectrum Edition

A look at some of the comedy-centric films in this year's Hot Docs festival roster, and whether or not they deliver.

By Carly Maga Apr. 30th, 4:30 pm

Finding Claude Lanzmann

We spoke with Toronto director Adam Benzine about his film on the maker of Shoah, which is widely regarded as one of the best documentaries of all time.

By Will Sloan Apr. 30th, 3:50 pm

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A Sinner at Hot Docs

A controversial Hot Docs film sheds light on local efforts by queer, Muslim Torontonians to build community.

By Samira Mohyeddin Apr. 30th, 2:30 pm

Rodney Ascher and the Terrible, Horrible, No-Good, Very Bad Dream

Documentary filmmaker Rodney Ascher brings the nocturnal phenomenon of sleep paralysis to life in The Nightmare.

By Carly Maga Apr. 30th, 12:30 pm

Hot Docs Roundup: Future Cult Classics Edition

Our reviews of the festival's films about alienation, deception, and things that go bump in the night.

By Will Sloan and Carly Maga Apr. 29th, 3:25 pm

Running with The Wolfpack

Director Crystal Moselle stumbled upon a unique group of six brothers by accident, and the result is one of the most fascinating looks at family, film, and passion at Hot Docs.

By Carly Maga Apr. 29th, 12:00 pm

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Hot Docs Roundup: Films About Film Edition

Our reviews of the festival's films about cinema and the entertainment industry.

By Will Sloan and Carly Maga Apr. 28th, 4:10 pm

Two Minutes with Terry Jones

The Monty Python cast member speaks (sort of) to Torontoist about reuniting with the old gang.

By Will Sloan Apr. 28th, 2:10 pm

Hot Docs Roundup: Comedy Edition

A look at some of the comedy-centric films in this year's Hot Docs festival roster, and whether or not they deliver.

By Will Sloan and Carly Maga Apr. 27th, 4:15 pm