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  Hot Docs Review: ‘I Want You If You Dare’

  This compelling film tracks the loving relationship between Jana, an adult woman severely disabled by cerebral palsy, and Martina, her mercurial alcoholic mother

  Film Reviews By Susan G. Cole • Published May 28th, 2020

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  Hot Docs Review: ‘The School of Housewives’

  The School of Housewives is a tender shout-out that craftily reinvigorates “women’s work”.

  Film Reviews By Tara Hakim • Published May 28th, 2020

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  Hot Docs Review: ‘Bulletproof’

  Todd Chandler’s Bulletproof is this year’s winner of Hot Docs’ Emerging International Filmmaker Award.

  Film Reviews By Liam Lacey • Published May 28th, 2020

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  Hot Docs Review: ‘Lessons of Love’

  Malgorzata Goliszewska and Kasia Mateja present a candid and close-up portrait of love in the golden years.

  Film Reviews By Tara Hakim • Published May 28th, 2020

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  Hot Docs Review: ‘Breaking the Silence’

  Priscilla Padilla’s Breaking the Silence is a moving meditation on cultural longing and female empowerment.

  Film Reviews By Susan G. Cole • Published May 28th, 2020

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  Hot Docs Review: ‘Love & Stuff’

  Love & Stuff has a whiff of navel-gazing home-movie filmmaking.

  Film Reviews By Liam Lacey • Published May 28th, 2020

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  Hot Docs Review: ‘Hong Kong Moments’

  Hong Kong Moments is an exceptional portrait on both sides of Hong Kong’s pro-democracy ‘umbrella demonstrations’.

  Film Reviews By Susan G. Cole • Published May 28th, 2020

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  Hot Docs Review: ‘Eddy’s Kingdom’

  Portrait of Eddy Haymour is an oddly chipper story about Canadian provincial government abuse and terrorism.

  Film Reviews By Liam Lacey • Published May 28th, 2020

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  Hot Docs Review: ‘Keyboard Fantasies’

  Spend an hour with a grounded, gifted, grateful musician who definitely has a lot to say and gorgeous music to play.

  Film Reviews By Susan G. Cole • Published May 28th, 2020

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  Hot Docs Review: ‘Wood’

  Environmental activism meets international espionage in docu-thriller Wood.

  Film Reviews By Pat Mullen • Published May 27th, 2020