Review: ‘The Last Laugh’ by Jason Gorber May 5, 2016December 22, 2021 Hot Docs/Reviews Ferne Pearlstein’s entertaining and deeply philosophical Last Laugh asks if Jews, or even gentiles, tell jokes about the Holocaust? Read More
Review: ‘Gleason’ by Pat Mullen May 4, 2016December 22, 2021 Hot Docs/Reviews Clay Tweel's Gleason invites viewers into the home of former NFL player Steve Gleason and his wife Michel as they face Steve's ALS diagnosis. Read More
Review: ‘Chasing Asylum’ by Pat Mullen May 4, 2016December 26, 2021 Hot Docs/Reviews Eva Orner's Chasing Asylum takes audiences to the remote islands of Nauru and Manus where refugees wait in despondent limbo. Read More
Review: ‘Tony Robbins: I Am Not Your Guru’ by Jason Gorber May 4, 2016December 26, 2021 Hot Docs/Reviews Tony Robbins: I Am Not Your Guru may be a concert movie where the viewer doesn’t love the band, but appreciates a portrait that is both entertaining and enlightening. Read More
Review: ‘Ants on a Shrimp’ by Jason Gorber May 4, 2016December 22, 2021 Hot Docs/Reviews As food porn, Ants on a Shrimp has got enough chewable money shots to make even the most jaded of foodies salivate. Read More
Review: ‘Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You’ by Jason Gorber May 4, 2016December 22, 2021 Hot Docs/Reviews Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You by Rachel Grady and Heidi Ewing is a touching portrait of the television icon. Read More
Review: ‘How to Let Go of the World (and Love All the Things Climate Can’t Change)’ by POV Staff May 3, 2016December 22, 2021 Hot Docs/Reviews Josh Fox brings a sly approach to climate change with How to Let Go of the World (and Love All the Things Climate Can’t Change) Read More
Review: ‘City 40’ by Maurie Alioff May 3, 2016December 22, 2021 Hot Docs/Reviews City 40 reveals the extremes a totalitarian state will go to in its will to cover up inconvenient truths and ignore the well being of citizens. Read More
Review: ‘LoveTrue’ by Maurie Alioff May 3, 2016December 22, 2021 Hot Docs/Reviews Frustration, humiliation, and anger haunt the people in Alma Har'el's Love True, executive produced by Shia LaBoeuf. Read More
Review: ‘The Seer’ by Jonas Jacobs May 3, 2016December 22, 2021 Hot Docs/Reviews The Seer: A Portrait of Wendell Berry by Laura Dunn and Jef Sewell is a hopeful glimpse in to what the future of farming could be. Read More