Review: ‘Unlocking the Cage’ by Jason Gorber Published on May 1, 2016December 26, 2021 Hot Docs/Reviews Unlocking the Cage by DA Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus follows attorney Steve Wise as he builds a case for personhood for chimpanzees
Review: ‘The Father, the Son and the Holy Jihad’ by Maurie Alioff Published on May 1, 2016December 26, 2021 Hot Docs/Reviews StΓ©phane Malterre's The Father, the Son and the Holy Jihad shows the reality of life in a Middle East removed from ignorant pronouncements.
Review: ‘God Knows Where I Am’ by Maurie Alioff Published on May 1, 2016December 26, 2021 Hot Docs/Reviews God Knows Where I Am insists on too much, favouring tinkly, weepy piano music to hammer its message home.
Review: ‘A Dog’s Life’ by Pat Mullen Published on May 1, 2016December 26, 2021 Hot Docs/Reviews HΓ©lΓ¨ne Choquette gives a down-to-earth and sincerely humane portrait of the nationβs homeless in A Dogβs Life.
POV Profile: Christy Garland by Robin McKenna Published on May 1, 2016December 26, 2021 Features/Hot Docs Christy Garland, funny and irreverent, takes a bittersweet approach exploring the contradictions of the American Dream in Cheer Up.
Review: ‘The Legacy of Frida Kahlo’ by Maurie Alioff Published on May 1, 2016December 26, 2021 Hot Docs/Reviews Tadasuke Kotani's The Legacy of Frida Kahlo is a compelling portrait of the artist and is haunted by her legend.
Review: ‘Lo and Behold, Reveries of the Connected World’ by Jason Gorber Published on May 1, 2016December 26, 2021 Hot Docs/Reviews Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World sees Werner Herzog come to grips with the Internet, this most strange of human creations.
POV Profile: Min Sook Lee by Jonas Jacobs Published on May 1, 2016December 26, 2021 Features/Hot Docs Migrant Dreams director Min Sook Lee wants audiences to reimagine the way they see labour and migrant work in Canada.
Review: ‘Kaisa’s Enchanted Forest’ by Jonas Jacobs Published on May 1, 2016December 26, 2021 Hot Docs/Reviews Katja Gauriloff's Kaisaβs Enchanted Forest combines mythical storytelling with a deep sense of compassion for the Skolt Sami community.
A dialogue between two crewmembers on Spaceship Earth by Marc Glassman Kevin McMahon Published on April 30, 2016January 9, 2022 Features/Hot Docs Is the planet sustainable? Spaceship Earth director Kevin McMahon and POVβs Marc Glassman engage in an epistolary exchange.