Review: ‘Inquiring Nuns’ / ‘Chicago Maternity Centre Story’ by Jonas Jacobs Published on May 7, 2016December 22, 2021 Hot Docs/Reviews Hot Docs has programmed a dual programme of two Kartemquin classics, Chicago Maternity Center Story (1976) and Inquiring Nuns (1968).
Review: ‘Gun Runners’ by Pat Mullen Published on May 7, 2016December 22, 2021 Hot Docs/Reviews Anjali Nayar's Gun Runners shows how running provides an outlet far greater than the violence and warfare into which the subjects entered as children.
The POV Interview: Joe Berlinger on ‘Tony Robbins: I Am Not Your Guru’ by Jason Gorber Published on May 7, 2016September 5, 2021 Hot Docs/Interviews Joe Berlinger discusses his latest film Tony Robbins: I Am Not Your Guru about the popular and controversial motivational speaker. The doc debuts at Hot Docs 2016.
Review: ‘Gulîstan, Land of Roses’ by Maurie Alioff Published on May 7, 2016December 22, 2021 Hot Docs/Reviews Zayne Akyol's Gulîstan, Land of Roses observes female Kurdish guerrillas fighting Isis.
Review: ‘Mr. Gaga’ by Pat Mullen Published on May 5, 2016May 12, 2022 Hot Docs/Reviews The energetic doc Mr. Gaga from Israeli director Tomer Heymann (I Shot My Love) celebrates the work of choreographer Ohad Naharin.
Review: ‘Life, Animated’ by Jason Gorber Published on May 5, 2016November 3, 2022 Hot Docs/Reviews Life, Animated tells the extraordinary tale of Owen Suskind who discovered communication skills through classic animated movies.
Review: ‘Cameraperson’ by Jason Gorber Published on May 5, 2016December 22, 2021 Hot Docs/Reviews Kristen Johnson's Cameraperson is an entertaining, engaging work, which is surely one of the finest non-fiction films of the year.
Review: ‘The Last Laugh’ by Jason Gorber Published on 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?
Review: ‘Gleason’ by Pat Mullen Published on 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.
Review: ‘Chasing Asylum’ by Pat Mullen Published on 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.
