Review: ‘Aim for the Roses’ by Pat Mullen Published on April 30, 2016December 22, 2021 Hot Docs/Reviews John Bolton brings the WTF factor to Hot Docs with the bizarre, ambitious, and ridiculously entertaining Aim for the Roses.
Review: ‘Michael Shannon Michael Shannon John’ by Jonas Jacobs Published on April 30, 2016December 26, 2021 Hot Docs/Reviews Chelsea McMullan's Michael Shannon Michael Shannon John is one of most original and off-the-cuff documentaries at Hot Docs.
Review: ‘Random Acts of Legacy’ by Jonas Jacobs Published on April 30, 2016December 26, 2021 Hot Docs/Reviews Random Acts of Legacy restores decaying home movies shot by Silas Fung and, in turn, considers the representation of Asian-American lives.
Review: ‘Natural Disorder’ by Pat Mullen Published on April 30, 2016December 26, 2021 Hot Docs/Reviews Jacob Nossell mounts an ambitious production within Natural Disorder, but it turns into a head-scratcher rather than a mind-blower.
Review: ‘Audrie and Daisy’ by Maurie Alioff Published on April 29, 2016December 26, 2021 Hot Docs/Reviews Audrie & Daisy is an accomplished film loaded with novelistic detail about the girls, their families, and the boys who betrayed them.
Review: ‘The Incomparable Rose Hartman’ by Pat Mullen Published on April 29, 2016December 26, 2021 Hot Docs/Reviews As The Incomparable Rose Hartman shows, the people taking the pictures can be far more interesting than the subjects within the frame.
Review: ‘American Movie’ by Jason Gorber Published on April 29, 2016December 26, 2021 Hot Docs/Reviews A testament to fortitude, and a genuinely entertaining film, Chris Smith's American Movie remains a peerless feature doc.
Review: ‘Cheer Up’ by Maurie Alioff Published on April 29, 2016May 24, 2022 Hot Docs/Reviews Christy Garland's Cheer Up is a smooth, fun, and easy-going portrait of a Finnish cheerleading team.
Minority Report by Matthew Hays Published on April 29, 2016January 9, 2022 Features/Hot Docs John Walker explores his family history as an Anglophone in Quebec My Country Mon Pays
Review: ‘The Prison in Twelve Landscapes’ by Pat Mullen Published on April 29, 2016December 26, 2021 Hot Docs/Reviews Brett Story's The Prison in Twelve Landscapes eviscerates America’s prison industry: an immersive, absorbing, and damning film.
