Reviews: The Click Trap from Hot Docs 2024 May 13, 2024 Over 80 minutes of The Click Trap, in interviews with politicians and watchdog groups, we are shown the worst that digital advertising enables/funds. Continue Reading
Reviews: Fire Tower from Hot Docs 2024 May 10, 2024 Set at several fire towers in the Yukon and Alberta, Fire Tower illustrates life 50 feet above the forest at some of the 110 fire lookouts across the country. Continue Reading
Reviews: Secret Mall Apartment from Hot Docs 2024 May 9, 2024 After his home was demolished in the wake of the mall’s opening, artist Michael Townsend had an idea: what about living in the mall? Continue Reading
Reviews: Any Other Way: The Jackie Shane Story from Hot Docs 2024 May 8, 2024 Any Other Way: The Jackie Shane Story, tells the story of the trailblazing trans R&B singer who on the cusp of success walked away from the industry in 1971. Continue Reading
276: Hot Docs 2024 May 7, 2024 We are covering the Hot Docs Film Festival, which celebrates the best in documentary films. We discuss 6 films watched during this year’s fest. Continue Reading
Reviews: Michel Gondry: Do It Yourself! from Hot Docs 2024 May 6, 2024 In Michel Gondry: Do It Yourself!, directed by François Nemeta, we learn about the life and career of one of the most unique and visionary directors. Continue Reading
Reviews: Agent of Happiness from Hot Docs 2024 May 3, 2024 Are the people of Bhutan truly happy? Agent of Happiness, follows a pair of agents as they interview people for the 2022 Gross National Happiness survey. Continue Reading
Reviews: Red Fever from Hot Docs 2024 May 2, 2024 Red Fever is a new doc from Catherine Bainbridge and Neil Diamond. Diamond talks about how in his travels he finds everyone is “fascinated by Indians”. Continue Reading
Reviews: Whatever It Takes from Hot Docs 2024 May 1, 2024 Whatever It Takes, directed by Jenny Carchman, is a gripping true-crime documentary centred around the 2019 stalking scandal of Ina and David Steiner. Continue Reading
275: Seven Samurai at 70 Years April 30, 2024 Back in 1954, Akira Kurosawa made the seminal epic Seven Samurai. The film came out 70 years ago, so we review it and talk about the film’s influence. Continue Reading
