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Author: Jeff Bulmer

Jeff Bulmer is the co-host and co-creator of Classic Movies Live! He was also formerly a film critic for the Kelowna Daily Courier. Jeff’s favourite movies include Redline, Spider-Man 2, and Requiem for a Dream.

Reviews: Hex from Hot Docs 2026

May 14, 2026

Final Rating: 3/5 Hex follows the Norwegian feminist black metal band Witch Club Satan through their earliest days of touring leading up to the…

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Reviews: The Tower That Built A City from Hot Docs 2026

May 12, 2026

Final Rating: 2/5 A new documentary argues that Toronto owes much of its status as a cultural centre to the CN Tower. The Tower…

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Reviews: Steal This Story, Please! from Hot Docs 2026

May 7, 2026

Final Rating: 3/5 Steal This Story, Please! begins with a sequence of investigative journalist Amy Goodman following Trump’s energy advisor Wells Griffith at the…

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Reviews: The Ballad of Judas Priest from Hot Docs 2026

May 3, 2026

Final Rating: 3.5/5 The Ballad of Judas Priest, directed by Sam Dunn and Tom Morello,explores the history and impact of one of the most…

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Reviews: A Distant Call from Hot Docs 2026

April 30, 2026

Final Rating: 4/5 A gender non-conforming spiritual leader prepares to embark on Islam’s most important pilgrimage in the fly-on-the-wall documentary A Distant Call, directed…

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Reviews: Our Hero Balthazar

April 28, 2026

Final Rating: 4/5 Our Hero Balthazar, the feature debut of writer-director Oscar Boyson, is a pitch-black Gen Z satire about finding belonging in an…

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Reviews: I Understand Your Displeasure

April 21, 2026

Final Rating: 2.5/5 A cleaning service manager in charge of crews at several worksites is putting out fires, dealing with disillusioned workers and unsatisfied…

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333: Interview With Amalie Atkins of Agatha’s Almanac

April 15, 2026

Jeff Bulmer had the chance to interview Amalie Atkins, the director of the new documentary ⁠Agatha’s Almanac⁠, which stars her aunt who runs a…

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Reviews: For Worse

April 10, 2026

Final Rating: 3/5 In For Worse, Amy Landecker stars as Lauren, a newly divorced mother in her 50s relearning how. Also written and directed…

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330: Interview With Alireza Khatami of The Things You Kill

March 25, 2026

Jeff Bulmer had the chance to interview Alireza Khatami the director of the new film ⁠The Things You Kill⁠, which was submitted by Canada…

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