Reviews: Whispers in May from Hot Docs 2026 May 5, 2026 Final Rating: 3.5/5 Coming of age is a thoroughly crucial aspect of filmmaking. There is a vital element to the documentation of a very… Continue Reading
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… Continue Reading
Reviews: House of Hope from Hot Docs 2026 May 2, 2026 Final Rating: 3.5/5 Since the Nakba, the first great disruption of the Palestinian life in 1948, Israel has controlled the borders and the occupation… Continue Reading
Reviews: My Foreign Land from Hot Docs 2026 May 1, 2026 Final Rating: 3/5 João Moreira Salles is one of the most relevant Brazilian documentary filmmakers. He is the director of films such as Santiago,… Continue Reading
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… Continue Reading
Reviews: The Sandbox from Hot Docs 2026 April 29, 2026 Final Rating: 2.5/5 In modern society, one of the most complex issues is immigration. In an era where globalization is a central theme in… Continue Reading
Reviews: Black Zombie from Hot Docs 2026 April 27, 2026 Final Rating: 4/5 Afro-Caribbean-Canadian filmmaker Maya Annik Bedward has spent most of her life being told that her quest for answers to her own… Continue Reading
Reviews: Hot Docs Round Up May 22, 2025 Here is a mini round of Hot Docs reviews from Paulo Bautista including Spreadsheet Champions from Kristina Kraskov and River of Grass from Sarah Wortzel. Continue Reading
306: 2025 Hot Docs May 13, 2025 The 2025 edition of Hot Docs just finished, and we recap 6 of the films we watched including Ultras, The Flamenco Guitar of Yerai Cortés and more. Continue Reading
Reviews: Endless Cookie from Hot Docs 2025 May 12, 2025 Endless Cookie is a doc where two brothers animate 7 different stories that are funny, beautiful, spiritual, political, complex, simple, and true. Continue Reading
