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Tag: Hot Docs

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”.

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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. 

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Adams Family

247: Fantasia Fest Interviews – Satan Wants You and Where The Devil Roams Directors

August 8, 2023

Fantasia Festival is still going on, but we had the chance to interview two sets of directors who had their films screening at this years fest!

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Hot Docs Film Festival

235: Hot Docs 2023

May 9, 2023

The ⁠Hot Docs⁠ festival that celebrates the best new documentaries just concluded in Toronto. We discuss 6 films seen with guest Courtney Small.

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I'm Just Here For The Riot

Reviews: I’m Just Here For The Riot From Hot Docs 2023

May 6, 2023

Final Rating: 4/5 On June 15th 2011 the Vancouver Canucks lost Game 7 of the Stanley Cup finals 4-0 to the Boston Bruins, allowing…

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Reviews: July Talk: Love Lives Here from Hot Docs 2023

May 4, 2023

When the pandemic hit, Canadian rock band July Talk put on two concerts at a drive-in and they documented the process.

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Reviews: Aitamaako’tamisskapi Natosi: Before the Sun from Hot Docs 2023

May 3, 2023

Before the Sun follows a young Indigenous woman as she tries to break out in the tough world of Indian Relay Racing.

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Reviews: Satan Wants You from Hot Docs 2023

May 1, 2023

Satan Wants You is a new Canadian documentary that explores the book Michelle Remembers that eventually set off the Satanic Panic in the ’80s. The film examines whether the author really experienced Satanic ritual abuse or made the claims up.

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208: Interview with John Daschbach of Come Back Anytime

September 6, 2022

Back on episode 151: Hot Docs 2021, Rachel and Dakota reviewed a ramen documentary called Come Back Anytime. They both fell in love with…

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193: Hot Docs 2022

May 17, 2022

For the third year in a row, we cover the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival, which celebrates the best documentaries in the world….

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