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Reviews: I Know Catherine, the Log Lady

May 9, 2025

Catherine Coulson was a long time friend and collaborator of the late David Lynch though she’s most famously known for her role as the iconic Log Lady in the hit television series, Twin Peaks.

Reviews: My Boyfriend the Fascist from Hot Docs 2025

May 9, 2025

In My Boyfriend The Fascist, director Matthias Lintner watches as his partner starts aligning with far right political groups and challenges their relationship.

Reviews: Mama from Hot Docs 2025

May 8, 2025

Final Rating: 3/5 How do you move on with your life when you get a cancer diagnosis at 37 years old? In Mama, the…

Reviews: Tokyo Pop – Restoration

May 5, 2025

In Tokyo Pop, Wendy leaves America and her boyfriend for Japan and where she meets Hiro and joins his rock band and starts a new relationship.

Reviews: Shamed from Hot Docs 2025

May 2, 2025

YouTuber Jason Nassr was convicted on charges of harassment and more. As a “Creeper Hunter,” he would pose as a teen on dating sites to entrap men.

Reviews: I Dreamed His Name from Hot Docs 2025

May 1, 2025

I Dreamed His Name is a personal exploration of rural life in Colombia by discussing the forced disappearance of the director’s father, thirty years prior.

Reviews: Yalla Parkour from Hot Docs 2025

April 30, 2025

Yalla Parkour is more than a sports documentary. Amidst the sand and ruins, these men backflip and jump from roofs in Palestine.

Reviews: A Samurai In Time

April 29, 2025

In A Samurai in Time a samurai is struck by lightning and transported hundreds of years into the future–to Japan, circa 2007.

Reviews: On Swift Horses

April 28, 2025

On Swift Horses sets up a love triangle: Muriel is happy to live a country life but the man she reluctantly agrees to marry, Lee, is has big California dreams.

Reviews: Paul from Hot Docs 2025

April 28, 2025

Paul, tells the story of a young man, who after stuck in a bad depression bout vows to take back his life and lose weight by cleaning homes of dominatrix’s.