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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.

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.

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.

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”.

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.

Reviews: Polaris

April 29, 2024

As our climate is ever evolving, and we wonder what the future holds, Polaris director Kirsten Carthew delivers a frost laden Mad Max of the north.

Reviews: Red Rooms

April 15, 2024

Red Rooms is a new techno-thriller from Pascal Plante, who’s previous film helped launch him into the conversation of one of the best new Canadian directors.

Reviews: BlackBerry

April 12, 2024

Blackberry, is the latest movie you might call “product dramas”. This emerging genre has tales of the rise of classic consumer goods, and very often their fall.

Reviews: Evil Does Not Exist from IFFO 2024

April 8, 2024

Ryûsuke Hamaguchi’s latest outing, Evil Does Not Exist, tackles an environmental focused drama teeming with much deeper resonance.

Reviews: Chuck Chuck Baby from IFFO 2024

March 29, 2024

Set in Wales, Chuck Chuck Baby, tells the story of Helen, who lives with her ex-husband, his new girlfriend and their baby, as she tends to his dying mother.