All stories in: Hot Docs 2021
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Hot Docs review: Mau
MAU (Benji Bergmann, Jono Bergmann, Austria/U.S.). 76 minutes. Rating: NN Influential Canadian designer Bruce Mau’s super clean aesthetic gains new dimensions in a documentary portrait... -
Hot Docs review: The Sparks Brothers
THE SPARKS BROTHERS (Edgar Wright, U.S.). 140 minutes. Rating: NNNN Embodied by the unquantifiable voice of Russell Mael crooning his keyboardist brother Ron’s looping, complex... -
Hot Docs review: Rockfield: The Studio On The Farm
ROCKFIELD: THE STUDIO ON THE FARM (Hannah Berryman, UK). 91 minutes. Rating: NNNN Watching Rockfield: The Studio On The Farm is like finding a first... -
Hot Docs 2021: Dressing down to chronicle Canada’s oldest nudist camp
Shimon Karmel NUDE TO ME (Daniel Berish) as part of CANADIAN SPECTRUM SHORTS: BODIES RELEASE. 20 minutes. Available now. hotdocs.ca. Filmmaker Danny Berish compares Canada’s... -
Hot Docs review: Acts Of Love
ACTS OF LOVE (Isidore Bethel, Francis Leplay, France/U.S.). 71 minutes. Rating: NNNN When his relationship with an older man in Mexico City fizzles out, co-director... -
Hot Docs review: Cannon Arm And The Arcade Quest
CANNON ARM AND THE ARCADE QUEST (Mads Hedegaard, Denmark). 97 minutes. NNN If you’ve ever wondered what kind of person would commit to playing a... -
Hot Docs review: Set!
SET! (Scott Gawlik, U.S.). 105 minutes. Rating: NNN How much do you know about the world of competitive table-setting? Not a lot, I’m guessing, and... -
Hot Docs 2021: Meet the Toronto activists taking on Uber
RIDE FAIR (Javier Lovera), 7 minutes; THE GIG IS UP (Shannon Walsh), 88 minutes. Both films available Thursday (April 29) at 10 am to May... -
Hot Docs review: WeWork: Or The Making And Breaking Of A $27 Billion Unicorn
WEWORK: OR THE MAKING AND BREAKING OF A $47 BILLION UNICORN (Jed Rothstein, USA). 101 minutes. Rating: NNN There’s a new subgenre that’s been gaining... -
Hot Docs review: Wuhan Wuhan
WUHAN WUHAN (Yung Chang, Canada/U.S.). 90 minutes. Rating: NNNN Working with footage shot by several filmmaking teams, Chang (Up The Yangtze, China Heavyweight) follows a... -
Hot Docs review: The Most Beautiful Boy In The World
THE MOST BEAUTIFUL BOY IN THE WORLD (Kristian Petri, Kristina Lindstrom, Sweden). 94 minutes. Rating: NNN Ever wonder what happened to Björn Andrésen, the teenager... -
Hot Docs review: Her Socialist Smile
HER SOCIALIST SMILE (John Gianvito, U.S.). 93 minutes. Rating: NNNN At a time when a pandemic is putting a spotlight on “the social determinants of... -
Hot Docs review: Fanny: The Right To Rock
FANNY – THE RIGHT TO ROCK (Bobbi Jo Hart, Canada). 92 minutes. Rating: NNN In the late 60s and early 70s, a band called Fanny... -
Hot Docs review: Come Back Anytime
COME BACK ANYTIME (John Daschbach, Japan). 81 minutes. Rating: NNNN Daschbach’s gentle look at a year in the life of Bizentei, a tiny Tokyo ramen... -
Hot Docs review: A.rtificial I.mmortality
A.RTIFICIAL I.MMORTALITY (Ann Shin, Canada). 74 minutes. Rating: NNN This year’s opener explores the extremely fungible intersection of artificial intelligence and digital avatars, as director...
