Hot Docs 2011

Talking music, drugs, and family with Bob Forrest
Posted on May 6, 2011 | 1 Comment
Bob Forrest has been labelled by many of his closest friends as the biggest asshole they ever met to ever turn their lives completely around for the better. Bob would...
Interview: Filmmaker Mia Donovan looks at what’s ‘Inside Lara Roxx’
Posted on May 5, 2011 | 2 Comments
Lara Roxx was a young wannabe porn star who decided that the best way to make a lot of money quickly in the adult film business was to uproot herself...
Hot Docs 2011 Reviews: The Hollywood Complex, The Bengali Detective, and Conan O’Brien Can’t Stop
Posted on May 4, 2011 | No Comments
It’s day seven of Hot Docs 2011 and we’re still going strong with screenings and coverage. If you haven’t seen The Hollywood Complex yet, Brian McKechnie reviews it before the...
Interview: Director Sue Bourne talks ‘Jig’
Posted on May 4, 2011 | No Comments
It might not seem like there would be a huge market for a film about young adults competing in the Irish Dancing World Championships, but director Sue Bourne’s Scottish import Jig...
Steve Lickteig’s ‘Open Secret’
Posted on May 3, 2011 | No Comments
Contrary to the vagueness of the Hot Docs programming schedule, the secret at the heart of first-time director Steve Lickteig’s intense and emotional family docudrama Open Secret (making it’s world premiere...
Interview: Filmmaker Aaron Walker talks ‘Bury the Hatchet’
Posted on May 3, 2011 | No Comments
If you haven’t heard of the Mardi Gras Indians, you probably aren’t alone. Most people in the city of New Orleans don’t know of their existence despite being their home...
Hot Docs 2011 Reviews: Jig, Kumare, and Dragonslayer
Posted on May 2, 2011 | 1 Comment
It’s day five of Hot Docs 2011 and Andrew Parker has chimed in with reviews of Jig, Kumare, and Dragonslayer. Jig World Showcase Director: Sue Bourne It seems like an...
Charles Officer talks ‘Mighty Jerome’
Posted on April 29, 2011 | 1 Comment
I first met Charles Officer back in 2008 when his film Nurse.Fighter.Boy was playing at the Toronto International Film Festival. The film, about a single mother in Toronto suffering with...
Interview with producer Ryan Noth about ‘The National Parks Project’
Posted on April 28, 2011 | No Comments
A bowling alley in downtown Toronto might seem like a strange place to hold a press junket for a series of short films set in Canadian national parks, but on...
Hot Docs 2011 Preview Pt. 11
Posted on April 28, 2011 | No Comments
In the final part of our Hot Docs 2011 previews, Andrew Parker takes a look at Open Secret, Wild Horse, Wild Ride, The Castle, and The Advocate for Fagdom. To see...
Documentarian Alex Gibney goes on a ‘Magic Trip’
Posted on April 28, 2011 | No Comments
With just under ten projects that he has worked on in the past five years, Oscar-winning documentarian Alex Gibney shows no real signs of slowing down and it doesn’t seem...
Hot Docs 2011 Preview Pt. 10
Posted on April 27, 2011 | No Comments
In the tenth part of our Hot Docs 2011 previews, Andrew Parker takes a look at Bob and the Monster, The Guantanamo Trap, The Good Life, and Highway Gospel. To see...
‘Beauty Day’ gets a cool poster in time for Hot Docs
Posted on April 27, 2011 | 1 Comment
With only one day to go before Hot Docs 2011 kicks off, distributor filmswelike has unveiled the official poster for Jay Cheel’s amazing doc Beauty Day, and it’s just as...
Hot Docs 2011 Preview Pt. 9
Posted on April 26, 2011 | No Comments
In the ninth part of our Hot Docs 2011 previews, Brian McKechnie takes a look at Mighty Jerome, El Bulli – Cooking in Progress, and Inside Lara Roxx. Check back over...
Hot Docs 2011 Preview Pt. 8
Posted on April 25, 2011 | No Comments
In the eighth part of our Hot Docs 2011 previews, Andrew Parker takes a look at My Reincarnation, Eco Pirate: The Story of Paul Watson, The Redemption of General Butt Naked, and Grande Hotel. Check...