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It’s strange how, completely by chance, you can wind up seeing a bunch of films back to back that complement each other perfectly in terms of tone, content or...
Huzzah! The first official day of film-going at the festival finally arrived and, after a long walk to the Bader – where I joined a couple of my fest-going...
It’s almost time for the festival proper to get underway, and I managed to see another half-dozen films before the doors officially open on April 23rd. The Closer We...
Hallelujah! It’s Hot Docs time again! It has become, quite honestly, my favorite season. This year, the festival (April 23 – May 3) will screen more than 200 documentaries...
Hot Docs 2014 is a wrap, and the numbers are all in: audiences totaled somewhere in the 192,000 range. There were more than 450 public screenings, 197 films, 176...
Here’s the funny thing about Hot Docs: sometimes, you stumble upon a gem completely by accident. This morning, I’d planned to go see A Dangerous Game at the Bader....
When I woke up on the second-last day of Hot Docs, I felt like I was hitting the festival wall – sort of like what I imagine a marathon...
It seems that every year, I manage to pick a film that I regret almost from frame one and, this year, that honor goes to Focus on Infinity (N/A),...
At last, a day where I didn’t have to take out my umbrella! After a morning catching up on reviews and emails, I headed out to the Bader for...
Some days at Hot Docs are better than others. They’re all pretty great, but some are weirdly extra-wonderful. That was today. Though the weather was once again grey, wet...
Here’s (one of the many reasons) why I love Hot Docs: even on a Tuesday afternoon in April, when it’s windy and cold and POURING and generally miserable, weather-wise,...
SEATTLE — April 28, 2014 — Seattle International Film Festival announced today that Laura Dern and Chiwetel Ejiofor will be the two guests honored with Tribute awards for Outstanding...
