By John Corrado ★★★½ (out of 4) The 2022 Hot Docs Film Festival ran from April 28th to May 8th in Toronto, more information on tickets and showtimes can be found right here. Canadian director Daniel Roher’s thriller-like documentary Navalny follows Russian opposition leader Alexai Navalny in the aftermath of him being poisoned with the nerve… Read More #HotDocs22 Review: Navalny
By John Corrado ★★★ (out of 4) The 2022 Hot Docs Film Festival ran from April 28th to May 8th in Toronto, more information on tickets and showtimes can be found right here. In 2002, following the Chinese communist government’s violent crackdown on practitioners of Falun Gong, a group of activists in Changchun hijacked a state-run… Read More #HotDocs22 Review: Eternal Spring
By John Corrado ★★★½ (out of 4) The 2022 Hot Docs Film Festival ran from April 28th to May 8th in Toronto, more information on tickets and showtimes can be found right here. In his first feature documentary 2nd Chance, filmmaker Ramin Bahrani (Man Push Cart, Chop Shop, Goodbye Solo) introduces us to Richard Davis,… Read More #HotDocs22 Review: 2nd Chance
By John Corrado The 2022 edition of Hot Docs has officially come to a close, with the Top 20 finalists for the festival’s Audience Award being announced this morning. Director Jason Loftus’ documentary about Chinese censorship, Eternal Spring, has taken the first place spot for the general Audience Award, in addition to winning the Rogers… Read More #HotDocs22 Audience Award Winners
