By John Corrado The 21st edition of Hot Docs has come to a close, with The Backward Class taking home the Audience Award, followed by Meet the Patels and The Case Against 8.  As always, I saw lots of great stuff and there were plenty of memorable experiences over the eleven days. Everything started about… Read More #HotDocs14: The Best of the Fest

By John Corrado After eleven days of documentaries, we are finally at the last day of Hot Docs and with that comes my latest batch of capsule reviews, bringing my final count up to a whopping 48. Yesterday I shared my thoughts on Marinoni, Guidelines and Bronx Obama.  Here are my reviews of the three… Read More #HotDocs14: Final Batch of Reviews

By John Corrado We have just finished the second last day of Hot Docs, and here is my tenth batch of capsule reviews. Yesterday I published reviews of Focus on Infinity, The Boy From Geita and Songs for Alexis.  Below are my thoughts on three more films that I had the pleasure of seeing today,… Read More #HotDocs14: Tenth Batch of Reviews

By John Corrado We have reached the final weekend of Hot Docs, and with that comes my ninth batch of capsule reviews. Yesterday I shared my thoughts on the newly minted winner of the award for Best Canadian Feature Out of Mind, Out of Sight, along with I’ve Seen the Unicorn, Rich Hill and The… Read More #HotDocs14: Ninth Batch of Reviews

By John Corrado As we find ourselves exactly a week into Hot Docs, it’s time for my eighth batch of capsule reviews. Last time I put up reviews of 112 Weddings, The Immortalists, Meet the Patels and Sleepless in New York.  Below are my thoughts on another four films, including two that deal with issues… Read More #HotDocs14: Eighth Batch of Reviews

By John Corrado As we are nearly a week into the documentary film festival, welcome to my seventh batch of Hot Docs capsule reviews. Yesterday I published reviews of The Case Against 8, Mad As Hell, Art and Craft and Advanced Style.  Here are my thoughts on four more films, including three good ones that… Read More #HotDocs14: Seventh Batch of Reviews

By John Corrado As we reach the halfway point of Hot Docs, welcome to my sixth batch of capsule reviews.  Hopefully you’ve been following along over the past five days, and I will continue to write up everything I’ve been seeing. Yesterday I shared my thoughts on Mugshot, Hotline, Before the Last Curtain Falls, Super… Read More #HotDocs14: Sixth Batch of Reviews

By John Corrado As we come down from the first weekend of Hot Docs, welcome to my latest batch of capsule reviews, to help launch us into the final week of the festival. Yesterday I published reviews of Mission Blue, To Be Takei, The Creator of the Jungle, The Special Need and A Different Kind… Read More #HotDocs14: Fifth Batch of Reviews

By John Corrado You know the drill.  As we wrap up the successful first weekend of Hot Docs, below is my fourth set of capsule reviews, coming off another long but worthwhile day at the festival. Yesterday I shared my thoughts on Four Letters Apart – Children in the Age of ADHD, The Basement Satellite,… Read More #HotDocs14: Fourth Batch of Reviews

By John Corrado Welcome to my third set of Hot Docs capsule reviews, as we find ourselves right in the middle of the first weekend of the documentary film festival. Yesterday I published reviews of The Joe Show, Love Me, Divide in Concord, Alfred and Jakobine, Tough Love and The Sheik.  Below are my thoughts… Read More #HotDocs14: Third Batch of Reviews

By John Corrado The 21st edition of Hot Docs officially kicked off last night in Toronto, and the nonfiction film festival will be going strong until May 4th.  This is my second set of capsule reviews, with lots more to come over the next ten days. Yesterday I shared my thoughts on five standouts, including… Read More #HotDocs14: Second Batch of Reviews

By John Corrado The 21st edition of Hot Docs launches tonight with the Canadian premiere of The Internet’s Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz.  The festival will be going strong over the next eleven days in Toronto, screening precisely 197 nonfiction films from 43 different countries. I have been busy screening films over the… Read More #HotDocs14: First Batch of Reviews

By John Corrado A celebration of homegrown independent cinema, the eighth annual Canadian Film Fest is taking place at The Royal Theatre in Toronto this weekend, starting this evening with the premiere of Patch Town and closing on Saturday night with the appropriately titled Afterparty. Between these three days, the festival will screen a total… Read More The Canadian Film Fest Showcases Homegrown Cinema

By John Corrado The TIFF Next Wave film festival is happening this weekend, a celebration of old and new high school movies, all programmed by a group of teenagers.  This year the lineup includes ten new films and five classics, as well as screenings of all the shorts that were submitted as part of last… Read More TIFF Next Wave Celebrates Teenage Classics

By John Corrado So there you have it.  We have reached the last weekend of the 38th Toronto International Film Festival, and with it comes my fourth and final set of capsule reviews, a round up of several excellent titles that I have seen over the past few days. When the festival opened on September… Read More TIFF 2013: Fourth Batch of Capsule Reviews

By John Corrado We have just gotten through the crazy busy first weekend of the Toronto International Film Festival, and there are already several films that I have a feeling are going to be talked about for a while.  When the festival opened on Thursday, I shared my thoughts on Parkland, Devil’s Knot, Don Jon,… Read More TIFF 2013: Third Batch of Capsule Reviews

By John Corrado The 38th edition of TIFF is in full swing, as we are right in the middle of the always hectic first weekend.  Although the weather was less than desirable earlier today and I got completely soaked standing in line, the movies were thankfully worth waiting for. When the festival opened this past… Read More TIFF 2013: Second Batch of Capsule Reviews

By John Corrado The 38th Toronto International Film Festival kicks off this evening with the world premiere of Bill Condon’s The Fifth Estate, a drama centred around WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange (Benedict Cumberbatch) and his colleague Daniel Domscheit-Berg (Daniel Bruhl). Although I am under strict embargo on reviewing The Fifth Estate until the film opens in… Read More TIFF 2013: First Batch of Capsule Reviews

By John Corrado So it begins.  The first batch of over 70 Galas and Special Presentations that will be screening during the 38th Toronto International Film Festival were announced this morning, and the festival will open on September 5th with the world premiere of Bill Condon’s WikiLeaks drama The Fifth Estate.  The festival will close… Read More TIFF 2013: First Batch of Films Announced, including “The Fifth Estate”