In case you haven’t been following, my posts in “The Real Thing” series have been snapshot previews of the films I’m most looking forward to seeing at the Hot Docs festival. With the previous three, I was going on brief synopsis and reputation. But for this fourth entry, for DISH: WOMEN, WAITRESSING, & THE ART…
Fortunate Son (CASINO JACK AND THE UNITED STATES OF MONEY Trailer)
While this weekend will be all about KICK-ASS and the fun that comic book movies can bring, the shadow of Hot Docs is looming larger and larger by the day. have I hyped it up enough yet? One of the movies that are playing this year is CASINO JACK AND THE UNITED STATES OF MONEY,…
The Real Thing pt. III (Hot Docs Preview)
There’s something to be said for a person telling their own life story post-humously, even if I’m not deeply interested in the person’s life in the first place. It’s this haunting technique that originally drew me to KURT COBAIN: ABOUT A SON, and TUPAC RESURRECTION…and it’s what draws me to AND EVERYTHING IS GOING FINE.…
The Real Thing pt. II (Hot Docs Preview)
We’ve evolved into a society that is seemingly obsessed with celebrity culture. When I think of the transition from gossip columns, to compromising photos, to salacious videos, to websites that collect all of it in damned-near real time…I’m reminded of the ‘Evolution of Man’ illustration. So if we think about the paparazzi in evolutionary terms,…
The Real Thing pt. I (Hot Docs Preview)
As I mentioned last week, Hot Docs is coming up soon. I’m actually quite excited now as I’ve finally had a chance to look through the complete schedule and press kit and am starting to see my festival experience take shape. Having given every film listing a once over, I thought between now and the…
Wild Wild Life (Hot Docs 2010 Kicks Off)
As the old saying goes – truth is often far more interesting than fiction. If you possibly needed proof of this theory, I invite you to check out the 2010 slate at Hot Docs – North America’s largest documentary film festival now in its seventeenth year. Take the photo above for instance. That hep cat…
Be My Baby (BABIES Trailer)
So here’s the thing… Yesterday I went to the Hot Docs kick-off press conference and got details on a lot of cool docs that I hope to see in about one month’s time. I couldn’t wait to sit down and tell y’all about it. Then I met up with pretty much all the other Toronto…