Hot Docs
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The Nightmare
Rodney Ascher's The Nightmare is a sometimes creepy look into the phenomenon of sleep paralysis.
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Hot Docs 2015: Mavis!
Mavis! is a celebratory documentary about the incredible career of Mavis Staples and the Staple Family Singers.
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3 Still Standing (Hot Docs Review)
Three stand-up veterans survive three decades of comedy highs and lows in this funny but misleading doc.
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War of Lies (Hot Docs Review)
This hard-hitting interview with the man who may have started the Iraq war provides surprisingly mixed results.
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The Visit (Hot Docs Review)
Michael Madsen's realistic look at what we would do if an alien landed on earth tries and fails...
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Hot Docs 2015: Magic Island
The story behind Magic Island is a good one, but its telling fails to do that story proper...
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Peace Officer (Hot Docs Review)
A good balance of heart and science, this exposé on the silent rise of the militarization of police...
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Hot Docs 2015: Over the Rainbow
The recurring theme of Leny's life is one of freedom: from the absence of it to the reveling...
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Uncertain (Hot Docs Review)
Uncertain sets its sights on a small town on the brink of death, and finds beauty and hope...
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Pervert Park (Hot Docs Review)
A mobile home community that houses rehabilitating sex offenders gets profiled in this tough, formidable and well-crafted documentary.
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Raiders!: The Story of the Greatest Fan Film Ever Made (Hot Docs Review)
Jeremy Coon and Tim Skousen know what they are doing when it comes to making it a great...
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Drone (Hot Docs Review)
Good intentions don't translate to good filmmaking in this scatterbrained examination of drone warfare.
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Hot Docs 2015: Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck
Brett Morgen provides a definitive look at the life of Kurt Cobain, using never before seen material to...
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Hot Docs 2015: Best of Enemies
A surface level documentary about one of television's biggest events.
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Dreamcatcher (Hot Docs Review)
A simply shot film with an unexpected heroine at its center manages to both build compassion for those...