Tag Archives: Documentary

HOT DOCS 2012 (Toronto) – Soldier/Citizen Review (Paolo Kagaoan)

HOT DOCS 2012 (Toronto) Soldier/Citizen Directed by Silvina Landsmann After three years of mandatory military service, a group of Israeli soldiers are informed that they will have to take certain classes to graduate high school. A higher ranking officer, no older than the ones he’s supervising, tells this group that there are harder classes likeContinue reading “HOT DOCS 2012 (Toronto) – Soldier/Citizen Review (Paolo Kagaoan)”

HOT DOCS 2012 (Toronto) – Sexy Baby Review (Kirk Haviland)

HOT DOCS 2012 (Toronto) Sexy Baby Directed by Ronna Gradus and Jill Bauer The Relationship Doctrine of Don Blanquito Directed by Roger Nygard Don Blanquito and Sexy Baby are teamed together this year at Hot Docs because of the subject matter of both docs – sex. Although the oversexed antics of Don Blanquito and theContinue reading “HOT DOCS 2012 (Toronto) – Sexy Baby Review (Kirk Haviland)”

HOT DOCS 2012 (Toronto) – Beauty is Embarrassing Review (Paolo Kagaoan)

HOT DOCS 2012 (Toronto) Beauty is Embarrassing Directed by Neil Berkeley Beauty is Embarrassing also shares the same title with one of the paintings of its subject, Wayne White. That particular piece of artwork belongs in the phase where his supposed ‘shtick’ is being to superimpose pastel-coloured block letters over kitschy landscape paintings. Hopefully IContinue reading “HOT DOCS 2012 (Toronto) – Beauty is Embarrassing Review (Paolo Kagaoan)”

HOT DOCS 2012 (Toronto) – Shut up and Play the Hits Review (Kirk Haviland)

HOT DOCS 2012 (Toronto) Shut up and Play the Hits Starring LCD Soundsystem Directed by Will Lovelace and Dylan Southern So you’re in your mid thirties and you decide it’s a great time to completely self-produce and release an album under the name LCD Soundsystem. It receives critical acclaim and now your making a “cover”Continue reading “HOT DOCS 2012 (Toronto) – Shut up and Play the Hits Review (Kirk Haviland)”

HOT DOCS 2012 (Toronto) – Pushwagner/Aaron Burr, Part 2 (Double-bill) Reviews (Paolo Kagaoan)

HOT DOCS 2012 (Toronto) Pushwagner Directed by August B. Hanssen and Even Benestad Aaron Burr, Part 2 Directed by Dana O’Keefe Last night’s show was sort of a double-bill, starting out with a quasi-documentary short film called Aaron Burr, Part 2. My only knowledge of the man was his close contest and loss against ThomasContinue reading “HOT DOCS 2012 (Toronto) – Pushwagner/Aaron Burr, Part 2 (Double-bill) Reviews (Paolo Kagaoan)”