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)”

HOT DOCS 2012 (Toronto) – Charles Bradley: Soul of America/I Beat Mike Tyson (Double-bill) Reviews (Kirk Haviland)

HOT DOCS 2012 (Toronto) I Beat Mike Tyson Starring Kevin McBride Directed by Joshua Z. Weinstein   Charles Bradley: Soul of America Starring Charles Bradley Directed by Poull Brien I Beat Mike Tyson and Charles Bradley: Soul of America stand to tell two stories of underdogs later in life still trying to fight for theirContinue reading “HOT DOCS 2012 (Toronto) – Charles Bradley: Soul of America/I Beat Mike Tyson (Double-bill) Reviews (Kirk Haviland)”

HOT DOCS 2012 (Toronto) – Bones Brigade: An Autobiography (Kirk Haviland)

HOT DOCS 2012 (Toronto) Bones Brigade: An Autobiography Starring Tony Hawk, Rodney Mullen, Lance Mountain, Steve Caballero, Tommy Guerrero, Mike McGill and Stacey Peralta Directed by Stacey Peralta Skateboarding Pioneer and Former Z-Boy, Peralta, returns to his roots again to helm the follow-up to his fantastic documentary Dogtown and Z-Boys, Bones Brigade: An Autobiography. TheContinue reading “HOT DOCS 2012 (Toronto) – Bones Brigade: An Autobiography (Kirk Haviland)”

HOT DOCS 2012 (Toronto) – We are Legion: The Story of the Hacktivists (Paolo Kagaoan)

HOT DOCS 2012 (Toronto) We are Legion: The Story of the Hacktivists Directed by Brian Knappenberger What interests me the most in We Are Legion: The Story of the Hacktivists, and I’m not sure if I’m offended by it, is their use of the word ‘rape’. The word is used from feminism to ecofeminism, butContinue reading “HOT DOCS 2012 (Toronto) – We are Legion: The Story of the Hacktivists (Paolo Kagaoan)”