HOT DOCS 2012 (Toronto) – Herman’s House Review (Paolo Kagaoan)

HOT DOC 2012 (Toronto) Herman’s House Directed by Angad Singh Bhalla Tickets are still available for May 6, 9:30pm: CLICK HERE Herman’s House is about a Black Panther named Herman Wallace imprisioned in Angola, Louisiana for killing a jail guard, although there is no concrete evidence pointing to his guilt. But it’s also equally aboutContinue reading “HOT DOCS 2012 (Toronto) – Herman’s House Review (Paolo Kagaoan)”

HOT DOCS 2012 (Toronto) – Big Easy Express Review (Kirk Haviland)

HOT DOCS 2012 Big Easy Express Starring Mumford and Sons, Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, and Old Crow Medicine Show. Directed by Emmett Malloy Big Easy Express is the story of the country/folk music tour by London’s Mumford and Sons with LA band Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros and Nashville’s Old Crow MedicineContinue reading “HOT DOCS 2012 (Toronto) – Big Easy Express Review (Kirk Haviland)”

HOT DOCS 2012 (Toronto) – Scarlet Road Review (Paolo Kagaoan)

HOT DOCS 2012 (Toronto) Scarlet Road Directed by Catherine Scott Tickets still available for May 4, 6:30pm and May 6, 9:00pm: CLICK HERE Catherine Scott’s Scarlet Road is the second feature-length doc I’ve seen this festival that showcases differently-abled people. It’s an umbrella term which makes it inadvertently confusing, so to clarify, the subjects ofContinue reading “HOT DOCS 2012 (Toronto) – Scarlet Road Review (Paolo Kagaoan)”

HOT DOCS 2012 (Toronto) – The Mechanical Bride Review (Kirk Haviland)

HOT DOCS 2012 (Toronto) The Mechanical Bride Directed by Allison de Fren Tickets are still available for May 6, 9:00pm: CLICK HERE Update, Paolo’s take (Kirk’s review below): The Mechanical Bride features the most real voiceover in this year’s crop of documentaries. It’s real in the sense that it’s the kind of voiceover work weContinue reading “HOT DOCS 2012 (Toronto) – The Mechanical Bride Review (Kirk Haviland)”

HOT DOCS 2012 (Toronto) – Radioman Review (Paolo Kagaoan)

HOT DOCS 2012 (Toronto) Radioman Directed by Mary Kerr Tickets are still available for May 5, 4:15pm: CLICK HERE Have you ever wanted a movie with Tom Hanks, Kate Winslet, Meryl Streep, George Clooney, Robert de Niro, Tilda Swinton, Bruce Willis and many more actors together? This doc is the closest we’ll probably get toContinue reading “HOT DOCS 2012 (Toronto) – Radioman Review (Paolo Kagaoan)”