Subscribers to Entertainment Maven have had their inboxes and Facebook pages barraged over the last ten or so days with our coverage of Toronto’s massive documentary film festival, Hot Docs 2012. Despite our feverish reviewing, we still only managed to scratch the surface of this incredible festival. Below are three different wrap-ups of the festivalContinue reading “HOT DOCS 2012 (Toronto) – Festival Wrap-up”
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HOT DOCS 2012 (Toronto) – Love Story Review (Paolo Kagaoan)
HOT DOCS 2012 (Toronto) Love Story Directed by Florian Habicht A modelesque young brunette holds a piece of cake on her hand, walking from the financial district of New York City and eventually taking the F or the Q train southbound to Coney Island. A few stops before the last, the woman catches the eyeContinue reading “HOT DOCS 2012 (Toronto) – Love Story Review (Paolo Kagaoan)”
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) – 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) – 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)”
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