Hot Docs 10

Leave them Laughing

<em>Leave them Laughing</em>

by Michael Murray for FILMbutton.com “Leave Them Laughing. It’s a documentary about a stand-up comic who’s dying of Lou Gehrig’s disease.” I think I sighed. “But it’s supposed to be absolutely hilarious!” he quickly added. This, I knew, was a movie I absolutely did not want to see. Like a lot of people, I’ve had […]

Hot Docs Announces Audience Award and breaks Attendence Record

Hot Docs Announces Audience Award and breaks Attendence Record

HOT DOCS BREAKS ATTENDANCE RECORDS WITH AUDIENCES OF 136,000 AT 2010 FESTIVAL THUNDER SOUL WINS AUDIENCE AWARD; AUDIENCE TOP TEN ANNOUNCED AUTUMN GOLD WINS INAUGURAL FILMMAKERS AWARD Toronto, May 10 2010 – Hot Docs has wrapped its most successful festival to date with audience numbers reaching an estimated 136,000. The 11-day event, April 29 to […]

A Drummer’s Dream screens at Hot Docs

<em>A Drummer’s Dream</em> screens at Hot Docs

When some of the world’s top drummers held a camp on a tiny Ontario farm, Halifax filmmaker John Walker followed. The result is A Drummer’s Dream By ANDREA NEMETZ Entertainment Reporter IN 1969, John Walker was offered a choice between two roads. Now the award-winning documentary filmmaker is exploring the path not taken. Then a […]

Rush: Beyond the Lighted Stage wins Heineken Audience Award at Tribeca

<em>Rush: Beyond the Lighted Stage</em> wins Heineken Audience Award at Tribeca

NEW YORK, May 3 (UPI) — “Rush: Beyond the Lighted Stage” has won The Heineken Audience Award at New York’s Tribeca Film Festival. The film’s directors, Scot McFadyen and Sam Dunn, are to receive a cash prize of $25,000. Throughout the festival, which kicked off April 21, audiences have been able to vote for The […]

Festival Films – Hot Docs: Pop Culture hits & misses

Festival Films – Hot Docs: Pop Culture hits & misses

by Allan Tong of Reel ‘n’ Rock for FILMbutton.com Samba, jellybeans and Communist disco dominate a slate of documentaries at this year’s edition of Hot Docs. For what’s good and what’s not, read on (ratings based on four stars): Disco and Atomic War (***) is a clever, funny voyage through the end of the USSR […]

Hot Docs Partners with Rooftop Films

Hot Docs Partners with Rooftop Films

HOT DOCS PARTNERS WITH BROOKLYN’S ROOFTOP FILMS FOR ROOFTOP DOCS OUTDOOR SCREENINGS DURING 2010 FESTIVAL Hot Docs, in partnership with Brooklyn’s Rooftop Films, will celebrate springtime in Toronto by presenting three special open-air screenings in its new Rooftop Docs series during this year’s Festival, taking place April 29 to May 9. Hot Docs and Rooftop […]

The Brothers Warner

<em>The Brothers Warner</em>

The Brothers Warner by Allan Tong for FILMbutton Harry Warner’s granddaughter, Cass Warner Sperling, invites audiences to look at the rise and fall of Warner Brothers, one of the big Hollywood studios that her family founded a century ago. Harry Warner was the quiet one, Albert was serious but professional, Sam was the visionary; and […]