Regan Reid
Five Canadian Films That Were Worth Watching at TIFF (Seriously)
With less than a week left at TIFF to catch the best Canada has to offer, we put together a list of five Canadian films you should watch.
Omar Khadr Tells His Side of the Story in New Documentary
"Guantanamo's Child" tries to answer the question of who Omar Khadr—a convicted terrorist or an abused child soldier—really is.
The State of LGBT Film in 2015
This year, the Inside Out Toronto LGBT Film Festival has fewer coming-out stories and more "post-gay" movies—but queer cinema remains a vital, vibrant scene.
The Very Serious Business of Figuring Out How Earth Will Handle First Contact with Aliens
A new documentary from Danish director Michael Madsen seeks to answer that question.
Sorry, But We talked to the Director of ‘Being Canadian’ About All Those Painful Stereotypes
Canadians all live in igloos, snowshoe to work (at the maple syrup factory), wear jean on jean, worship hockey, and are just generally really sorry. That about sums Canadians up, eh?
Forget Hollywood: Watch Documentaries if You Care About Women
At the 2015 Hot Docs film festival, 40 percent of filmmakers are women. It's a stat that Hot Docs is excited to share, and rightly so.
I Watched ‘The Nightmare,’ the Terrifying Doc That I Could Have Starred In
VICE made me watch The Nightmare and confront my worst fears. And now I'm doomed to never sleep again.
Sonja Bennett Made a Feature Film About Being Fake Pregnant with Twins
We talked to director Sonja Bennett about her movie, Preggoland, which tells the story of Ruth, a perpetually hungover, 35-year-old chain-smoking grocery clerk who lives in her dad's basement before suddenly pretending to be pregnant with twins.
David Thorpe and Dan Savage Have a Lot to Say about the “Gay Voice”
We interviewed director David Thorpe and writer-podcaster, Dan Savage, about accepting how you sound, and David's new film, Do I Sound Gay.
Talking To the Directors Who Made a Doc About the Real Guy Behind "Dog Day Afternoon"
John Wojtowicz robbed a Chase Manhattan bank in 1972 to fund his partner's sex change surgery, a crime later immortalized by Al Pacino in Dog Day Afternoon. What followed in John's life was just as compelling, and we spoke to two directors who...
Filmmaker Bruce LaBruce Talks About Conservative Gay Culture and Sex in Nursing Homes
"My films question not only the dominant culture, but the gay orthodoxy as well."