Hot Docs

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  Bill Nye: Science Guy

  Directed by David Alvarado and Jason Sussberg

  PUBLISHED May 3, 2017

  Bill Nye isn't a scientist, but he played one on TV. More recently, he's expanded the role to real life. In the documentary Bill Nye: Scien...

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  Hobbyhorse Revolution

  Directed by Selma Vilhunen

  PUBLISHED May 3, 2017

  It takes about 10 minutes of the oddly fascinating Hobbyhorse Revolution to see the subjects' love of hobbyhorses as anything other than ri...

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  PACmen

  Directed by Luke Walker

  PUBLISHED May 2, 2017

  Luke Walker's PACmen is an effective, if slight, look at the inner workings behind Dr. Ben Carson's failed presidential bid. The film is as...

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  ​Tokyo Idols

  Directed by Kyoko Miyake

  PUBLISHED May 2, 2017

  On the surface, there's no North American equivalent to Japan's "idol" culture. Pairing the fist-pumping energy of a DIY punk show with the...

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  Gilbert

  Directed by Neil Berkeley

  PUBLISHED May 1, 2017

  Throughout Gilbert, comedian Gilbert Gottfried appears rather uncomfortable to be letting people see the "real" version of himself. That's...

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  The Workers Cup

  Directed by Adam Sobel

  PUBLISHED May 1, 2017

  The migrant workers building the facilities for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar have come from impoverished nations like Kenya, Ghana, India an...

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  Whitney: Can I Be Me?

  Directed by Nick Broomfield and Rudi Dolezal

  PUBLISHED May 1, 2017

  While watching Nick Broomfield and Rudi Dolezal's documentary Whitney: Can I Be Me? one gets the sense that even though we may have appreci...

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  Intent To Destroy

  Directed by Joe Berlinger

  PUBLISHED May 1, 2017

  Part history lesson, part making-of a film-within-a-film, Joe Berlinger's Intent To Destroy is a difficult documentary, but it's also a hug...