Hot Docs

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  Beauty Day

  Jay Cheel

  PUBLISHED May 3, 2011

  While I'm not sure I'd have the patience to sit through every episode of Cap'n Video, there is something almost noble about the sheer point...

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  Becoming Chaz

  Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato

  PUBLISHED May 3, 2011

  In the post-screening Q&A at Hot Docs, Fenton Bailey revealed that Chaz Bono (formerly Chastity, before her sex change), son of Sonny and C...

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  El Bulli: Cooking in Progress

  Gereon Wetzel

  PUBLISHED May 3, 2011

  El Bulli (the Michelin three-star restaurant near Roses, Catalonia, Spain) operates in a unique manner, closing down for several months eac...

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  Family Instinct

  Andris Gauja

  PUBLISHED May 3, 2011

  Although this Latvian documentary may only be 58 minutes long, it is definitely going to be known as the one most memorable premiering at t...

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  Conan O'Brien Can't Stop

  Rodman Flender

  PUBLISHED May 3, 2011

  Very funny, candid and exhausting, Conan O'Brien Can't Stop has no arc and no editorially imposed "story." It ostensibly follows Conan O'Br...

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  Superheroes

  Michael Barnett

  PUBLISHED May 3, 2011

  Mr. Xtreme lives in a small apartment, with his costume and weaponry buried under stacks of papers and magazines, where he watches Power Ra...

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  Carol Channing: Larger Than Life

  Dori Berenstein

  PUBLISHED May 3, 2011

  I was going to observe that the 90-year-old Carol Channing has a little trouble hitting high notes while rehearsing for her first Broadway...

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  The Redemption of General Butt Naked

  Eric Strauss and Daniele Anastasion

  PUBLISHED May 3, 2011

  To provide some context on the intriguing, yet potentially misleading, title, General Butt Naked was a savage, serial killing warlord durin...