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Hot Docs 2025: 'Spreadsheet Champions' Is an Excel-lent Character Study

Directed by Kristina Kraskov

PUBLISHED Apr 25, 2025

The concept alone is irresistible: 'Spreadsheet Champions' introduces viewers to the world of elite Excel users, following six students...

You Can't Escape Samia's 'Bloodless' Unscathed

PUBLISHED Apr 25, 2025

The cover of every Samia album so far has seen its auteur obscuring herself more and more from the camera lens. On 2020's 'The Baby,' she's...

Metallica's Return to Toronto Was Justice for No One

Rogers Centre, April 24

PUBLISHED Apr 25, 2025

If you're here, you probably know who Metallica are. Reiterating their history would be more than unnecessary, except to say that they are...

Tom Hardy Unleashes 'Havoc,' Plot Be Damned

Directed by Gareth Evans

PUBLISHED Apr 25, 2025

Among Hollywood's current crop of directors, only a handful will leave a significant mark on the film industry. Steven Spielberg created...

Hot Docs 2025: 'The Track' Tracks Bosnia's Challenges to Rebuild

Directed by Ryan Sidhoo

PUBLISHED Apr 25, 2025

During a scene in The Track set at Calgary's Junior Luge World Cup in 2018, the camera pauses briefly on a poster detailing the story of...

Hot Docs 2025: 'Agatha's Almanac' Aesthetically Captures Cottagecore Canadian

Directed by Amalie Atkins

PUBLISHED Apr 24, 2025

It's nice to imagine a world where everyone is celebrated with a documentary like 'Agatha's Almanac' — a tender tribute to the humble life...

Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds Reminded Toronto That This Is the Whole Point

Meridian Hall, April 23

PUBLISHED Apr 24, 2025

There are few artists who deserve the praise that Nick Cave receives. As an elder stalwart of music in general, Cave has spent the last 40...

'The Accountant 2' Doesn't Quite Balance

Directed by Gavin O'Connor

PUBLISHED Apr 24, 2025

'The Accountant 2' takes its audience on quite the ride — I laughed, yawned, ooh-ed and yawned some more. Similar to the first go-around...