First Picks

The schedule is out!

I prefer to wait until the fancy printed program guide is released before I start choosing my movies, but two of my flicks are always selected for me - the two on opening night, which don't run simultaneously with any other movie. Easy.

POM Wonderful Presents: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold
I'm looking forward to this one - same director of Super Size Me, which people seem to have liked (I didn't see it). This time director Morgan Spurlock explores the world of product placement and advertising. I like this subject matter - it's something we are all consumed by on a daily basis (especially those of us who partake in privately funded film festivals), and it feels healthy to speed-check one's immunity to all of the branding and placement that seeps into our surroundings. Apparently, Sao Paulo in Brazil  has a strict no-advertisments policy; maybe that will come up in this flick.

And I wanted to tell you about the next movie on April 28th, which is about mixed martial arts, but I can't remember what it's called and now the hot docs website is telling me this:

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on your marks

No time for niceties, just posting to give everyone the heads up that hot docs starts on April 28 and runs until May 8.

AND passes went on sale yesterday, and get more expensive after March 22. I bought mine over the phone today, to set an example for the rest of you.

Big news: This year there’s a pass called Premium For Two which allows the user (me) to go to every screening (yay) AND to bring a friend (you?) to each one! This is great news for all of my friends, as well as for cute boys waiting in the rush line up looking like they wish they had someone to share their popcorn with.

A whole bunch of "special" screenings were announced on the hot docs website. I scrolled through the list and my interest was piqued by one about Tribe (as in, Called Quest) and another one about young kids trying to make it big in Hollywood. I can already hear their little hearts breaking.

The program guide comes out next week, stay tuned for updates!