Dr. Dock's Prescription for the LAST WEEKEND of hot docs 2011

So its the last weekend of hot docs, and you've spent the whole week thinking, "I'd like to be more like Dr. Dock, but I just don't have the stamina and the cinematic prowess, and I wouldn't even know where to start!" Well hop up on this table here and listen to what I have to say.

First of all, check out the sidebar for an updated list of movies I'm probably going to see this weekend. Most of them look great and I think they're safe bets. Please ignore any weird formatting and font issues in the sidebar, that's just Blogger's way of telling my to go fuck myself.

The following movies are movie's I have seen that are repeating this weekend, and come with my star of approval:

Little Voices (today, 3:45, TBLB2)
Weibo's War (today, 7:00, Regent)
The Guantanamo Trap (today, 9:30, Regent)
Inside Lara Roxx (tomorrow, 9:30, Royal)

You might also want to check out the latest leaders in the People's Choice Awards. I never vote - I can't rate the movies until I've seen them all and by then nobody cares about my vote. I could go on for a while about the inherent flaws in this voting system but this is neither the time nor the....actually, it's totally the place. But not the time. Read on.

A better idea is to peruse the list of award winners from last night's awards ceremony. If any of these films are screening again this weekend, go see them, but get there early. The repeat screenings were announced for Sunday morning based on the awards. (Side question: they use to do these repeat screenings on Sunday night, didn't they?) I'm always hopeful that there's at least one movie that I missed that's getting a repeat and this year it's Family Portrait in Black and White, which is about a Ukrainian woman raising 23 abandoned children including 16 bi-racial ones. The other one is Dragonslayer, which I haven't heard too much about, but hey, it won an award!

One last consideration: The TIFF Lightbox theatre on King is an amazing theatre. It's worth seeing if you haven't already, and it's certainly made my hot docs marathon a lot easier. But as far as I'm concerned, the heart of hot docs beats on Bloor, and for the last weekend it's nice to get swept up in the revelry. I'm going to be rolling around "uptown" as much as I can. Hope to see you there!

Really, you can't go wrong. Pick a time and a place that you want to be, and go watch a freaking documentary. God speed my little patients!