HOTTEST DOCS

With Song Sung Blue's Hot Docs International Premiere two days away, this "Hottest Docs" recommendation from the folks at www.eyeweekly.com

SONG SUNG BLUE ****
April 18, 9pm, Bloor; April 20, 7:15pm, ROM.
As American gothic as it gets in Milwaukee, husband and wife performance duo Lightning & Thunder endure car crashes, hospitalization and a slowing appreciation for their schmaltzy Neil Diamond covers en route to a surefire comeback. Greg Kohs captures subjects — now paunchy and despondent, clad in sequined vests adorned with stars and stripes —?mired in bitter realism, testing the terms of unconditional love. This documentary is filled with poignant moments, the best of which involve an onstage duet with Eddie Vedder and a chain-smoking nuclear family squabbling over skillets at Denny’s. Overwrought and unbearably sentimental, Song Sung Blue is as heart-rending as Diamond’s guiltiest pleasures. CL