The following interview was initially published at the time of the film’s world premiere at Hot Docs 2013. This week, The Manor plays as part of DOC NYC. The titular subject referred to in Shawney ...

The titular subject referred to in Shawney Cohen’s debut feature has nothing to do with ladies and lords, but with the Cohen family business – a combo strip club/motel in a small Canadian town. And ...

The following interview was initially published at the time of the film’s world premiere at Hot Docs 2013. This week, The Manor plays as part of DOC NYC. Filmmaker spoke with the director/son/strip ...

After spending a decade as a film animator, Shawney Cohen got burnt out and decided it was time to take a break from his career to spend some time working at the family business. It just so happens ...

Director Shawney Cohen's candid documentary looks at himself and his next of kin, who run a strip club near Toronto. By Boyd van Hoeij KARLOVY VARY — The son of a Jewish-Canuck strip-club owner ...

TORONTO – The 20th Hot Docs Canadian Intl. Documentary Festival will open on April 25 with Shawney Cohen’s feature-helming debut “The Manor” the fest revealed Tuesday, along with its full slate of 205 ...

There's more than a faint echo of 'Grey Gardens' in this Canadian-gothic portrait of an unusual family business It’s hard not to sympathize with a narrator who recalls how he asked for hockey pads for ...

Hot Docs, North America’s largest documentary festival, has unveiled its full line up for 2013, selecting Shawney Cohen’s debut documentary The Manor (pictured) to be its opening night film. The doc ...

Shawney Cohen (pictured, right) talks to realscreen about his debut feature doc The Manor, which follows his family’s strip club business and kicks off the Hot Docs festival in Toronto today (April 25 ...

The dysfunctional family film about a strip club run by the filmmaker’s 400-pound father and his 84-pound anorexic mother will receive a world bow. By Etan Vlessing Canada Bureau Chief TORONTO – A ...

Guelph, Ontario's well-known strip club, "The Manor", is a place known for titillation, libations and sexually charged entertainment. For... Guelph, Ontario's well-known strip club, "The Manor", is a ...