We’re back in the cycle of spring festivals. Two more get rolling in Toronto today, and I do my best to stay on top of them at the NOW site.

First, there’s Human Rights Watch, which is either making an effort to find a more positive spin on its generally grim mission statement or just giving up and laughing down the abyss.

And then there’s Water Docs, which remains the city’s single least interesting film festival from a conceptual standpoint but still chugs on. I guess that’s something.