Hot Sugar's Cold World (2015) — Where to watch: streaming availability & viewing options

Released: March 13, 2015 Runtime: 87 min Rating: 3.5/10

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Hot Sugar's Cold World (2015) puts the genre vibe front and center, aiming for clarity, momentum, and a clean payoff. It favors steady pacing and a few well-timed beats over constant escalation, which makes it easy to follow. The cast—featuring Shelby Fero, Nick Koenig, and Neil deGrasse Tyson—helps anchor the story and sell the character chemistry. Ratings hover around 3.5/10, and it’s likely to land best with fans of the genre. Streaming, rental, and purchase options can change by region and date—check this page for the latest availability.

Hot Sugar's Cold World (2015)

Rating 7.5

Released: March 13, 2015 Runtime: 87 min : 3.5/10 from 8 votes

Cast: Shelby Fero, Nick Koenig, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Jim Jarmusch, Martin Starr, Rachel Trachtenburg

Nick Koenig, aka Hot Sugar, is in a hot mess. Considered a modern-day Mozart, the young electronic musician/producer records sounds from everyday life—from hanging up payphone receivers to Hurricane Sandy rain—and chops, loops and samples them into Grammy Award–nominated beats. He’s living the life every musician dreams of, complete with an internet-phenom girlfriend, rapper/singer “Kitty.” But when she dumps him, Hot Sugar is set adrift. Fleeing to Paris, he tries to regroup, searching for new sounds and a sense of self. Filmmaker Adam Lough mixes scenes of Hot Sugar at work on his vintage recording devices with surprising soul-searching reflections he offers to the camera. As tweets and posts about the broken couple blow up on the internet, Hot Sugar’s road trip presses onward, revealing even more exotic layers of the man and his music. Fun and flash, this lyrical journey offers audiences a fascinating peek into a modern artist’s creative process.