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  • A close-up image of Elizabeth Holmes shows a wide-eyed expression and a mysterious smile. She is a blonde white woman with blue eyes, pictured in close-up, speaking to someone who is positioned in front of the camera.

    You Can See Everything Review: Or, the Characters We Create for Ourselves

    Reviews

    In You Can See Everything Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim capture the elusive mystery of Elizabeth Holmes in a portrait that proves the truth isn't nearly as interesting as a lie.

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  • Elon Musk stands before a crowed in a stadium. He has both hands raised in the air, and there is an American flag behind him. He is wearing a black jacket and baseball cap.

    Alex Gibney on Musk and Playing in Elon’s Sandbox

    Features/Interviews

    An interview with Musk director Alex Gibney on charting the rise to power of Elon Musk with hopes to understand how the world got to this point of peril.

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  • A silhouette of a polar bear at night.

    Watch the Trailer for Sundance Winner Nuisance Bear

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    Watch the trailer for Sundance Grand Jury Prize winner Nuisance Bear before it opens in theatres this December and streams on MUBI.

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  • A close-up image of Elizabeth Holmes shows a wide-eyed expression and a mysterious smile. She is a blonde white woman with blue eyes, pictured in close-up, speaking to someone who is positioned in front of the camera.

    You Can See Everything Review: Or, the Characters We Create for Ourselves

    In You Can See Everything Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim capture the elusive mystery of Elizabeth Holmes in a portrait that proves the truth isn't nearly as interesting as a lie.

  • Elon Musk stands before a crowed in a stadium. He has both hands raised in the air, and there is an American flag behind him. He is wearing a black jacket and baseball cap.

    Alex Gibney on Musk and Playing in Elon’s Sandbox

    An interview with Musk director Alex Gibney on charting the rise to power of Elon Musk with hopes to understand how the world got to this point of peril.

  • A silhouette of a polar bear at night.

    Watch the Trailer for Sundance Winner Nuisance Bear

    Watch the trailer for Sundance Grand Jury Prize winner Nuisance Bear before it opens in theatres this December and streams on MUBI.

  • An archival image shows Terry Fox from behind. He is wearing a white t-shirt and black jogging shorts. He is holding a prosthetic leg in his hands. There is a white camper van beside him.

    Run Terry Run Sets Box Office Record for Canadian Documentary

    Run Terry Run earns $170,000 at the Canadian box office across the Thanksgiving long weekend.

  • Gail Eastwood-Ritchey, a white woman with glasses and greying light-brown hair, sits in a courtroom and looks in the direction of a man making a speech. The man is partly visible in the foreground of the photo. He is standing up and only his arm and hand are in the shot as he makes a gesture.

    Jessica Earnshaw’s Family Viewing

    With her films Jacinta and Baby Doe, Jessica Earnshaw has confidently introduced herself with deeply personal documentaries about families.

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An archival photo of the cast of the Toronto 1972 production of Godspell on the stage.

You Had to Be There Review: Toronto’s Godspell Lore Brings the Laughs

by Pat Mullen

The rollicking documentary You Had to Be There revisits the 1972 Toronto production of Godspell with Martin Short, Eugene Levy, Andrea Martin, and other funny folks.

An archival image shows Terry Fox running along a rural street, wearing a white t-shirt and jogging shorts.

Run Terry Run Review: Fox’s Marathon Continues to Inspire

by Pat Mullen

The Terry Fox story receives a definitive take in Run Terry Run, Sean Menard's moving all-archival portrait of the Canadian hero.

Black Zombie Review: A Fascinating History of the Zombie 

by Nidhil Vohra

In a post-Sinners landscape, Black Zombie offers an excellent excavation of a horror genre's specific roots in place and culture.

An archival image shows Terry Fox from behind. He is wearing a white t-shirt and black jogging shorts. He is holding a prosthetic leg in his hands. There is a white camper van beside him.
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Run Terry Run Sets Box Office Record for Canadian Documentary

by Pat Mullen
Published on October 13, 2026
News

Run Terry Run earns $170,000 at the Canadian box office across the Thanksgiving long weekend.

Gail Eastwood-Ritchey, a white woman with glasses and greying light-brown hair, sits in a courtroom and looks in the direction of a man making a speech. The man is partly visible in the foreground of the photo. He is standing up and only his arm and hand are in the shot as he makes a gesture.
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Jessica Earnshaw’s Family Viewing

by Liam Lacey
Published on October 13, 2026
Features/Interviews

With her films Jacinta and Baby Doe, Jessica Earnshaw has confidently introduced herself with deeply personal documentaries about families.

An Elder places his hand on a man in regalia during the sputc ceremony, a moment of blessing.
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Ceremony Wins Best Canadian Documentary at VIFF

by Pat Mullen
Published on October 8, 2026
Festivals/News

Winners of the Vancouver International Film Festival (VIFF) awards for 2026 include Ceremony, directed by Banchi Hanuse, which took home top doc.

Botanist and author Robin Wall Kimmerer sits at a desk in deep thought while looking out a window. She is wearing a blue sleeved shirt and has long grey hair. Her desk is covered with a mess of papers.
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Watch the Trailer for Understory Ahead of Its DOC NYC Debut

by Pat Mullen
Published on October 8, 2026
Festivals/News

Watch the trailer for Understory, a documentary about all we can learn from plants as we seek to repair our relationship with nature and restore the nature world.

An archival image shows Terry Fox in close-up as he stands in front of a microphone. He has a smile on his face and is wearing a blue shirt with black letters that read "Beaver Creek".
Elevation Pictures

The Never-Ending Marathon of Terry Fox

by Liam Lacey
Published on October 6, 2026
Features/Interviews

Sean Menard's documentary Run Terry Run offers previously unseen archives from Terry Fox's Marathon of Hope, which continues to inspire Canadians.

A helicopter lowers a rescue worker towards a gondola that is hanging precariously from a wire. The sun is setting and the gondola is positioned very high above the ground. There are mountains in the background.
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Hot Docs Returns with Another Helping of Doc Soup

by Pat Mullen
Published on October 5, 2026
Hot Docs/News

Hot Docs' Doc Soup series returns on October 7 with Hanging By a Wire, Mohammed Ali Naqvi's docu-thriller about a 2023 gondola rescue mission.

Filmmaker Beatrice Gibson stands looking at her reflection in a mirror in a tiled bathroom. She is a white woman with blonde hair, and is wearing a light blue sleeved dress. Her hand is caressing her chin and she looks to be in deep thought.
TIFF

Beatrice Gibson on At Night and Domestic, Chaotic Work

by Nirris Nagendrarajah
Published on October 3, 2026
Interviews

An interview with At Night director Beatrice Gibson about creating an intersectional portrait of Parisian women and drawing upon literary references.

Icefields Pkwy, Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada - September 24, 2018: Photographers taking pictures of Beautiful Canadian Rockies Landscape during a cloudy day.
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The Government Must Defend Our Cultural Sovereignty

by Julian Carrington
Published on October 2, 2026
Features/Industry

What's at stake for creatives in the Canadian screen sector--and Canadian culture more broadly--if the government doesn't uphold the terms of the Online Streaming Act? Everything.

Two figures sit on a rooftop, facing each other, in conversation. It is a dark night and the figure on the left is completely obscured by shadow. On the right is an Israeli man.
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NAZA Review: Or, How to Score Bonus Points During a Genocide

by Pat Mullen
Published on October 1, 2026
Reviews

Gripping yet mundane testimonies from IDF operatives in NAZA describe the systematic killing of Palestinians and targeting of civilian homes.

Nannika, representing the alhukwala (medicine person), stands during the sputc ceremony in Bella Coola Valley. The ceremony marks a return to ancestral practice after the collapse of the ooligan run.
Ceremony | Smayaykila Films

The Documentary Side of VIFF 2026: Some Highlights

by Pat Mullen
Published on September 30, 2026
Festivals

Documentary highlights at the Vancouver International Film Festival (VIFF) include Ceremony, Nuisance Bear, and The Story of Documentary Film.

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March 6, 2026
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The Roots of Black Zombie

How Black Zombie cinematically reclaims the Haitian Vodou origins of zombie culture.

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