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How What Will I Become? Sensitively Traverses Trans Boyhood and Lifelines

Features/Interviews

An interview with What Will I Become? directors Lexie Bean and Logan Rozos about their film on trans suicide, survival, and creating space to discuss mental health.
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Dernsie: The Amazing Life of Bruce Dern Review – On an “Actor’s Actor”

Festivals/Reviews

The beloved character actor and "man who shot John Wayne" looks back at his career in Hollywood in Dernsie: The Amazing Life of Bruce Dern.
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Documentaries Slay the House Down at Inside Out

Festivals

Toronto's Inside Out 2SLGBTQ+ Film Festival returns with a documentary slate featuring Carole Pope, Drag Race icons, and the power of a well-hung Jesus.
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How What Will I Become? Sensitively Traverses Trans Boyhood and Lifelines

An interview with What Will I Become? directors Lexie Bean and Logan Rozos about their film on trans suicide, survival, and creating space to discuss mental health.
Dernsie: The Amazing Life of Bruce Dern Review – On an “Actor’s Actor”

The beloved character actor and "man who shot John Wayne" looks back at his career in Hollywood in Dernsie: The Amazing Life of Bruce Dern.
Documentaries Slay the House Down at Inside Out

Toronto's Inside Out 2SLGBTQ+ Film Festival returns with a documentary slate featuring Carole Pope, Drag Race icons, and the power of a well-hung Jesus.
Gabin Review: Boyhood Tale Stretches Boundaries of Hybridity

In Gabin, Maxence Voiseux captures the life of a French boy as he grows up on his family dairy farm over ten years.
Detention Review: A Wiseman-esque Study in Teaching Social Control

Detention, premiering in Cannes' ACID, observes students in a training program for prison guards.

Reviews

A Blackfoot rider stands beside his horse. There is a spotlight behind them.

Siksikakowan: The Blackfoot Man Review – Breaking Down the Strong Silent Type

The men of the Blackfoot First Nation receive a multifaceted portrait of masculinity and Indigeneity in Siksikakowan: The Blackfoot Man.

Antidiva: The Carole Pope Confessions Review – Cream of the Crop

by Pat Mullen

Rough Trade rocker Carole Pope considers her groundbreaking career as she continues hustling from gig to gig in Antidiva: The Carole Pope Confessions.

Actor Oscar Isaac lies in bed with his infant son.

King Hamlet Review: To Be Or Not to Be a Serious Actor

by Pat Mullen

Oscar Isaac and Elvira Lind invite audiences into their lives in King Hamlet as the actor plays Hamlet on stage, and both a birth and a death happen along the way.

Gabin Review: Boyhood Tale Stretches Boundaries of Hybridity

by Jason Gorber

Published on May 20, 2026

Festivals/Reviews

In Gabin, Maxence Voiseux captures the life of a French boy as he grows up on his family dairy farm over ten years.

A group of adult students in a prison guard classroom stand attentively while listening to a speaker outside the frame. The racially diverse group of students are all wearing the same navy blue uniform with a white badge on a lanyard around their necks. — ACID/Handout

Detention Review: A Wiseman-esque Study in Teaching Social Control

by Jason Gorber

Published on May 19, 2026

Festivals/Reviews

Detention, premiering in Cannes' ACID, observes students in a training program for prison guards.

Geralyn White Dreyfous, Regina K. Scully, Rebecca Tickell, Joshua Tickell, Helen Hoehne, Danielle Turkov Wilson, Kelvin Harrison Jr. Photo Credit: Earl Gibson III — From left: Geralyn White Dreyfous, Regina K. Scully, Rebecca Tickell, Joshua Tickell, Helen Hoehne, Danielle Turkov Wilson, Kelvin Harrison Jr. | Photo by Earl Gibson III

Groundswell Wins Golden Globe Documentary Prize at Cannes

by Pat Mullen

Published on May 19, 2026

Festivals/News

The environmental film Groundswell by Joshua Tickell and Rebecca Tickell wins the second Golden Globes-Artemis Rising Award for Documentary at Cannes.

A black and white photo depicts British filmmaker David Lean standing in front of a camera. He is shot from a low angle, looking beyond the frame. He is a white man with brown hair, and he is wearing an overcoat. — Alamy/Cannes

Maverick: The Epic Adventures of David Lean Review – A Fitting Ode to a Master

by Jason Gorber

Published on May 19, 2026May 20, 2026

Festivals/Reviews

Maverick: The Epic Adventures of David Lean explores the career of the director behind enduring classics like Lawrence of Arabia and some forgotten gems worth rediscovering.

A man stands on a hardwood floor looking up towards the camera, which captures a view from above. There are two oversized black and white photographers on either side of him depicting portraits of working class men. — Cannes

Avedon Review: Ron Howard’s Fashionable Doc Portrait

by Jason Gorber

Published on May 19, 2026

Festivals/Reviews

Ron Howard offers a documentary portrait of fashion photographer Richard Avedon that captures his portfolio with a wider lens.

A musician in an Iranian punk bank holds his guitar up in the air. — ACID

Into the Jaws of the Ogre Review: Iranian Sibling Story Is So Punk

by Jason Gorber

Published on May 17, 2026

Festivals/Reviews

Mahsa Karampour considers her relationship with her brother, who formed a punk band in Iran before trying to make it in the USA, in Into the Jaws of the Ogre.

An editorial cartoon depicts four white people in suits covering a mural of the Washington Capitol Building with white paint. — "White-washing" by Ann Telnaes | Handout

Democracy Under Siege Review: Illustrating America’s Plight

by Pat Mullen

Published on May 16, 2026

Reviews

The work of editorial cartoonist Ann Telnaes serves as a jumping off point for a discussion about the fight for a progressive America in Democracy Under Siege.