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Festober Cometh: Doc Highlights on the Circuit

Festivals

Documentary highlights at Planet in Focus Environmental Film Festival, ReelWorld Film Festival, and Rendezvous with Madness film festival.
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Could You Can See Everything Make Oscar History for Documentary?

Features

Does the hype for You Can See Everything make it an Oscar contender for categories like Best Picture? No documentary has ever cracked the top category.
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Geopolitics and Ecology Heat Up the North

Essays/Features

How films like Nuisance Bear, Angry Inuk, Time and Water, Tuktuit: Caribou, and Nechako: It Will Be a Big River Again capture the environmental and social complexity of the North.
Keep Reading

Festober Cometh: Doc Highlights on the Circuit

Documentary highlights at Planet in Focus Environmental Film Festival, ReelWorld Film Festival, and Rendezvous with Madness film festival.
Could You Can See Everything Make Oscar History for Documentary?

Does the hype for You Can See Everything make it an Oscar contender for categories like Best Picture? No documentary has ever cracked the top category.
Geopolitics and Ecology Heat Up the North

How films like Nuisance Bear, Angry Inuk, Time and Water, Tuktuit: Caribou, and Nechako: It Will Be a Big River Again capture the environmental and social complexity of the North.
Now Streaming: There Are No Words Mines a Family’s Painful History

Now streaming from the National Film Board of Canada (NFB), There Are No Words sees Min Sook Lee examine a personal story that's long haunted her.
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.

Reviews

Musk Review: Or, the Totality of Dread

Alex Gibney synthesizes the clear and present danger of Elon Musk's ascent to power and our own powerlessness in the face of it.

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.

A train crosses a bridge in South Korea — NFB

Now Streaming: There Are No Words Mines a Family’s Painful History

by POV Staff

Published on October 16, 2026

Features

Now streaming from the National Film Board of Canada (NFB), There Are No Words sees Min Sook Lee examine a personal story that's long haunted her.

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. — VVS Films

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

by Pat Mullen

Published on October 15, 2026

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.

Alex Gibney on Musk and Playing in Elon’s Sandbox

by Pat Mullen

Published on October 14, 2026

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.

A silhouette of a polar bear at night. — MUBI

Watch the Trailer for Sundance Winner Nuisance Bear

by Pat Mullen

Published on October 14, 2026

News

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. — Elevation Pictures

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. — *Baby Doe* | Baby Doe LLC

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. — *Ceremony* | Smayaykila Films

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. — HitPlay Productions

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.