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Alexander Mooney

Alexander Mooney is a critic and programmer who contributes to Toronto Star, Screen Slate, Documentary Magazine, Exclaim, The Globe and Mail, and MUBI Notebook. He also writes the column “Replications” at In the Mood Magazine.

Filmmaker Spike Lee sits atop a discarded mattress outside a house. He is wearing white pants and a white shirt with white sneakers.

The Truth, Ruth

by Alexander Mooney
February 13, 2026
Essays/Features

On the documentaries of Spike Lee and an artist who never shies away from the truth, whatever form the story takes.

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Agatha standing in her garden with a ray of sunlight shining over her and her plants

The Independent Life of a Stalwart Woman: Appreciating Agatha’s Almanac

by Alexander Mooney
September 26, 2025
Features/Interviews

Amalie Atkins' documentary Agatha's Alamanac has a 90-year-old star eager to discuss family, creativity, and the legacy of artistic practices.

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A Japanese man is seen in close up. He holds one hand up to his face covering his right eye.

Wavelengths’ Slightest Pretense Boasts the Daring Artistry that Festivals Deserve

by Alexander Mooney
September 14, 2025
Reviews/TIFF

TIFF Wavelenghts' Slightest Pretense includes short works by Blake Williams, Fredj Mouassa, Freidl vom Gröller, Eri Saito, Björn Kammerer, and Basma al-Sharif.

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A photograph of a beach at night. The tide is out and the shore extends into the blue water.

TIFF Wavelengths’ “Into the Blue” Invites Cinephiles to Take the Plunge

by Alexander Mooney
September 11, 2025
Reviews/TIFF

The short film series Into the Blue inspires cinephiles to explore new waters in the Wavelengths series of the Toronto International Film Festival.

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A vintage photograph of a bridge. There are black vertical lines patterning the photo

TIFF Wavelengths’ “Maps of Traces” Is a Series of Disjointed Contrasts

by Alexander Mooney
September 8, 2025
Reviews/TIFF

There’s a conceptual gap at the centre of Wavelengths 1: Map of Traces, which feels oddly disjointed for TIFF's experimental programme.

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A man appears as a ghostly figure via double exposure atop of a photograph of a field. It is green with a cloudy sky. The man is standing and wearing a white ball cap.

I Dreamed His Name Review: A Personal, If Muddled, Elegy for the Disappeared

by Alexander Mooney
May 3, 2025
Hot Docs/Reviews

A daughter goes searching for her father, who vanished 30 years prior amid Colombia's history of forced disappearances in I Dreamed His Name.

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A Palestinian family sits around a grain milling stone. They are under a tree. The mother and daughter are wearing black and the son in the middle has a yellow shirt.

Aisha’s Story Review: Doc Portrait Coasts on Its Key Ingredient

by Alexander Mooney
April 29, 2025
Hot Docs/Reviews

Aisha's Story is a personable if slight documentary that observes a Palestinian woman in Baqa’a refugee camp as she makes food from home.

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A man in a neon yellow long-sleeved shirt looks through binoculars in the desert.

Jonah Malak Talks Desert Eagles and Coyotes

by Alexander Mooney
April 29, 2025
Features/Hot Docs/Interviews

An interview with Spare My Bones, Coyote! director Jonah Malak about capturing the story of a couple that recovers the remains of lost migrants.

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Chase Joynt and Julietta Singh direct on a film set. He is standing behind her wearing a grey shirt and ballcap, while she is wearing a green shirt and eyeglasses and has her hand raised. They are both smiling.

Julietta Singh and Chase Joynt Talk The Nest and Re-embodying History

by Alexander Mooney
April 27, 2025
Hot Docs/Interviews

An interview with The Nest directors Julietta Singh and Chase Joynt about their innovative hybrid film that explores intersections of history within Singh's family home.

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