POV: Canada's documentary magazine

  • Browse Docs By
    • Biography
    • Celebrity
    • Doc Classics
    • Environment
    • Film on Film
    • Experimental
    • History
    • Human Rights
    • Hybrid Film
    • Indigenous
    • LGBTQ
    • Music Docs
    • Politics
    • Short Docs
    • Sports
    • True Crime
  • Articles
    • Reviews
    • News
    • Features
    • Interviews
    • Industry
    • Essays
    • Photography
  • Festivals
    • Hot Docs
    • TIFF
    • Sundance
    • RIDM
    • Cannes
    • DOXA
  • Issue Archive
    • Current Issue
  • Subscribe
    • Subscribe in Print
    • Digital
    • Newsletter
  • About
    • About Us
    • Donate
    • Contribute
    • Who We Are
    • Governance
    • Advertise

Heidi McKenzie

Mulroney: The Opera

by Heidi McKenzie
April 1, 2011April 15, 2022
Features

At its core, the new Canadian film Mulroney: The Opera by Larry Weinstein is an intertwining tale of boy meets girl.

Keep Reading

Lesley Barber: Composer Extraordinaire

by Heidi McKenzie
February 1, 2011April 17, 2022
Features

Composer Lesley Barber is one of those artists who is constantly ahead of the curve. A look at her work from When Night Is Falling to Marion Bridge.

Keep Reading

Soundscaping: Aaron Davis

by Heidi McKenzie
September 1, 2010April 18, 2022
Industry

Aaron Davis is an eclectic composer, arranger and keyboardist who is equally known as a founding member of the Holly Cole Trio and as a prolific composer of film music.

Keep Reading

Soundscaping: David Wall, chameleon composer

by Heidi McKenzie
April 1, 2010April 18, 2022
Industry

I’m not the centre of attention. The music is not the point of it. The music is one ingredient, which I really, really like.” - David Wall

Keep Reading

Soundscaping: The Talented Mr. Danna

by Heidi McKenzie
February 1, 2010April 18, 2022
Industry

Composer Mychael Danna on his career composing film scores for works by directors like Atom Egoyan, Deepa Mehta, and Mira Nair.

Keep Reading

Soundscaping: Phil Strong and Laurel MacDonald

by Heidi McKenzie
September 1, 2009April 22, 2022
Features

Writing a piece about Phil Strong, the film score composer, would be wholly incomplete without including his life partner, Laurel MacDonald.

Keep Reading

Soundscaping: The Art of Snow

by Heidi McKenzie
February 1, 2009April 25, 2022
Features

McKenzie profiles Michael Snow, a great Canadian icon who has made music, film and art for more than 50 years.

Keep Reading

Soundscaping: Robert Marcel Lepage

by Heidi McKenzie
November 1, 2008April 23, 2022
Features

Composer Robert Marcel Lepage shares his working philosophy with McKenzie in this extended Soundscaping column.

Keep Reading

Life Drawings

by Heidi McKenzie
April 1, 2008May 11, 2022
Features

Animated documentary should not be thought of as a strange hybrid at the margins, but one of the central forms of documentary film since its inception.

Keep Reading

Soundscaping: Making Beautiful Music Together

by Heidi McKenzie
April 1, 2008May 11, 2022
Features

Alex Pauk and Alexina Louie are established art music composers on the Canadian musical landscape based in Toronto.

Keep Reading

Search

Advertisement

E-Newsletter

SUBSCRIBE

An archival image of rocker Carole Pope seated in a backwards folding chair. She is wearing a black leather jumpsuit and boots. This is a cover for POV issue #125 with the letters POV in bright pink and the subtitle The Antidiva in yellow.

CURRENT ISSUE

Issue 125: Spring/Summer 2026

Antidiva: The Carole Pope Confessions spotlights the career of the Rough Trade rocker.

Follow POV


POV is Canada's premiere documentary magazine in print and online.

Advertisement

On Instagram

pov_magazine

Canada's #documentary magazine

Why is #TheRockyHorrorPictureShow the ultimate cul Why is #TheRockyHorrorPictureShow the ultimate cult film? @rockyhorrordocumentary looks at how Rocky Horror became the longest running theatrical release of all time. 

📽 at @tiff_net this week; VOD June 1

🔗 review in bio

#moviereview #documentary #rockyhorror
Fans of #Dahomey will want to keep an eye out for Fans of #Dahomey will want to keep an eye out for #ElephantsAndSquirrels! 🐘🐿

@nidhilvohra reports on this @hotdocs_ selection that follows efforts to repatriate Indigenous Sri Lankan artifacts. 

🔗 review in bio
#moviereview #Documentary #movies
It turns out that soccer can be interesting! ⚽️ F It turns out that soccer can be interesting! ⚽️

From #Cannes, @filmfest_ca reviews #TheMatch about the tense 1986 World Cup showdown between Argentina and England that had implications beyond the field. 

🔗 in bio
📽 Cannes

#soccer #moviereview #cannesfilmfestival
🫶 Brampton 🫶 In #ISeeMyselfInYou, @amreenk_ offer 🫶 Brampton 🫶

In #ISeeMyselfInYou, @amreenk_ offers a love letter to the city's immigrant population. @nidhilvohra spoke with her during @hotdocs_ about representing hometown vibes on film. 

📽 up next at @leveragelens & @regentparkfilmfestiva l/ Open Roof Fest
🔗 interview in bio

#Brampton #filmmaking #home #movies
Much like the recent John Candy documentary, Netfl Much like the recent John Candy documentary, Netflix's Martin Short bio is more likely to make you cry than laugh. 😢

But it invites an important lesson about making good use of the time we have. 

🔗 review in bio
📽 Netflix

#martinshort #moviereview #documentary #Netflix #movies
Billie Eilish is in her concert doc era, but how d Billie Eilish is in her concert doc era, but how does #hitmehardandsoft and its snazzy 3D stack up to the competition?

🔗 review in bio
📽 now in theatres

#BillieEilish #music #moviereview #Documentary
Freshly shucked at @hotdocs_ and playing as @doxaf Freshly shucked at @hotdocs_ and playing as @doxafestival's centerpiece, CONCRETE TURNED TO SAND is an immersive environmental film. 🦪

@nireliofidelio talks with Jessica Johnson and Ryan Ermacora about capturing the flows of intertidal life.

📖 Issue 125
🔗 in bio

#concreteturnedtosand #film #documentary #movies #nature
Taking stock of @hotdocs_ now that this year's fes Taking stock of @hotdocs_ now that this year's festival is wrap! How was your #HotDocs26?

🔗 in bio

📷 Concrete Turned to Sand

#Documentary #hotdocs #film #movies
A family tale that spans four generations, @babyja A family tale that spans four generations, @babyjackfruitbabyguava artfully explores the stories we (don't) tell. 

@nongnhatquang tells us about his intimate first feature at @hotdocs_. 👶🍈

#babyjackfruitbabyguava #documentary #hotdocs26 #hotdocs #filmmaking
Follow Us

Categories

  • Essays
  • Features
  • Festivals
  • Hot Docs
  • Industry
  • Interviews
  • News
  • Photography
  • Reviews
  • RIDM
  • Sundance
  • TIFF

Archives

Recent Posts

  • Democracy Under Siege Review: Illustrating America’s Plight
  • The Story of Documentary Film (The 1970s) Review: Cousins’ Non-Fiction Chronicle Continues
  • Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror Review – Let’s Do the Timewarp Again
  • Elephants & Squirrels Review: Investigating Switzerland’s Role as a Colonizer
  • The Match Review: Scores Big Points By Mixing Sports and Politics

CCA
OAC
Government of Ontario

Latest Posts

An editorial cartoon depicts four white people in suits covering a mural of the Washington Capitol Building with white paint.

Democracy Under Siege Review: Illustrating America’s Plight

May 16, 2026

The Story of Documentary Film (The 1970s) Review: Cousins’ Non-Fiction Chronicle Continues

May 16, 2026
Actor Tim Curry appears as Dr. Frank-N-Furter in The Rocky Horror Picture Show, as seen in the documentary Strange Journey. He is a young white man in a brown curly-haired wig, posing with his hand raised holding a cigarette, while wearing a black corset, black arm-length globes, a pearl necklace, and heavy make-up.

Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror Review – Let’s Do the Timewarp Again

May 15, 2026
Deneth Piumakshi Veda Arachchige with an indigenous mask from the Museum of Cultures, Basel (CH)

Elephants & Squirrels Review: Investigating Switzerland’s Role as a Colonizer

May 14, 2026
A silhouette of a male soccer player running after a ball appears in black and white. There are flood lights coming up from behind him.

The Match Review: Scores Big Points By Mixing Sports and Politics

May 13, 2026May 14, 2026

SUBSCRIBE

An archival image of rocker Carole Pope seated in a backwards folding chair. She is wearing a black leather jumpsuit and boots. This is a cover for POV issue #125 with the letters POV in bright pink and the subtitle The Antidiva in yellow.

CURRENT ISSUE

Issue 125: Spring/Summer 2026

Antidiva: The Carole Pope Confessions spotlights the career of the Rough Trade rocker.

Tags

activism Archive biography Black Stories Canadian film celebrity COVID-19 Documentary Organization of Canada environment experimental family film on film Hot Docs Hot Docs 2016 Hot Docs 2017 Hot Docs 2018 Hot Docs 2019 Hot Docs 2021 Hot Docs 2022 Hot Docs 2023 Hot Docs 2024 Hot Docs 2025 Human Rights hybrid film Indigenous interviews LGBTQ mental health migration music Netflix NFB Oscars Photography politics RIDM Short Docs Sports Sundance TIFF TIFF Docs True Crime TV Women Youth

© All articles copyright Point of View Magazine. No work may be reproduced without our express written consent.
Toronto, ON • Canada

  • Browse Docs By
  • Articles
  • Festivals
  • Issue Archive
  • Subscribe
  • About
  • Browse Docs By
    • Biography
    • Celebrity
    • Doc Classics
    • Environment
    • Film on Film
    • Experimental
    • History
    • Human Rights
    • Hybrid Film
    • Indigenous
    • LGBTQ
    • Music Docs
    • Politics
    • Short Docs
    • Sports
    • True Crime
  • Articles
    • Reviews
    • News
    • Features
    • Interviews
    • Industry
    • Essays
    • Photography
  • Festivals
    • Hot Docs
    • TIFF
    • Sundance
    • RIDM
    • Cannes
    • DOXA
  • Issue Archive
    • Current Issue
  • Subscribe
    • Subscribe in Print
    • Digital
    • Newsletter
  • About
    • About Us
    • Donate
    • Contribute
    • Who We Are
    • Governance
    • Advertise
Go toTop
0 $0.00