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Justine Smith

Justine Smith is a contributor to publications including Hyperallergic, Roger Ebert and Cult MTL. She is the current president of the Quebec Critic’s Association (AQCC) and also programs Fantasia’s Underground Program.

The Monstrous Body: Documentary and ‘Horrors’ Within

by Justine Smith
March 19, 2025
Essays/Features

What does it take to make a documentary monster movie? Films like De Humani Corporis Fabrica, Caniba, and Our Body explore real body horror.

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A Century of City Symphonies

by Justine Smith
February 19, 2024
Essays/Features

Has the form of the city symphony changed in the 21st Century? From Manhatta to My Winnipeg, a tour through cities on film.

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On Mother Saigon and Making Dreams a Reality

by Justine Smith
November 14, 2023
Features/Festivals

Khoa Lê's Mother Saigon evocatively depicts family, life, and love for the LGBTQ community in Vietnam with a collaborative lens.

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Documentaries in the Age of the Apocalypse

by Justine Smith
June 26, 2023
Essays/Features

Embracing the paradox of destruction and rebirth, apocalyptic documentaries like Lessons of Darkness, Leviathan, and Sleep Has Her House explore humanity’s impact on the earth.

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Shooting Yourself: Film Diaries

by Justine Smith
February 21, 2023April 19, 2023
Features

Film diaries: the most personal mode of filmmaking in the 21st century?

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Documenting Migration

by Justine Smith
August 2, 2022
Essays

How do non-fiction filmmakers document the migration crisis? Films like Human Flow, El Mar La Mar, Born in Syria, and Clebs tackle a global human rights issue.

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Indielisboa: Poetic Docs Highlight Portuguese Festival

by Justine Smith
May 5, 2022
Festivals

A report from the 2022 IndieLisboa festival, which included Glass Life, Behind Those Walls, How Do You Measure a Year, and This House.

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Animal Macula Review: Seeing animals and being seen by them

by Justine Smith
November 19, 2021
Reviews/RIDM

In Animal Macula, old images take on new resonance and considerations through montage, transforming how we see more radically than merely engendering empathy. 

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They Sleep Standing Review: Is it all gone and past?

by Justine Smith
November 18, 2021
Reviews/RIDM

Hybrid film They Sleep Standing considers the lives of millennials and invites audiences to open their hearts to uncertainties.

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Portuguese Cinema on the Border of Waking and Dreaming

by Justine Smith
May 8, 2021August 7, 2021
Features

For many of us, the past year has been a period of reflection. The isolation of COVID-19 has thrust us into a state of inertia. In the struggle to conceive what the

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Chef Masaki Saito brings cutting edge realness in Still Single.

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A great read before omakase on Festival Street tom A great read before omakase on Festival Street tomorrow! In our new cover story, @jamaljburger, @jukantateisi, and @sushimasakisaito tell us about the power of a dream. 🍣

🔗: https://povmagazine.com/table-for-one-why-chef-masaki-saito-is-still-single/

Print copies are in the mail for subscribers, in the Hyatt TIFF Industry Centre, @tiff_net gift shop, and soon on stands via @magscanada. 

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We go down under the sea with Dr. Edith Widder and We go down under the sea with Dr. Edith Widder and @alifeilluminatedfilm director @tashavanzandt ahead of the film's @tiff_net. Read more in @filmfest_ca's deep dive! 🦑

🔗: https://povmagazine.com/diving-deep-with-a-life-illuminateds-dr-edie-widder-and-tasha-van-zandt/

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Yes, chef! Masaki Saito and #POV124 are in good co Yes, chef! Masaki Saito and #POV124 are in good company with chefs Tina and Sydney on the @tiff_net magazine rack at the Hyatt. Pick one up during the festival!👨‍🍳 #Tiff50 #magazines #cheflife #tiff #masakisaito #StillSingle
It's #backtoschool with @degrassi: The Next Genera It's #backtoschool with @degrassi: The Next Generation! Director @rideoutl tells us about capturing the legacy of the hit franchise in her #documentary premiering at @tiff_net. (Link in stories!)

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Unboxing #POV124 with the help of office manager, Unboxing #POV124 with the help of office manager, Fellini. 🐈‍⬛️

Our new issue is fresh from the printer and coming soon to a mailbox near you! You can also pick up a copy at the @tiff_net Industry Centre starting tomorrow.

Thank you to @telefilm_canada for sponsoring this issue and our #TIFF50 coverage.

This issue includes words by:
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📝: @susangcole 
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📝: @mullenpat 
📝: @filmfest_ca 
📝: @smallmind1978 
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More #documentary highlights for #TIFF50! Our cou More #documentary highlights for #TIFF50!

Our countdown of the great films that defined the festival's first 50 years continues with:

📽: Shut Up and Sing (TIFF '06)
📽: The Square (TIFF '13)
📽: Faces Places (TIFF '17)
📽: Forbidden Love (TIFF '92)
📽: P4W: Prison For Women (TIFF '84)
📽: Hurt (TIFF '15)
📽: 76 Days (TIFF '20)
📽: My Winnipeg (TIFF '07)
📽: Tabloid (TIFF '10)
📽: No Other Land (TIFF '24)

🔗Get the full list here:
https://povmagazine.com/50-docs-that-defined-tiff-looking-back-at-the-festival-of-festivals/

#tiff #film #movies #tiffdocs
More #documentary highlights in our look back at # More #documentary highlights in our look back at #TIFF50!

📽: All the Beauty and the Bloodshed (TIFF '22)
📽: Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance (TIFF '93)
📽: The Times of Harvey Milk (TIFF '84)
📽: National Gallery (TIFF '14)
📽: Finding Vivian Maier (TIFF '13)
📽: No Ordinary Man (TIFF '20)
📽: The Stairs (TIFF '16)
📽: Jane (TIFF '17
📽: Shake Hands with the Devil (TIFF '06)
📽: Best Boy (TIFF '79)

🔗FULL LIST: https://povmagazine.com/50-docs-that-defined-tiff-looking-back-at-the-festival-of-festivals/

#documentary #TIFF #film #movies #moviereview
@alan.robert.irwin opens the conversation about me @alan.robert.irwin opens the conversation about mental health in his new film #LoveHarold. Get your first look at the trailer for the doc premiering at @ciffcalgary! (Link in stories) @onf_nfb @52mediainc 

#documentary #film #mentalhealth #movies
Our @tiff_net at 50 retro continues! 10 more docs Our @tiff_net at 50 retro continues! 10 more docs that helped define the festival's  first 50 years:
📽: Sharkwater (TIFF '06)
📽: Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media (TIFF '92)
📽: Manufactured Landscapes (TIFF '06)
📽: Hoop Dreams (TIFF '94)
📽: Winter on Fire: Ukraine's Fight for Freedom (TIFF '15)
📽: No Sad Songs (TIFF '85)
📽: From the Sky Down (TIFF '11)
📽: Attica (TIFF '21)
📽: Mountain Queen: The Summits of Lhakpa Sherpa (TIFF '23)
📽: Leviathan (TIFF '85)

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