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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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The audience has spoken! Come See Me in the Good L The audience has spoken! Come See Me in the Good Light wins @hotdocs_ Audience Award after holding the #1 spot all festival, while Endless Cookie wins Rogers Audience Award for Best Canadian Film. 🗳

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Last day of @hotdocs_! What are you seeing? Here Last day of @hotdocs_! What are you seeing?

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7. Ai Weiwei's Turandot - @marc.glassman on an artist in times of war and COVID 😷
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