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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.

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 Gig Economy

by Justine Smith
May 6, 2021August 9, 2021
Features/Hot Docs

Behind your favourite app is an army of invisible workers. Drivers and delivery services ensure we get our food on time and that we’re never late for a meeting. In countries worldwide,

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A Lesson in Dying An interview with Catarina Vasconcelos

by Justine Smith
November 24, 2020August 12, 2021
Interviews

"This is quite a banal story; it’s about the death of a mother. Unfortunately, it’s something that many of us have gone through, and many others will go through. The uniqueness comes

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The Grocer’s Son, the Mayor, the Village and the World Review: Full Tënk

by Justine Smith
November 23, 2020August 22, 2021
Reviews

The Grocer’s Son, the Mayor, the Village and the World (France, 111 min.) Dir. Claire Simon Against the backdrop of Lussas, a small rural community in France, Tënk has been born. Tënk,

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Cecilia Aldarondo Talks Landfall and the Power of Puerto Ricans

by Justine Smith
November 18, 2020August 12, 2021
Interviews

"It is meaningful to me because it was a portrait of something happening in my community, where I was living at the time. I learned a lot about what else I wanted

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Ouvertures Review: History and Legacy Interact with Present-Day Haiti

by Justine Smith
November 16, 2020August 28, 2021
Reviews

Ouvertures (France/Haiti/UK, 132 min.) Dir. Louis Henderson & Olivier Marboeuf In the opening chapters of Ouvertures, directed by Louis Henderson and Olivier Marboeuf, we are far from Haiti. The overwhelming whiteness of a wintry

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The Two Sights Review: An Expansion of the Senses

by Justine Smith
November 11, 2020August 28, 2021
Reviews

The Two Sights (Canada/UK 87 min.) Dir. Joshua Bonnetta In a 1998 paper entitled The Ghost in the Machine, engineer Vic Tandy drew a line between infrasound and paranormal activity. According to his

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Documenting the October Crisis

by Justine Smith
October 29, 2020August 13, 2021
Essays/Features

For many anglophones inside and outside of Quebec, the October crisis represents the first time many considered the unequal treatment of French Canadians within the country. We mark its 50th anniversary with

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How do you make Elvis sound unlike fans have heard How do you make Elvis sound unlike fans have heard him before?

EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert film editor and executive producer Jonathan Redmon tells us about re-mastering the King himself. 🤴 

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Move over, Melania, there's a new documentary open Move over, Melania, there's a new documentary opening wide, and it's #EPiC!

Don't miss EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert, Baz Luhrmann's maximalist music doc that had TIFFgoers dancing in the theatre. 

📽: IMAX theatres Feb. 20; regular cinemas next week. 
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RIP Fred Wiseman, one of documentary's true master RIP Fred Wiseman, one of documentary's true masters. 🕯

In films like Titicut Follies,  National Gallery, In Jackson Heights, and Menus-Plaisirs: Les Troisgros, his observational eye and appreciation for institutional intricacies (and how to critique them) inspired us to savour every second of a film.  May #Wisemanesque films stand the test of time! 

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First they came for the books. 📚 Festival favouri First they came for the books. 📚

Festival favourite #AnAmericanPastoral observes a snapshot of the culture wars and radicalized politics. Now streaming!

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Party like it's 2008! Blurring the zany line betwe Party like it's 2008! Blurring the zany line between mockumentary, Jackass, and WTF, Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie is a truly Canadian original. 

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📽: now in theatres

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And the award for teacher of the year goes to... 🥁 And the award for teacher of the year goes to... 🥁🥁🥁

Catch a courageous story to protect young minds from Russia's regime in Oscar nominee @mr.nobodyagainstputin.

🔗: in bio
📽: now in theatres

#mrnobodyagainstputin #Documentary #film #movies #moviereview
Well, it looks like Melania won't be our next cove Well, it looks like Melania won't be our next cover girl. 🤷

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Whether you sing #HakunaMatata or #HakuchaMunyata, Whether you sing #HakunaMatata or #HakuchaMunyata, @runasimi.doc reminds us that accessible cinema ain't no passing craze. 

📽: Catch it tonight at @hotdocs_ #DocSoup series!

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From Fellini's The Clowns to Rob Reiner's This Is From Fellini's The Clowns to Rob Reiner's This Is Spinal Tap, #mockumentary ingeniously masters the art of deception. 

Read more about cinema's "last new genre" in this essay by @wrinkledlinen, now online from our fall issue! 

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📷: The Clowns

#film #movies #Fellini #clown
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