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Pat Mullen

Pat Mullen is the publisher of POV Magazine and leads POV's online and festival coverage. He holds a Master’s in Film Studies from Carleton University where his research focused on adaptation and Canadian cinema. Pat has also contributed to outlets including The Canadian Encyclopedia, Xtra, That Shelf, Sharp, Complex, and BeatRoute. He is the president of the Toronto Film Critics Association and an international voter for the Golden Globe Awards. He also serves as an associate programmer at the Blue Mountain Film + Media Festival.

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October 15, 2026
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You Can See Everything Review: Or, the Characters We Create for Ourselves

In You Can See Everything Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim capture the elusive mystery of Elizabeth Holmes in a portrait that proves the truth isn't nearly as interesting as a lie.

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Alex Gibney on Musk and Playing in Elon’s Sandbox

An interview with Musk director Alex Gibney on charting the rise to power of Elon Musk with hopes to understand how the world got to this point of peril.

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REVIEW: Being Canadian

by Pat Mullen
April 23, 2015
Hot Docs/Reviews

Rob Cohen's humorous doc explores how there isn’t an essential item, food, or phrase that typifies Being Canadian.

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Hot Docs 2015: Character Studies

by Pat Mullen
April 23, 2015
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Seth's Dominion, Finding Macpherson, and A Different Drummer: Celebrating Eccentrics bring unique characters to Hot Docs.

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TIFF 2014: Report on Docs

by Pat Mullen
February 22, 2015
Industry/TIFF

The documentary highlights of TIFF 2014 hit a peak with Michael Moore's statement, “People want to go home and have sex after your movie,”

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Review: Sunshine Superman

by Pat Mullen
September 15, 2014
Reviews/TIFF

Sunshine Superman features some of the most breathtaking imagery ever caught on film. The doc makes you feel as if you can fly.

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TIFF 2014: Short Docs

by Pat Mullen
September 12, 2014
Reviews/TIFF

Reviews of the TIFF 2014 short docs A Tomb with a View, Red Alert, Chop My Money, 130919 – A Portrait of Marina Abramovic, and Papa Machete.

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REVIEW: Roger Waters The Wall

by Pat Mullen
September 12, 2014
Reviews/TIFF

Roger Waters The Wall is a smart rockumentary that conveys art’s role as a tool for personal healing and inspiring greater social change

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REVIEW: Trick or Treaty?

by Pat Mullen
September 12, 2014
Reviews/TIFF

Alanis Obomsawin's Trick or Treaty? considers recent events of the Idle No More movement with a look back at the 1905 agreement Treaty 9.

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Super Boys: Lixin Fan Talks I Am Here

by Pat Mullen
September 12, 2014
Features/TIFF

An interview with director Lixin Fan about his latest documentary I Am Here, which tackles China's One-Child Policy and Generation Y's fight for individuality.

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Review: ‘National Diploma’

by Pat Mullen
September 10, 2014
Reviews/TIFF

Dreams and despair share the frame in National Diploma, for Hamadi observes the students’ glory as well as their pain.

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REVIEW: The Kingdom of Dreams and Madness

by Pat Mullen
September 10, 2014
Reviews/TIFF

The Kingdom of Dreams and Madness is a respectful portrait of Hayao Miyazaki and the animation palace of Studio Ghibli.

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