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Reviews, interviews, and reports from the Toronto International Film Festival.

A black and white photo of journalist Seymour Hersh. He is seated at his desk and talking on the telephone with his feet propped on the edge.

Cover-Up Review: Seymour Hersh Takes the Hot Seat

by Pat Mullen
September 12, 2025
Reviews/TIFF

Laura Poitras and Mark Obenhaus explore the life and work of journalist Seymour Hersh in Cover-Up, a riveting tribute to independent reportage.

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Below the Clouds Review: Rosi’s Travelogue Triptych Visits Napoli

by Barbara Goslawski
September 12, 2025
Reviews/TIFF

In Below the Clouds, Gianfranco Rosi turns his lens to Italy's Napoli region where Mount Vesuvius looms in a landscape rich with history.

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TIFF Wavelengths’ “Into the Blue” Invites Cinephiles to Take the Plunge

by Alexander Mooney
September 11, 2025
Reviews/TIFF

The short film series Into the Blue inspires cinephiles to explore new waters in the Wavelengths series of the Toronto International Film Festival.

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Sky Hopinka Makes a Musical

by Marc Glassman
September 11, 2025
Features/Interviews/TIFF

An interview with Powwow People director Sky Hopinka about harnessing elements of musicals and cinema vérité for his new documentary.

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The Road Between Us Review: A One-Way Street

by Pat Mullen
September 11, 2025
Reviews/TIFF

The Road Between Us: The Ultimate Rescue brings a compelling character study that's divorced from its complicated context.

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Powwow People Review: An Immersive Portrait of a Community Institution

by Pat Mullen
September 10, 2025
Reviews/TIFF

Sky Hopinka’s Powwow People provides an immersive cinéma vérité portrait of a three-day powwow and the community that comes together.

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Palimpsest: The Story of a Name Review – What’s in a Name?

by Rachel Ho
September 10, 2025
Reviews/TIFF

Especially in cultures that safeguard family secrets to a fault, Palimpsest: The Story of a Name demonstrates the value in opening the vault.

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A close up view of a Ukrainian solider under cover and looking through the scope of a sniper rifle.

A Simple Soldier Review: An Unflinching Look From the Front Lines

by Courtney Small
September 10, 2025
Reviews/TIFF

In A Simple Soldier, cameraperson Artem Ryzhykov provides a first-hand account of war with hopes that his lens is a 'weapon' to bring change.

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Barry Avrich and Noam Tibon on The Road Between Us: “The film is not political. It’s a story about a family.”

by Jason Gorber
September 10, 2025
Interviews/TIFF

An interview with The Road Between Us director Barry Avrich and subject Noam Tibon on making a film about one family's plight on October 7.

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Back to Godspell’s Country with Paul Shaffer and Victor Garber

by Jason Gorber
September 10, 2025
Interviews/TIFF

An interview with Paul Shaffer and Victor Garber about Godspell 1972, You Had to Be There, and the impact of the musical on their careers.

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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.

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We have our first TIFF docs as athletes like Terry We have our first TIFF docs as athletes like Terry Fox,  Rick Hansen, and Tenzing Norgay headline the Galas and Special Presentations, while Lusa and The Pretenders rep music docs. 👀

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Summer movie season includes documentaries, too! H Summer movie season includes documentaries, too! Here are 10 odysseys, er -- adventure docs to stream for summer. 🌞

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Only Hollywood movies have second takes. 💔 Ross M Only Hollywood movies have second takes. 💔

Ross McElwee tells us about #Remake, a planned adaptation of #ShermansMarch, and revisiting images of family and friends so many years later. 

📽 Remake opens at @tiff_net July 17
📽 Sherman's March screens at @hotdocs_ July 19

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Emphasis on co-production? Outdated broadcast mode Emphasis on co-production? Outdated broadcast models failing filmmakers and audiences?

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It's hard to stay mad when there's so much beauty It's hard to stay mad when there's so much beauty in the world. ✒️

MARY OLIVER: SAVED BY THE BEAUTY OF THE WORLD captures the words and spirit of the Pulitzer Prize winning poet.

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40 years on, the work of Yungatar Film Collective 40 years on,  the work of Yungatar Film Collective remains a key body of work in Indian activist cinema. ✊️

@nidhilvohra looks at four Yungatar films that document grassroots movements for women’s rights both in domestic spaces and in the workplace.

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Inspired by the release of Ross McElwee's Remake, Inspired by the release of Ross McElwee's Remake, here are some "real movies" (😉) based on documentaries. 

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From burning love for volcanoes to histories house From burning love for volcanoes to histories housed within glaciers, don't miss TIME AND WATER from FIRE OF LOVE director Sara Dosa. 🧊

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Ross McElwee on Remake and Second Takes

July 15, 2026
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