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A view of Great Salt Lake as a dust storm carries carcinogens to neighbouring areas.

The Lake Review: Is It all Over If the Canary Can No Longer Sing?

by Pat Mullen
January 29, 2026
Reviews/Sundance

The disappearance of Great Salt Lake and the ensuing dust storms that threaten neighbouring areas provide an urgent call to action in the powerful documentary The Lake.

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Sundance mid-point! 🌞🕺 Our team is reporting on t Sundance mid-point! 🌞🕺 Our team is reporting on the #documentary side from Park City. Visit POV to read about these five (and others!) in our reviews and interviews so far: 📽 American Doctor 📽 Ghost in the Machine 📽 Once Upon a Time in Harlem 📽 Birds of War 📽 Nuisance Bear 📽 Barbara Forever 📽 Sentient 📽 Soul Patrol 📽 To Hold a Mountain 📽 Hanging by a Wire 🔗: in bio #Sundance26 #Sundance #Film #movies
They're going for gold! But first, Canada's Olympi They're going for gold! But first, Canada's Olympic duo Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier stop by to discuss their Netflix doc Glitter & Gold: Ice Dancing. ⛸️ 💻: On Netflix Feb. 1 🔗: In bio #PiperAndPaul #PiperGilles #PaulPoirier #skating #netflix
How is Fred Wiseman as a scene partner? We asked J How is Fred Wiseman as a scene partner? We asked Jodie Foster to find out! Read what Foster and her A PRIVATE LIFE director Rebecca Zlotowski had to say about Wiseman's scene-stealing cameo in the French dramedy. 🔗: in bio 📽: A Private Life is now in theatres. #APrivateLife #FredWiseman #JodieFoster #movies #film
Congratulations to the #documentary Oscar nominees Congratulations to the #documentary Oscar nominees! 🏆 Best Documentary Feature: ✉️ The Alabama Solution ✉️ Come See Me in the Good Light ✉️ Cutting through Rocks ✉️ Mr. Nobody against Putin ✉️ The Perfect Neighbor Best Documentary Short: ✉️ All the Empty Rooms ✉️ Armed Only with a Camera: The Life and Death of Brent Renaud ✉️ Children No More: "Were and Gone" ✉️ The Devil Is Busy ✉️ perfectly a strangeness 🫏 Best Song ✉️ "Dear Me" - Diane Warren: Relentless ✉️ "Sweet Dreams of Joy" Viva Verdi 🔗: in bio #Oscars #OscarNoms #movies #film
Back at @hotdocs_ for 1 screening only, catch fest Back at @hotdocs_ for 1 screening only, catch festival favourite #TheGardenerAndTheDictator this weekend as Jane Hui Wang shares her family story. 🎟: use HDCxGD20 to save 20% on tickets! 📆: Jan 18, 7:00 PM 📰: Read more in Liam Lacey's interview with Wang! (Link in bio.) #Documentary #Toronto #movies #HotDocs
Miette pastry chef Meg Ray and Maria Thomsson from Miette pastry chef Meg Ray and Maria Thomsson from Rödlöga, Sweden at the world premiere of Sweet Störy at @psfilmfest. Here, they share their favourite sweets in this story of cross-cultural cooking. 🌴 #psiff2026 #sweets #baking #megray #documentary
We're at the @psfilmfest this year, with coverage We're at the @psfilmfest this year, with coverage rolling including the world premiere of Elvis, Rocky & Me: The Carol Connors Story! Stay tuned for more. 🔗: povmagazine.com #Elvis #elvispresley #carolconnors #psiff2026
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