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How The Librarians Observes First Responders in the Culture Wars

by Pat Mullen
October 7, 2025
Features/Interviews

An interview with The Librarians director Kim A. Snyder on her documentary about book banning across the U.S.A. and the fight to protect young minds.

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The Librarians Review: Throwing the Book at Bigots

by Jason Gorber
January 31, 2025
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The fight against book bans and the effort to preserve the sharing of knowledge for America's children fuel Kim A. Snyder's The Librarians.

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Errol Morris Talks The Pigeon Tunnel, Adaptation, and “Documentaries”

by Pat Mullen
October 20, 2023
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An interview with The Pigeon Tunnel director Errol Morris about his film on David Cornwell, aka acclaimed spy novelist John le Carré.

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Umberto Eco: A Library of the World Review – Bookworms, Rejoice

by Pat Mullen
July 13, 2023
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Umberto Eco: A Library of the World profiles late Italian writer, philosopher, book lover, and keeper of collective memory.

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DocLit: Screening Nature and Nation Charts a History of NFB Eco Docs

by Pat Mullen
July 15, 2022
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Screening Nature and Nation: The Environmental Documentaries of the National Film Board, 1939-1974 by Michael D. Clemens offers a thorough study of key NFB films and their relationship to environmentalism in Canada.

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Book Review: ‘John Porter’s CineScenes’

by Mike Hoolboom
January 15, 2016
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There have been rumours about a John Porter photo book for nearly as long as he has been making pictures. Kudos to editor/producer Clint Enns for making this project happen.

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In Review: The Tower of Babble

by Nik Sheehan
September 27, 2012
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In his wittily titled The Tower of Babble, the CBC's Richard Stursberg has written a breezy, insightful and unabashedly self-serving business-bookcum-memoir of his tempestuous tenure.

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In Review: Shoot It!

by Nicholas Gergesha
April 2, 2012
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Shoot It!: Hollywood Inc. and the Rising of Independent Film by film journalist David Spaner, ambitiously explores international indie movements from the 1940s onward.

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In Review: Queer Film Classic Series

by Nik Sheehan
February 1, 2012
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The Queer Film Classic series is the brainchild of Montreal-based editors Matthew Hays and Thomas Waugh covering films like Zero Patience and Fire.

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The Sicko Debate: Citizen Truth

by Peter Wintonick
October 1, 2008
Features

The debate that documentaries engender by helping us to understand media manipulation is legitimate. The question remains, who owns the truth?

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