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Paula Deen is seated for an interview. She is a white woman with grey hair. Her hands are clasped on her knees, and she is sitting on a couch in her living room.

Billy Corben Talks Cancel Culture and Paula Deen

by Jason Gorber
September 9, 2025
Interviews/TIFF

An interview with Canceled: The Paula Deen Story director Billy Corben about letting the fallen celebrity chef tell her side of the story.

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Chef Masaki Saito examines the blade on his knife.

Table for One: Why Chef Masaki Saito Is Still Single

by Pat Mullen
September 4, 2025
Features/Interviews/TIFF

In Still Single, Toronto's only chef with two Michelin stars, Masaki Saito, shares the power of a dream and the work hard, play hard life that achieves it.

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The Chef & the Daruma Review: Change, One California Roll at a Time

by Pat Mullen
September 30, 2024
Festivals/Reviews

The life and work of Japanese-Canadian chef Hidekazu Tojo and his omakase menu fuel foodie doc The Chef & the Daruma.

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Love, Charlie: The Rise and Fall of Chef Charlie Trotter Review – Pursuing Perfection

by Pat Mullen
January 2, 2023June 6, 2023
Reviews

Love, Charlie: The Rise and Fall of Chef Charlie Trotter profiles the original taskmaster chef and his fatalist pursuit of perfection.

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Come Back Anytime Finds Community in a Noodle Shop

by Rachel Ho
July 22, 2022August 8, 2022
Interviews

An interview with Come Back Anytime's John Daschbach about life and noodles.

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The Pursuit of Perfection Review: A Four Course Meal

by Marc Glassman
June 17, 2022
Reviews

The Pursuit of Perfection profiles chefs Takemasa Shinohar, Natsuko Shoji, Yosuke Suga, and Takaaki Sugita and a Japanese philosophy about (im)perfection.

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We Feed People Review: Hungry for Hope

by Jason Gorber
May 4, 2022
Hot Docs/Reviews

In We Feed People, Ron Howard profiles celebrity chef José Andrés as he strives provides relief to the hungry through World Central Kitchen.

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Our Love Affair with Celebrity Chefs

by Karen Gordon
April 12, 2022
Essays

Documentaries like Julia, Roadrunner, Searching for Italy, and Wolfgang influence the way we share and celebrate the joy of cooking.

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Roadrunner Review: Anthony Bourdain Doc Delivers a Signature Dish

by Pat Mullen
July 13, 2021July 14, 2021
Reviews

Cooking can be wonderful therapy. Few people grasped this sentiment quite like Anthony Bourdain did. Yet, tragically, food and cooking couldn’t save Bourdain, whose death by suicide in 2018 shocked the world

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Review: ‘The Quest of Alain Ducasse’

by Marc Glassman
June 8, 2018August 27, 2021
Reviews

The Quest of Alain Ducasse (France, 84 min.) Dir. Gilles de Maistre We’re in a time when Anthony Bourdain, Paul Bocuse and Wolfgang Puck are superstars. Everyone can start a conversation by

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Chef Masaki Saito brings cutting edge realness in Still Single.

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A great read before omakase on Festival Street tom A great read before omakase on Festival Street tomorrow! In our new cover story, @jamaljburger, @jukantateisi, and @sushimasakisaito tell us about the power of a dream. 🍣

🔗: https://povmagazine.com/table-for-one-why-chef-masaki-saito-is-still-single/

Print copies are in the mail for subscribers, in the Hyatt TIFF Industry Centre, @tiff_net gift shop, and soon on stands via @magscanada. 

#StillSingle #tiff50 #tiff #sushi #masakisaito #chefs #movies #food
We go down under the sea with Dr. Edith Widder and We go down under the sea with Dr. Edith Widder and @alifeilluminatedfilm director @tashavanzandt ahead of the film's @tiff_net. Read more in @filmfest_ca's deep dive! 🦑

🔗: https://povmagazine.com/diving-deep-with-a-life-illuminateds-dr-edie-widder-and-tasha-van-zandt/

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Yes, chef! Masaki Saito and #POV124 are in good co Yes, chef! Masaki Saito and #POV124 are in good company with chefs Tina and Sydney on the @tiff_net magazine rack at the Hyatt. Pick one up during the festival!👨‍🍳 #Tiff50 #magazines #cheflife #tiff #masakisaito #StillSingle
It's #backtoschool with @degrassi: The Next Genera It's #backtoschool with @degrassi: The Next Generation! Director @rideoutl tells us about capturing the legacy of the hit franchise in her #documentary premiering at @tiff_net. (Link in stories!)

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Unboxing #POV124 with the help of office manager, Unboxing #POV124 with the help of office manager, Fellini. 🐈‍⬛️

Our new issue is fresh from the printer and coming soon to a mailbox near you! You can also pick up a copy at the @tiff_net Industry Centre starting tomorrow.

Thank you to @telefilm_canada for sponsoring this issue and our #TIFF50 coverage.

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More #documentary highlights for #TIFF50! Our cou More #documentary highlights for #TIFF50!

Our countdown of the great films that defined the festival's first 50 years continues with:

📽: Shut Up and Sing (TIFF '06)
📽: The Square (TIFF '13)
📽: Faces Places (TIFF '17)
📽: Forbidden Love (TIFF '92)
📽: P4W: Prison For Women (TIFF '84)
📽: Hurt (TIFF '15)
📽: 76 Days (TIFF '20)
📽: My Winnipeg (TIFF '07)
📽: Tabloid (TIFF '10)
📽: No Other Land (TIFF '24)

🔗Get the full list here:
https://povmagazine.com/50-docs-that-defined-tiff-looking-back-at-the-festival-of-festivals/

#tiff #film #movies #tiffdocs
More #documentary highlights in our look back at # More #documentary highlights in our look back at #TIFF50!

📽: All the Beauty and the Bloodshed (TIFF '22)
📽: Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance (TIFF '93)
📽: The Times of Harvey Milk (TIFF '84)
📽: National Gallery (TIFF '14)
📽: Finding Vivian Maier (TIFF '13)
📽: No Ordinary Man (TIFF '20)
📽: The Stairs (TIFF '16)
📽: Jane (TIFF '17
📽: Shake Hands with the Devil (TIFF '06)
📽: Best Boy (TIFF '79)

🔗FULL LIST: https://povmagazine.com/50-docs-that-defined-tiff-looking-back-at-the-festival-of-festivals/

#documentary #TIFF #film #movies #moviereview
@alan.robert.irwin opens the conversation about me @alan.robert.irwin opens the conversation about mental health in his new film #LoveHarold. Get your first look at the trailer for the doc premiering at @ciffcalgary! (Link in stories) @onf_nfb @52mediainc 

#documentary #film #mentalhealth #movies
Our @tiff_net at 50 retro continues! 10 more docs Our @tiff_net at 50 retro continues! 10 more docs that helped define the festival's  first 50 years:
📽: Sharkwater (TIFF '06)
📽: Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media (TIFF '92)
📽: Manufactured Landscapes (TIFF '06)
📽: Hoop Dreams (TIFF '94)
📽: Winter on Fire: Ukraine's Fight for Freedom (TIFF '15)
📽: No Sad Songs (TIFF '85)
📽: From the Sky Down (TIFF '11)
📽: Attica (TIFF '21)
📽: Mountain Queen: The Summits of Lhakpa Sherpa (TIFF '23)
📽: Leviathan (TIFF '85)

🔗 full list: 📽: 

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Chef Masaki Saito brings cutting edge realness in Still Single.

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