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A skater does a pirouette while the scene around her is a dazzling mix of purple, green, and blue light

Vegapolis Review: A Youthfully Vibrant Feature Debut

by Pat Mullen
May 3, 2026
Hot Docs/Reviews

Teenagers at a French skating rink come of age in a dazzling space that offers an escape from outside concerns and forces in Vegapolis.

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Frederick Wiseman at the 2023 Venice Film Festival Premiere of Menus-Plaisirs: Les Troigros | NurPhoto SRL / Alamy Stock Photo

Remembering Frederick Wiseman, Documentary Master

by Pat Mullen
February 17, 2026
Essays/Features

Remembering Frederick Wiseman, the director of documentaries including Titicut Follies, National Gallery, Menus-Plaisirs: Les Troisgros, and other "Wiseman-esque" films.

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Congresswoman Sarah McBride speaks to reporters outside a voting station. She is wearing a read suit.

State of Firsts Review: On the Campaign Trail with Sarah McBride

by Pat Mullen
January 4, 2026April 26, 2026
Festivals/Reviews

In State of Firsts, Chase Joynt follows Sarah McBride on her historic win as the first transgender woman elected to U.S. Congress.

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A black and white photo of Mount Vesuvius and the surrounding landscape of Naples, Italy.

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

by Barbara Goslawski
September 12, 2025September 24, 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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An Indigenous man in full powwow regalia dances before a crowd.

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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A boy approaches a circus tent at night. The words Circus Arena appear in red on an arch above the entrance.

Circusboy Review: Wisemanesque View of the Big Top

by Pat Mullen
May 4, 2025
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Experience life under the big top by going on the road with 11-year-old Santino for one year with Circus Arena in Circusboy.

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How Mistress Dispeller Captures All Side of a Love Triangle

by Pat Mullen
September 4, 2024September 5, 2024
Features/Interviews/TIFF

An interview with Mistress Dispeller director Elizabeth Lo on filming a love triangle in which all sides have equal weight.

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On the Adamant Review: Company Is the Best Medicine

by Pat Mullen
March 15, 2024
Reviews

Nicolas Philibert's On the Adamant depicts a day centre aboard a Parisian boat with a holistic community-based approach to mental health.

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The French Is a Cinéma Vérité Grand Slam

by Pat Mullen
August 5, 2022
Reviews

William Klein's 1982 documentary The French screens in a reissued restoration and offers a masterful work of vérité filmmaking.

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Terence Macartney-Filgate Dies at Age 97

by Pat Mullen
July 12, 2022
Features

Canadian filmmaker Terence Macartney-Filgate dies at age 97 following a distinguished and influential career in documentary.

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Antidiva: The Carole Pope Confessions spotlights the career of the Rough Trade rocker.

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From The O.C. to POV! Ben McKenzie talks cryptocur From The O.C. to POV! Ben McKenzie talks cryptocurrency and his first feature @everyoneislyingfilm. 🤑

📽 @hotdocs_ June 13 & 27, @revuecinema June 16. McKenzie will attend all the screenings for a Q&A.

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What does it mean to represent tragedy through dra What does it mean to represent tragedy through drama?

#Holocfiction explores a history of Holocaust cinema to interrogate the power of film as historical memory. 

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What stories exist outside the frame? 📷 @gesila.l What stories exist outside the frame? 📷

@gesila.lightplaysociety looks at the complicated historues behind two iconic Vietnam War photos in the documentaries The Stringer and Saigon Story. 

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@imaginenative kicks off today with AKI! Here are @imaginenative kicks off today with AKI! Here are some of the documentary highlights at this year's festival devoted to Indigenous storytellers. 🪶

📽 On now through June 7

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Bam Bam: The Sister Nancy Story leads the Canadian Bam Bam: The Sister Nancy Story leads the Canadian Screen Awards broadcast documentary winners! Congratulations to the team and all the winners. 🏆

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Congratulations to #EndlessCookie for winning the Congratulations to #EndlessCookie for winning the Canadian Screen Award for Best Documentary Feature!

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The @bluemtnfilmfest kicks off its 5th edition tom The @bluemtnfilmfest kicks off its 5th edition tomorrow! Here are some of the #documentary highlights playing at this year's fest, including several Canadian premieres, music docs, and grand adventures. 🏔

📽 May 28 - 31, @bluemtnvillage 

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With purse strings tightening in Canada, must film With purse strings tightening in Canada, must filmmakers look south or to Medici-style patrons to fund their docs?

@adambenzine looks at the Canadian situation in the first of our three-part survey in the state of documentary. 

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WHAT WILL I BECOME? offers a powerful exploration WHAT WILL I BECOME? offers a powerful exploration of trans boyhood and conversations about mental health. ✨️ 

We chatted with directors Lexie Bean and Logan Rozos ahead of the film's Canadian premiere at @insideoutfestival. 

📽 in-theatre: May 30; also online

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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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Issue 125: Spring/Summer 2026

Antidiva: The Carole Pope Confessions spotlights the career of the Rough Trade rocker.

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