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Now Streaming: Sons Asks What It Means to Raise a Child in the Age of Trump

by Pat Mullen
January 20, 2025
Features

Now streaming from the National Film Board of Canada, Sons is Justin Simms' personal consideration of raising a child in the age of hyper-toxic masculinity.

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Mae Martin Discusses the Fluidity of Gender Identity in CBC Doc

by Pat Mullen
March 28, 2024November 23, 2024
Features/Interviews

An interview with Mae Martin about Fluid: Life Beyond the Binary.

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Girls State Review: A Vital ‘Sister Film’

by Jason Gorber
January 18, 2024
Reviews/Sundance

Jesse Moss and Amanda McBaine follow their Sundance award-winner Boys State with the equally vital sister film Girls State.

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My Name Is Andrea Review: A Fearless Feminist

by Susan G. Cole
June 6, 2023
Reviews

Director Pratibha Parmar explores the life and work of author Andrea Dworkin and her fearless, sometimes scary voice in My Name Is Andrea.

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Hot Docs Review: ‘Bare’

by Pat Mullen
May 27, 2020December 11, 2021
Hot Docs/Reviews

Bare (Belgium, 94 min.) Dir. Aleksandr M. Vinogradov Programme: Artscapes (World Premiere) Editions of Hot Docs in the post-#MeToo era might lead cinephiles to believe that all men are dicks. This year,

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Giving a Lift: Jean-Simon Chartier Talks ‘They Call Me Dr. Miami’

by Pat Mullen
May 14, 2020August 16, 2021
Features/Hot Docs

Jean-Simon Chartier discusses his Hot Docs premiere They Call Me Dr. Miami, which profiles social media's most popular plastic surgeon and BBL booty-maker, Michael Salzhauer.

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‘A Secret Love’: There Is Crying and Baseball

by Pat Mullen
April 29, 2020August 28, 2021
Reviews

A Secret Love (USA, 83 min.) Dir. Chris Bolan Across seventy-two years of love and companionship, Terry Donahue and Pat Henschel have seen it all. Stories of the love lives of the

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Are Women Finally in View?

by Susan G. Cole
February 5, 2020August 31, 2021
Features/Industry

There’s something about documentary that’s always drawn female artists. But how much progress is the industry actually making on its commitments to gender parity and advancing opportunities for women in key creative

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Asking Dr. Ruth

by Pat Mullen
May 16, 2019December 11, 2021
Features/Hot Docs/Interviews

Ryan White profiles iconic sex therapist and broadcaster Dr. Ruth Westheimer in Ask Dr. Ruth, an upbeat portrait of an unexpected life and career.

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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. 🌴

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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. 

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Oscar nominee Carol Connors marches into @psfilmfe Oscar nominee Carol Connors marches into @psfilmfest to her theme from Rocky, and then performs "You Loved My Night Away" - a song she wrote for Elvis Presley the night he died and hasn't released until now.

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#StateOfFirsts director Chase Joynt talks about fo #StateOfFirsts director Chase Joynt talks about following congresswoman Sarah McBride on her historic campaign amid the culture wars and the targeting of trans rights, and making a vérité doc after hybrids like No Ordinary Man and Framing Agnes. #PalmSprings #PSIFF #Documentary #movies
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Song Sung Blue is the latest documentary to get a Song Sung Blue is the latest documentary to get a  Hollywood remake. Kate Hudson and director Craig Brewer tell us about reimagining the doc as a movie musical!

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How have documentaries captured political divides How have documentaries captured political divides since Oct. 7? @dimwig surveys the field of films about Palestine and Israel.

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