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A black and white image of John Lennon and Yoko Ono. Yoko is in the foreground playing the piano and Lennon is sitting behind her playing a guitar,

One to One: John & Yoko Review – The Same Old Song

by Pat Mullen
April 11, 2025
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One to One: John & Yoko takes audiences back to a 1972 concert that marked the peak of John Lennon and Yoko Ono's activism.

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Beatles ’64 Review: Revisiting America’s “Beatles Era”

by Pat Mullen
November 28, 2024
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Some newly restored and never-before-seen footage by Albert Maysles and David Maysles is the reason to see Beatles '64, the latest doc on the Fab Four.

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Elton John: Never too Late Review – The Bitch Is Back

by Pat Mullen
September 11, 2024
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In Elton John: Never Too Late, life of the pop culture icon gets an engaging treatment with a surprise appearance by John Lennon.

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Revival69: The Concert that Rocked the World Review – Toronto’s Ragtag Revue

by Pat Mullen
December 15, 2022April 11, 2025
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Revival69: The Concert that Rocked the World revisits the making of a 1969 Toronto festival that featured the first public appearance of John Lennon and Yoko Ono's Plastic Ono Band.

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‘1971’s James Rogan and James Gay-Rees on a Year in Music

by Jason Gorber
June 1, 2021July 6, 2021
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When you break it down, 1971 truly was a watershed year for popular music. Coming after the experimentation of the years prior and the massive social and political changes that affected the

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Lennon’s Last Weekend Review: A Day in the Life

by Pat Mullen
December 8, 2020August 22, 2021
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Lennon’s Last Interview (UK, 65 min.) Dir. Brian Grant December 8, 2020 marks the 40th anniversary of John Lennon’s death. His murder, a first among rock icons, devastated a generation of fans

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Meeting the Beatles in India Review: Photographing the Fab Four

by Marc Glassman
October 12, 2020April 11, 2025
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Meeting the Beatles in India (Canada, 82 min.) Dir. Paul Saltzman Paul Saltzman grew up during a magical time, the Sixties, when the civil rights movement and the music of rock stars

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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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