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Efraín Mojica and Rebecca Zweig on Jaripeo, Queerness, and Christmas Day Rodeos

by David Cuevas
April 30, 2026
Hot Docs/Interviews

An interview with Jaripeo directors Efraín Mojica and Rebecca Zweig on capturing the stories of queer cowboys at a small town's annual celebration.

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Jaripeo Review: Save a Horse, Ride a Cowboy

by Pat Mullen
January 31, 2026
Reviews/Sundance

The annual rodeo in Mexico's Michoacán region serves as a collision of gender expressions that defy masculine stereotypes in Jaripeo.

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Afternoons of Solitude Review: All the Beauty and the Bloodsport

by Pat Mullen
December 2, 2025
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Albert Serra goes in the ring with matador Andrés Roca Rey as he tangos with bulls to test the measure of a man in Afternoons of Solitude.

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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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Sons Review: Sharing Generational Wisdom

by Pat Mullen
November 11, 2024
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Filmmaker Justin Simms considers what it means to be a father and raise a son to be a proper man in an era of toxic masculinity.

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How We Will Be Brave Changes the Conversation About Healthy Masculinity

by Rachel Ho
November 28, 2023
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An interview with We Will Be Brave director Chrisann Hessing about her award-winning documentary that explores conversations about masculinity and mental health post-#MeToo.

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All Man: The International Male Story Review – Cataloguing Desire

by Pat Mullen
June 6, 2023
Reviews

All Man: The International Male Story tells the history of the fashion catalogue that provided an outlet for queer desire and expression.

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Generational Junction: Jesse McCracken’s Grey Roads

by Pat Mullen
April 29, 2021
Features/Hot Docs

For director Jesse McCracken, the road home is bittersweet. His feature Grey Roads, premiering at Hot Docs, offers a frank and poignant reflection of his hometown of Markdale, Ontario. Perhaps best known

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Hot Docs Review: ‘Bare’

by Pat Mullen
May 27, 2020
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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Gentle Giants

by Pat Mullen
September 4, 2017
Features/Interviews/TIFF

Denis Côté's A Skin So Soft is a playful and thoughtful hybrid portrait of bodybuilders that considers masculinity from new angles as the muscle men sculpt their bodies with a rigourous regimen

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