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A Mexican cowboy stands in a cornfield at dusk, the light from his phone slightly illuminating him.

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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A Mexican cowboy is pictured in close-up as the camera looks upward towards his face. He is looking downward and wearing a large sombrero. It is nighttime.

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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A matador ina black costume adorned with white and gold trim looks out in the bull ring. A crowd watches behind him.

Afternoons of Solitude Review: All the Beauty and the Bloodsport

by Pat Mullen
December 2, 2025
Reviews

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
Reviews

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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A film still from We Will Be Brave showing eight Good Guise members sitting together in a circle during one of their community sessions. It looks similar to a circle therapy session.

How We Will Be Brave Changes the Conversation About Healthy Masculinity

by Rachel Ho
November 28, 2023
Interviews

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, 2021August 9, 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, 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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Gentle Giants

by Pat Mullen
September 4, 2017January 8, 2022
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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Antidiva: The Carole Pope Confessions spotlights the career of the Rough Trade rocker.

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