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Morgan Neville

A view from behind producer Lorne Michaels as he looks out at the set of Saturday Night Live.

Lorne Review: Live from New York, It’s an Evasive Doc Subject!

by Jason Gorber
April 16, 2026
Reviews

Saturday Night Live creator Lorne Michaels proves an evasive subject in this portrait of his life and career, but director Morgan Neville rises to the challenge of (sort of) pinning him down.

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Producer Lorne Michaels sits at a microphone delivering a speech and laughing. He is wearing a white shirt and red tie.

Lorne Trailer: New Documentary Spotlights the TV Icon Behind SNL

by POV Staff
March 5, 2026
News

Watch the first trailer for Lorne, Morgan Neville's documentary about producer Lorne Michaels and his late night TV legacy with Saturday Night Live.

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An image of a man's hand's holding a tablet and a wand above a messy desk. The tablet has a black screen with the letters AI in a white rectangle in the centre, while the screen is dotted with white lines and markings.

Does Generative Artificial Intelligence Represent Reality in Filmmaking?

by Nidhil Vohra
August 21, 2025
Essays/Industry

On the ethical and environmental dangers of a growing practice of generative artificial intelligence and its use in filmmaking.

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Singer/rapper Pharrell Williams as a LEGO man. He is sitting in a chair wearing a blue jacket with a red shirt.

Piece by Piece Review: Everything Is Awesome in Pharrell’s LEGO Doc

by Pat Mullen
October 11, 2024
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Morgan Neville offers an inspired take on the life and music of Pharrell Williams in Piece by Piece by telling the story with LEGO.

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Morgan Neville on Piece By Piece and Building a Doc with LEGO

by Jason Gorber
October 7, 2024
Features/Interviews

An interview with Piece by Piece director Morgan Neville about telling Pharrell Williams' story in a documentary animated with LEGO.

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Coming Soon: POV Issue #122!

by POV Staff
July 29, 2024
Features

Highlights in POV Magazine's Fall/Winter 2024 issue (#122) include Morgan Neville's Piece by Piece, new Canadian docs on the circuit, an anatomy of an Oscar campaign, hip hop, Beyoncé, and more!

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Singing Hallelujah with Dan Geller and Dayna Goldfine’s Leonard Cohen Doc

by Jason Gorber
July 11, 2022
Interviews

An interview with Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, a Journey, a Song directors Dan Geller and Dayna Goldfine about exploring the man and his music through a single song, and how art evolves through

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The Top Docs About Black Women Artists

by Gesilayefa Azorbo
June 20, 2022
Features/Lists

Beba, Beyoncé's Homecoming, Miss Sharon Jones, 20 Feet from Stardom, What Happened, Miss Simon?, and Step are among a wave of docs celebrating Black excellence by women in the arts.

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Roadrunner Review #2: Why Did He Do It?

by Marc Glassman
July 18, 2021
Reviews

Why did he do it? Anthony Bourdain, the celebrity chef, brilliant memoirist and charismatic TV essayist took his own life on June 8, 2018. Tall, thin, sardonically funny, downbeat handsome in a

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Roadrunner Review: Anthony Bourdain Doc Delivers a Signature Dish

by Pat Mullen
July 13, 2021
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Cooking can be wonderful therapy. Few people grasped this sentiment quite like Anthony Bourdain did. Yet, tragically, food and cooking couldn’t save Bourdain, whose death by suicide in 2018 shocked the world

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Montreal's turn! Festival announcement train conti Montreal's turn! Festival announcement train continues with @ridm_festival's 2026 lineup. 🚂

This year's fest includes 7 features in the National Competition, 8 titles in the International Competition. Plus, we'll be on hand for the New Visions @fipresci jury! 

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Festober continues with a huge documentary slate a Festober continues with a huge documentary slate at @windsorfilmfest!

The lineup includes #Goodfellas doc 'As Far Back as I Can Remember' with @braccoabroad on hand as an honouree, while docs have a 40% share in the Canadian competition. 

📽 Fest runs Oct. 29 - Nov. 8.

🔗 Get a rundown of the doc lineup at POV! (Link in bio)

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A family story that crosses continents -- and genr A family story that crosses continents -- and genres!

@ash.da.le tells Alice Shih about making @basbookfilm and sharing her father's story in hybrid fashion. 📕

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📽: screens at @windsorfilmfest, @reelasian & @ridm_festival next!

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Director Sandro Silva (and son!) at the @reelworld Director Sandro Silva (and son!) at the @reelworld screening of #ThePerfectMatch, telling a story of hope and encouraging people to join the stem cell registry. 🩸

 🔗 Visit Swab4Ezra.com to learn more about the importance of joining the registry, especially if you are between the ages of 17-35!

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#TheWindsThirst at @planetinfocus with director Al #TheWindsThirst at @planetinfocus with director Alejandro Valbuena Zooming in. Powerful! 💨

📽 #PIF2026 runs all weekend. 

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So go, Canada. Whoo! Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppe So go, Canada. Whoo! Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim in Toronto for a wild screening of @youcanseeeverything 👀

Lots of talk in the Q&A (no recording allowed in that part) about great Canadian influences, like Allan King, Sarah Polley, and Guy Maddin, plus what happens when you go into a film thinking it won't work out. Turns out, it did!

📽 You Can See Everything is now in theatres

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But will Oscar voters see everything? 🗳 From the But will Oscar voters see everything? 🗳

From the traditionalists of the documentary branch to a process stacked against documentaries, we look at how #YouCanSeeEverything could make Irshad history. 

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#Oscars #movies #elizabethholmes #NathanFielder
Are docs about the North canaries in the coal mine Are docs about the North canaries in the coal mine? 🐻‍❄

@gesila.lightplaysociety looks at how documentaries like @nuisance_bear_film, The Last Ice,  and Angry Inuk spotlight concerns if climate change and geopolitics across borders. 

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🔗 Now online! Link in bio. 

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Seeing is believing, right? Right? 👀 The hype is Seeing is believing, right? Right? 👀

The hype is real! @youcanseeeverything is one of the year's best films. 

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📽 Now playing in theatres. 

#moviereview #youcanseeeverything #movies #nathanfielder #elizabethholmes
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Prime Minster Brian Mulroney appears in a fantastical image. He is pictured from the waist up wearing a flamboyant Liberace-style coat. There is a dazzling background behind him with campaign signs. He looks pale and a bit like a vampire.

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