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A black and white photo of two men and two horses walking along the shore of a beach. Behind them are clouds and a swirl of sunlight.

Gianfranco Rosi on Pompei: Below the Clouds and Encounters with Time

by Pat Mullen
March 27, 2026
Features/Interviews

An interview with Pompei: Below the Clouds director Gianfranco Rosi about creating a constellation of past, present, and future under the shadow of Mount Vesuvius.

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Three huskies run in the snow pulling a sled, which is outside the frame. The two dogs leading the pack have white fur patterned with brown, and the dog behind them is black with white patches. All the dogs have their tongues dangling out of their mouths.

Folktales Review: Pups Come of Age in the ‘Gap Year’

by Pat Mullen
July 30, 2025
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In Folktales, Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady observe students come of age as they attend Nordic folk high school during their gap year.

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Gianluca Matarrese Talks GEN_ and the Politics of Intimacy

by Pat Mullen
January 24, 2025
Features/Interviews/Sundance

An interview with Gen_ director Gianluca Matarrese about his Sundance documentary that observes a Milanese doctor dedicated to fertility and trans rights.

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Hollywoodgate Review: Observing Boys with Their Toys

by Pat Mullen
December 20, 2024
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In Hollywoodgate, Ibrahim Nash'at observes the Taliban's return to power for one year following the U.S. troops withdrawal of August 2021.

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Your Tomorrow: In Limbo at Ontario Place?

by Susan G. Cole
December 3, 2024March 21, 2025
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Your Tomorrow, directed by Ali Weinstein, is an observational documentary about the role of Ontario Place--and public spaces--in everyday life.

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Hermits, Black Cats, and Other Stories: Ben Rivers’ Collaboration with Jake Williams

by David Cuevas
August 12, 2024
Essays/Features

Ben Rivers' collaborations with Jake Williams include the experimental portraits This Is My Land, Bogancloch, and Two Years at Sea.

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Youth (Spring) Review: Fast Fashion Meets Slow Cinema

by Pat Mullen
September 17, 2023January 15, 2024
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Wang Bing's latest observational opus Youth (Spring) captures the daily toils of young labourers in China's garment district.

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Children of the Mist Review: Stolen Lives, Stolen Dreams

by Pat Mullen
January 10, 2023
Reviews

Ha Le Diem's Children of the Mist is a powerful observational documentary about the practice of bride-kidnapping in Vietman's Hmong community.

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Far Beyond the Pasturelands Review: The Gold Rush

by Pat Mullen
January 2, 2023
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Far Beyond the Pasturelands is an observational portrait of Lalita, a young Nepali woman who embarks on the annual harvest for the coveted fungus yarsagumba.

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Self-Portrait Review: Four Seasons of Surveillance

by Rachel Ho
April 6, 2022
Reviews

Joële Walinga's Self-Portrait examines what humans have created on this planet using found surveillance footage and layered soundscapes.

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Antidiva: The Carole Pope Confessions spotlights the career of the Rough Trade rocker.

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