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Shifting Baselines Review: One Small Step for Musk, One Giant Leap Back for Mankind

by Pat Mullen
April 26, 2025
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Julien Elie's fascinating observational documentary Shifting Baselines looks at the area around SpaceX's Starbase with awe and horror.

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Mikel Cee Karlsson on His Truly Zen Music Doc A Tiger in Paradise

by Pat Mullen
December 8, 2023January 9, 2024
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A Tiger in Paradise's Mikel Cee Karlsson on collaborating with José González.

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Confessions of a Good Samaritan Review: The Good Art Friend

by Pat Mullen
May 3, 2023
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Penny Lane uses her adventure with kidney donation to explore the nature of altruistic human behaviour in Confessions of a Good Samaritan.

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How Echo of Everything Captures the Universal Language of Music

by Jason Gorber
April 28, 2023
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An interview with Echo of Everything director Cam Christiansen about capturing the transcendent power of music through film and animation.

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The Velvet Queen Review: Capturing a Dream

by Pat Mullen
January 6, 2022
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The Velvet Queen offers a visually awesome and philosophically rich journey as photographer Vincent Munier and writer Sylvain Tesson search for an elusive snow leopard.

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The End of Certainties Review: Philosophy for Uncertain Times

by Madeline Lines
December 15, 2020August 22, 2021
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The End of Certainties would be especially valuable for educational purposes, finding its place in curricula on the topic of globalization. Ultimately the film leaves you wondering what these people would be

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When Worlds Collide: Werner Herzog and Clive Oppenheimer on Fireball

by Jason Gorber
November 11, 2020August 12, 2021
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"You don’t need an exotic and a wild landscape like a sinkhole in the Yucatán Peninsula to find the wonders and recesses of the human soul." - Werner Herzog

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‘Chasing Einstein’: Into the Unknown

by Pat Mullen
January 8, 2020August 27, 2021
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Chasing Einstein (USA, 80 min.) Dir. Steve Brown, Timothy Wheeler Albert Einstein’s equation of E = MC2 might be the most famous scientific theory of our time, but does it add up? Chasing

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‘Nomad’ and a Wondering, Wandering Herzog

by Pat Mullen
December 18, 2019August 27, 2021
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Nomad: In the Footsteps of Bruce Chatwin (UK, 86 min.) Dir. Werner Herzog “The world reveals itself to those who travel on foot,” says Werner Herzog in Nomad. The indefatigably prophetic director quotes himself while

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‘Becoming Nobody’ is Chicken Soup for One

by Pat Mullen
September 4, 2019August 24, 2021
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Becoming Nobody (USA, 80 min.) Dir. Jamie Catto Audiences can find a zen place with Becoming Nobody. This portrait doc profiles the life and philosophy of Ram Dass, the self-help guru and spiritual

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Miette pastry chef Meg Ray and Maria Thomsson from Miette pastry chef Meg Ray and Maria Thomsson from Rödlöga, Sweden at the world premiere of Sweet Störy at @psfilmfest. Here, they share their favourite sweets in this story of cross-cultural cooking. 🌴

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We're at the @psfilmfest this year, with coverage We're at the @psfilmfest this year, with coverage rolling including the world premiere of Elvis, Rocky & Me: The Carol Connors Story! Stay tuned for more. 

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Oscar nominee Carol Connors marches into @psfilmfe Oscar nominee Carol Connors marches into @psfilmfest to her theme from Rocky, and then performs "You Loved My Night Away" - a song she wrote for Elvis Presley the night he died and hasn't released until now.

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#StateOfFirsts director Chase Joynt talks about fo #StateOfFirsts director Chase Joynt talks about following congresswoman Sarah McBride on her historic campaign amid the culture wars and the targeting of trans rights, and making a vérité doc after hybrids like No Ordinary Man and Framing Agnes. #PalmSprings #PSIFF #Documentary #movies
@yanunifilm executive producer Laura Nix tells the @yanunifilm executive producer Laura Nix tells the @psfilmfest audience about what drew her to sharing @juma_xipaia's story and working with director Richard Ladkani to raise awareness about the fight for the Amazon. 🌴

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Andrea Werhun and @nicobazuin tell us about changi Andrea Werhun and @nicobazuin tell us about changing the narrative on sex work and being maximalists with colour in #ModernWhore. 💋

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Song Sung Blue is the latest documentary to get a Song Sung Blue is the latest documentary to get a  Hollywood remake. Kate Hudson and director Craig Brewer tell us about reimagining the doc as a movie musical!

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How have documentaries captured political divides How have documentaries captured political divides since Oct. 7? @dimwig surveys the field of films about Palestine and Israel.

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📽: Coexistence, My Ass! (Now on TVO)

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Every celebrity (and "celebrity") has a doc these Every celebrity (and "celebrity") has a doc these days, so what does it mean for the field?

@_rachelkh looks at films about Pee-Wee Herman, Pamela Anderson, and Elvis Presley to consider some dos and don'ts of the celebrity doc.

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