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Pat Mullen

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Writer on the movie beat and publisher of @povmagazine.bsky.social, Canada's documentary magazine. Prez: @torontofilmcritics.bsky.social 📍Toronto

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POV Magazine @povmagazine.bsky.social · 15h
The Documentary side of @viffest.bsky.social: Highlights from the Vancouver International Film Fest's beefy non-fiction slate. #VIFF2026 povmagazine.com/the-document...
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The Documentary Side of VIFF 2026: Some Highlights - POV Magazine
Documentary highlights at the Vancouver International Film Festival (VIFF) include Ceremony, Nuisance Bear, and The Story of Documentary Film.
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Pat Mullen @patmullen.bsky.social · 15h
Did anyone from Toronto who submitted a screener request for Naza's (very quick) Friday release get luck with a screener, or are we all being set up for a self-generated 'nobody covered it' controversy?
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That Shelf @thatshelf.com · 25/09/2026
Toronto was officially party city once again! Some of the #TIFF26 highlights included festival fêtes at Le Germain, Nobu, and the Golden Globes bash. thatshelf.com/tiff-is-offi...
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That Shelf @thatshelf.com · 25/09/2026
As entertaining as it is exhausting, #ForgottenIsland offers non-stop action and a dizzyingly exciting all-you-can-eat buffet of animated nuggets. thatshelf.com/forgotten-is...
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POV Magazine @povmagazine.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
On tonight at @hotdocs.bsky.social, Larry Weinstein's SEPTEMBER SONGS: THE MUSIC OF KURT WEILL still plays as fresh as ever. povmagazine.com/larry-weinst...
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Larry Weinstein's September Songs Plays as Fresh as Ever - POV Magazine
Larry Weinstein looks back at his 1994 film September Songs: The Music of Kurt Weill as a new restoration brings the unconventional music doc to audiences.
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Toronto Film Critics Association @torontofilmcritics.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
This week in movies! On PRIMETIME 📺 "doesn’t shy away from the shadows" - Steve Norton "simultaneously seductive and queasy" - Prabhjot Bains "Pattinson produces a Cuisinart-worthy range of emotions" - @chrisknightfilm.bsky.social torontofilmcritics.com/features/tfc...
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TFCA Friday: Movie Reviews for Sept. 25 - Toronto Film Critics Association
Movie reviews for Primetime, The History of Concrete, Forgotten Island, The Stunt Driver, Heart of the Beast, and the best films from TIFF.
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Pat Mullen @patmullen.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
It's so nice to see a non-music documentary get a proper theatrical run in Toronto amid all the one-and-done screenings, so I'm happy to report that John Wilson's The History of Concrete is a delight.
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That Shelf @thatshelf.com · 24/09/2026
Robert Pattinson gives a tour-de-force performance in #Primetime as sicko journalist and To Catch a Predator host Chris Hansen. thatshelf.com/primetime-re...
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POV Magazine @povmagazine.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The @WindsorFilmFest announces its full line-up, which includes four documentaries in the $25,000 WIFF Prize in Canadian Film competition. povmagazine.com/four-docs-co...
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Four Docs Compete in Windsor Film Festival's Canadian Competition - POV Magazine
The Windsor International Film Festival announces its full line-up, which includes four documentaries in the $25,000 WIFF Prize in Canadian Film competition.
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Pat Mullen @patmullen.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Reporting on TIFF's doc slate! As much as the "to market, to market to buy a fat pig" thing overwhelmed Toronto, the festival was actually pretty good if you could navigate it. 🐖 #tiff26
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That Shelf @thatshelf.com · 20/09/2026
Masc boldly refuses labels with its enigmatic study of identity politics. #TIFF26 thatshelf.com/masc-review-...
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That Shelf @thatshelf.com · 21/09/2026
Tune in to our annual Spotify playlist, featuring 26 memorable needle drops (including Billie Eilish, Chaparelle, Radiohead, and Lana Del Ray) from films screened at the fest's 51st edition. #TIFF26 thatshelf.com/tiff-2026-a-...
TIFF 2026 Spotify Playlist
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POV Magazine @povmagazine.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
What's at stake for the cowgirls of #Cheyenne as they compete in bronc riding after a 90-year ban? Riders Allysa Spierings and Emily Collits, and director Taimi Arvidson, take us inside the doc about women's return to the sport. #TIFF26 povmagazine.com/the-riders-o...
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The Riders of Cheyenne Show There's No Time for Tears in Rodeo - POV Magazine
An interview with Cheyenne director Taimi Arvidson and riders Allysa Spierings and Emily Collits about being buck from a horse and always getting back up.
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Toronto Film Critics Association @torontofilmcritics.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
What were the standouts of #TIFF26? Our members share their picks for Best of the Fest. torontofilmcritics.com/features/mem...
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Member Survey: TIFF 2026 - Best of the Fest - Toronto Film Critics Association
The critics were busy at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival! From our annual pre-festival party, this year held at Hotel Le Germain Toronto Mercer and generously sponsored by Redbreast Wh...
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Pat Mullen @patmullen.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
The People...got it right? Hooray for La Bola Negra! #tiff26
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POV Magazine @povmagazine.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
EVEREST: THE OTHER SIDE offers a gripping, if complicated, portrait from a climb from filmmakers who know the stakes of the task at hand. #TIFF26 povmagazine.com/everest-the-...
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Everest: The Other Side Review - For the Love of the Climb - POV Magazine
Everest: The Other Side review - Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin offer a personal and breathtaking glimpse at a friend's attempt to do an impossible trek at Everest.
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Pat Mullen @patmullen.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Ok gang, if BETWEEN LATE APRIL AND EARLY MAY doesn't win the shorts prize tomorrow...we riot. 🌸 #tiff26
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POV Magazine @povmagazine.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Chrissie Hynde really doesn't like to give interviews, and makes a point of saying so throughout the documentary, but PRETENDERS relies on her to be the key voice in telling the band's story anyway. #TIFF26 povmagazine.com/pretenders-r...
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Pretenders Review: Or, Chrissie Hynde, Reluctant Star - POV Magazine
Pretenders review: Chrissie Hynde proves an evasive subject in Joss Crowley's unconventional portrait of the British alt-rock band.
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POV Magazine @povmagazine.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
ALWAYS LALISA offers an energetic portrait of the K-pop star as she strives to be authentic. #TIFF26 povmagazine.com/always-lalis...
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Always Lalisa Review: - POV Magazine
Always Lalisa review: Director Sue Kim energetically chronicles the K-pop star as she steps out of BLACKPINK's shadow and tries her hand at a solo career.
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Pat Mullen @patmullen.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Neverman is a touching ode to trans elders. Reviewing for @thatshelf.com from #tiff26! thatshelf.com/neverman-rev...
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Neverman Review: TIFF 2026 - That Shelf
Neverman review: Justin Vivian Bond makes the most of her first lead film role as a trans woman holding onto her sense of self as she experiences Alzheimer's.
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Pat Mullen @patmullen.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Shout-out to Up Against It for upholding the time-honoured tradition of "Throwaway Thursday" on day 7 in the Gala slots once all the American press have left. 😬 #tiff26
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Pat Mullen @patmullen.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
La Bola Negra is a stunner! #tiff26 thatshelf.com/la-bola-negr...
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La Bola Negra Review: TIFF 2026 - That Shelf
La Bola Negra review: this sweeping epic pays tribute to lost lives and loves by connecting the stories of gay men across generations.
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Pat Mullen @patmullen.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
We'll get through this: some picks for the best bets for the back half of #TIFF26. (And obviously The Debut and La Bola Negra are worth the rush line too.)
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That Shelf @thatshelf.com · 15/09/2026
#TheDebut deserves a standing ovation as Julianne Moore goes all-in as a community theatre ingénue. #TIFF26 thatshelf.com/the-debut-re...
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That Shelf @thatshelf.com · 15/09/2026
Enter for a chance to win run-of-engagement tickets to Zach Cregger's reimagining of #ResidentEvil, opening exclusively in theatres September 18! thatshelf.com/contest-your...
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POV Magazine @povmagazine.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
How these five filmmakers show that there's no one way to make a Canadian film with the NFB/TIFF series Redefined. #TIFF26 povmagazine.com/how-five-fil...
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How Five Filmmakers Redefined What It Means to Be Canadian through Film - POV Magazine
The five filmmakers participating in the NFB/TIFF Redefined series share the perspectives and processes that shape their take on what it means to belong.
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Pat Mullen @patmullen.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Really wanted to like this one more...important topic with great access, but a bit constrained by its own design. #tiff26
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Pat Mullen @patmullen.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Loved, loved, loved La Bola Negra, but was mildly disappointed that the crowd didn't go beserk when Glenn Close said, "La Bola Negra!" But also glad they saved it for the end because that was a standing O if I ever saw one. 👏👏 #tiff26
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Pat Mullen @patmullen.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
On MUSK: ahoy, bleakness! #tiff26
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That Shelf @thatshelf.com · 14/09/2026
#TheDebut deserves a standing ovation as Julianne Moore goes all-in as a community theatre ingénue. #TIFF26 thatshelf.com/the-debut-re...
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That Shelf @thatshelf.com · 13/09/2026
The spirit of John Candy endures in Cody Lightning's #SmudgeTheBlades. #TIFF26 thatshelf.com/smudge-the-b...
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That Shelf @thatshelf.com · 13/09/2026
#Ancestors offers an elegiac tribute to a generation of lost boys with its All of Us Strangers-y ghost story. #TIFF26 thatshelf.com/ancestors-re...
A young Irishman with brown hair and brown eyes is pictured from the waist up, leaning against a bar and looking towards screen left at someone outside the frame. He has orange headphones and a cigarette tucked under his ear.
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Pat Mullen @patmullen.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Andrew Scott gives an absolutely devastating performance in Elsinore that burrows deep into Ian Charleson's connection to Hamlet, as well as his own, and has a way of hitting the dramatic beats of the verse on a visceral level. Great year for film/theatre performances! #tiff26
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Pat Mullen @patmullen.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
If you saw COLD WAR and thought, "I would like to see this as a bluegrass documentary," then BLEEDING HEARTS is just ticket for you. Probably my favourite of the U.S. docs at #tiff26.
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POV Magazine @povmagazine.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Hip-Hop artists Jessica Ford, Ehren “Bear Witness” Thomas, Tim “2oolman” Hill share the trials of cutting it in the music biz in Alexandra Lazarowich's feature debut Turtle Island Rap, writes @smallmind.bsky.social #tiff26 povmagazine.com/turtle-islan...
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Turtle Island Rap Review: The Non-Stop Hustle of Hip Hop - POV Magazine
Turtle Island Rap review: Hip-Hop artists Jessica Ford, Ehren “Bear Witness” Thomas, Tim “2oolman” Hill share the trials of cutting it in the music biz.
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Pat Mullen @patmullen.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Like Magic is a great surprise if you're looking for formally adventurous docs at #tiff26. Also a sensible 74 minutes!
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Pat Mullen @patmullen.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Barbara Kopple does it again! #tiff26
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Pat Mullen @patmullen.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Soccer movie good! ⚽️ #tiff26
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Pat Mullen @patmullen.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
BEING HEUMANN is a nice, upbeat choice for opening night. Great casting across the board gives the film about disability rights activists a good punch. Look closely and you'll see one or two TIFF ASL interpreters in the crowds! 🙌 #tiff26
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That Shelf @thatshelf.com · 11/09/2026
#InTheHeartOfTheSouth gives elevated horror an American Fiction twist as Nyla Innuksuk satirizes the contemporary arts scene from an Inuk perspective. #TIFF26 thatshelf.com/in-the-heart...
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Pat Mullen @patmullen.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Highly recommend seeing LOW LIES THE LAND at #TIFF26 with a nice glass of red. 🍷
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That Shelf @thatshelf.com · 10/09/2026
From the horror of trench warfare to the comfort of a concave chest, #Coward is another heartbreaker from Lukas Dhont. #TIFF26 thatshelf.com/coward-revie...
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Pat Mullen @patmullen.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Gail is one of the most pleasant surprises of the festival! Not so much a music doc as a dive into fandom, semi-requited love, and mental health. Our Lady Peace enthusiasm not required! #tiff26
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POV Magazine @povmagazine.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
“We realized that even picking up plants is a form of territorial resistance...the work is a visual manifesto for Indigenous ethics.” How #TIFF26 doc THE HUMMINGBIRD PAINTS FRAGRANT SONGS harnesses the art of Sara Flores. povmagazine.com/how-the-humm...
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How The Hummingbird Paints Fragrant Songs Crafts a Portrait of Resistance - POV Magazine
The Hummingbird Paints Fragrant Songs directors Matteo Norzi and Elia Gasull share how they capture the art and philosophy of Sara Flores.
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Pat Mullen @patmullen.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
If you think the timeline is full of people complaining about TIFF before it's started, just wait until everyone experiences the Yonge Line en route to a press screening! Oof. 🥴
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Pat Mullen @patmullen.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Telluride got a new Joshua Oppenheimer doc AND a Nathan Fielder? In my Ted Talk about premiere statii, I will...
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Pat Mullen @patmullen.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
One of my favourite TIFF traditions: watching a Wavelengths on a link while my cat screams endlessly because he wants to go outside and kill something. Cinema, baby! 🐈‍⬛️
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Pat Mullen @patmullen.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Doing some pre-TIFF fun in the annual chasing the buzz poll. Quite the range of results! www.thestar.com/entertainmen...
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The 45 TIFF movies our panel of experts can't wait to see
Our panel of experts names the action thriller 'Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother,' starring Mahershala Ali, the fest's hottest film.
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Pat Mullen @patmullen.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
One step closer to putting Meryl on the cover of POV. www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...
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Meryl Streep, Laura Poitras Join ‘My Undesirable Friends: Part II’ as Exec Producers (Exclusive)
Julia Loktev’s follow-up to her 2024 documentary follows independent Russian journalists forced to flee Moscow after Putin's government declares them "foreign agents."
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POV Magazine @povmagazine.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Hot Docs announces new leadership with Diana Sanchez assuming the role of president and Mara Gourd-Mercado joining the organization as executive director. povmagazine.com/hot-docs-boo...
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Hot Docs Boosts Diana Sanchez to President, Mara Gourd-Mercado Joins as E.D. - POV Magazine
Hot Docs announces that Diana Sanchez will assume a new role as president while Mara Gourd-Mercado joins the organization as executive director.
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