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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 · 08/10/2026
Is the knowledge for Earth's renewal rooted in plants? Get your first look at the trailer for UNDERSTORY ahead of its premiere at DOC NYC: povmagazine.com/watch-the-tr...
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Watch the Trailer for Understory Ahead of Its DOC NYC Debut - POV Magazine
Watch the trailer for Understory, a documentary about all we can learn from plants as we seek to repair our relationship with nature and restore the nature world.
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Pat Mullen @patmullen.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
This is a delightfully unhinged read but not an inaccurate one. "Theater-laugh exhibitionists." www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...
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Horror Movies and Politics Are Killing Film Festivals
The film festival circuit is drowning in bloody genre fare and ideological theater. Whatever happened to indie cred?
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That Shelf @thatshelf.com · 08/10/2026
"It's quite a universal story even though it's very specifically Scottish." James McAvoy tells us about the beats and brogue of #CaliforniaSchemin'. thatshelf.com/james-mcavoy...
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Pat Mullen @patmullen.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
How on earth is Sandra Hüller going supporting in Fatherland? I get that the cinematography is the lead per se, but really... I know that Digger sucked, but... don't take the Pawlikowski down with you? She's also, great and in more ir less the whole thing?
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Pat Mullen @patmullen.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Happy to report that Gary Oldman doesn't smell. He's just good at playing a boor.
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Pat Mullen @patmullen.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Coming soon! 👀
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POV Magazine @povmagazine.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
@hotdocs.bsky.social's popular Doc Soup series returns for another season. The series kicks off with the rescue thriller HANGING BY A WIRE and lets audiences keep the festival experience going year-round. povmagazine.com/hot-docs-ret...
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Hot Docs Returns with Another Helping of Doc Soup - POV Magazine
Hot Docs' Doc Soup series returns on October 7 with Hanging By a Wire, Mohammed Ali Naqvi's docu-thriller about a 2023 gondola rescue mission.
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Pat Mullen @patmullen.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Went into Digger with measured expectations, but found it absolutely excruciating. What an overblown, histrionic, steaming pile of nothing. An affront to cat people and those taste with taste. Move over, Melania: 2026 has a new worst film. 🩴
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Pat Mullen @patmullen.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Caught up with The Stunt Driver. It's such a fun companion to Devil at Your Heels, and I think that's one of Jay Baruchel's better performances. Wouldn't it be fun if the NFB became the new Disney and started cranking out live action remakes from the archive?
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POV Magazine @povmagazine.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
"Part of growing up, as an artist and as a person, for me, is learning to run away less." Beatrice Gibson talks AT NIGHT and bringing together diverse women of Paris for a collective portrait. povmagazine.com/beatrice-gib...
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Beatrice Gibson on At Night and Domestic, Chaotic Work - POV Magazine
An interview with At Night director Beatrice Gibson about creating an intersectional portrait of Parisian women and drawing upon literary references.
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POV Magazine @povmagazine.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
What's at stake if the Canadian government doesn't uphold the terms of the Online Streaming Act? @docorg.bsky.social 's @jvcarrington.bsky.social weighs in with the latest Policy Matters column. 🇨🇦 povmagazine.com/the-governme...
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The Government Must Defend Our Cultural Sovereignty - POV Magazine
What's at stake for creatives in the Canadian screen sector--and Canadian culture more broadly--if the government doesn't uphold the Online Streaming Act? Everything.
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Toronto Film Critics Association @torontofilmcritics.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Review time! On VERITY 📖 "gives new meaning to the term 'unreliable narrator'" - @rachelwest.bsky.social "a confusing pile of misdirection, frothy nonsense" - @lizbraun.bsky.social "We’ve seen variations of this story before" - @sarahgopaul.bsky.social torontofilmcritics.com/features/tfc...
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TFCA Friday: Movie Reviews for Oct. 2 - Toronto Film Critics Association
Movie reviews for Verity, NAZA, Digger, You Had to Be There, Beware Boiuna, Heel, The Sickling, and more!
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Pat Mullen @patmullen.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Tough stuff, but a necessary watch. 👇
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POV Magazine @povmagazine.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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 · 30/09/2026
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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