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POV Magazine @povmagazine.bsky.social · 16h
Doc Soup returns to Hot Docs Cinema today with HANGING BY A WIRE, which Pakistan just submitted in the Oscar race for Best International Feature. 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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Toronto Film Critics Association @torontofilmcritics.bsky.social · 16h
From hidden gems to personal favourites, our new TFCA Critics' Picks screening series at Imagine Cinemas hopes to engage the Toronto film scene with our members' eclectic tastes. torontofilmcritics.com/features/tfc...
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TFCA Launches Critics' Picks Series at Imagine Cinemas - Toronto Film Critics Association
The Toronto Film Critics Association launches the Critics' Picks screening series at Imagine Carlton, beginning with Mark O'Brien's The Righteous on Nov. 2.
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POV Magazine @povmagazine.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Opening in theatres this week, Run Terry Run shows us why Terry Fox's story continues to inspire. @liamlacey.bsky.social chatted with director Sean Menard about revisiting the historic marathon. povmagazine.com/the-never-en...
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The Never-Ending Marathon of Terry Fox - POV Magazine
Sean Menard's documentary Run Terry Run offers previously unseen archives from Terry Fox's Marathon of Hope, which continues to inspire Canadians.
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POV Magazine @povmagazine.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
How Nathan Fielder's brand of comedy with The Rehearsal and Nathan for You displays a distinct character of Canadianness by blurring humour and non-fiction. povmagazine.com/nathan-field...
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Nathan Fielder's Slippery The Rehearsal - POV Magazine
Now Nathan Fielder's brand of comedy with The Rehearsal and Nathan for You displays a distinct character of Canadianness by blurring humour and non-fiction.
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POV Magazine @povmagazine.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
"This has been my experience of what it means to make work. Domestic. Chaotic." Beatrice Gibson walks us through her process of making AT NIGHT 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 · 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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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
Now playing, YOU HAD TO BE THERE revisits the 1072 Toronto Godspell production that put a generation of comics on the map. povmagazine.com/you-had-to-b...
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You Had to Be There Review: Toronto's Godspell Lore Brings the Laughs - POV Magazine
You Had to Be There review: Nick Davis's rollicking documentary revisits the 1972 Toronto production of Godspell with Martin Short, Eugene Levy, Andrea Martin, and other funny folks.
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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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POV Magazine @povmagazine.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
NAZA provides a taut record of systematic murder as directors from the NO OTHER LAND team learn harrowing stories from IDF operatives. povmagazine.com/naza-review-...
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NAZA Review: Or, How to Score Bonus Points During a Genocide - POV Magazine
NAZA review: Gripping yet mundane testimonies from IDF operatives describe the systematic killing of Palestinians and targeting of civilian homes.
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POV Magazine @povmagazine.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Testimonies of IDF operatives create a gripping yet mundane account of systemic erasure in NAZA, an essential record for our times. povmagazine.com/naza-review-...
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NAZA Review: Or, How to Score Bonus Points During a Genocide - POV Magazine
NAZA review: Gripping yet mundane testimonies from IDF operatives describe the systematic killing of Palestinians and targeting of civilian homes.
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POV Magazine @povmagazine.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
VIFF kicks off today! Highlights on the documentary side of the festival include Ceremony, Nuisance Bear, First Comes Love, Mulroney, and more! #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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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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POV Magazine @povmagazine.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The Sandbox trailer: get your first look at this documentary about the human cost of technology in the migration crisis. Doc plays VIFF followed by an event screening rollout. povmagazine.com/the-sandbox-...
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The Sandbox Trailer: What Happens When You Remove Humans from a Global Crisis? - POV Magazine
The Sandbox trailer: Kenya-Jade Pinto's feature directorial debut observes what happens when new technologies obscure the people whose lives are at stake amid the migration crisis.
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POV Magazine @povmagazine.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Larry Weinstein’s September Songs 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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POV Magazine @povmagazine.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
First Comes Love: Nakabingwit Trailer Highlights a Rare Documentary Rom-Com. Get your first look at the NFB doc ahead of its @viffest.bsky.social premiere. povmagazine.com/first-comes-...
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First Comes Love: Nakabingwit Trailer Highlights a Rare Documentary Rom-Com - POV Magazine
Watch the first trailer for First Comes Love: Nakabingwit before its study of interracial dating debuts at VIFF and Reelworld film festivals.
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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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POV Magazine @povmagazine.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
THE HISTORY OF CONCRETE offers a bittersweet ode to things that were built to last, and why bubble gum is the "bird sh*t of humans." povmagazine.com/the-history-...
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The History of Concrete Review: Or, the Joys of Dry Humour - POV Magazine
The History of Concrete review: John Wilson offers a warmly funny consideration of life's big questions by interrogating the role of concrete in urban living.
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POV Magazine @povmagazine.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
"I don’t think Neil would have liked a film with a bunch of drummers there who couldn’t play the drum solo in 'Tom Sawyer.'" NEAL PEART: NO ONE'S DISCIPLE's Sam Dunn and Scot McFadyen tell @filmfest.bsky.social about getting more of the Rush story. povmagazine.com/neal-peart-t...
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Neal Peart: The Gospel Truth - POV Magazine
Sam Dunn and Scot Fadyen on Neal Peart: No One's Disciple and telling the story of the late Rush drummer in their latest look at the iconic rock band.
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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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POV Magazine @povmagazine.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
How THE STUNT DRIVER re-imagines the story of daredevil Ken Carter and the NFB documentary that told his story. povmagazine.com/how-the-stun...
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How The Stunt Driver Reimagines an NFB Ken Carter Documentary - POV Magazine
An interview with The Stunt Driver director Michael Dowse on adapting the wild Ken Carter documentary The Devil at Your Heels.
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POV Magazine @povmagazine.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
A HISTORY OF CONCRETE's wryly and warmly funny observations are for anyone whose simple pleasures include life’s big questions. povmagazine.com/the-history-...
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The History of Concrete Review: Or, the Joys of Dry Humour - POV Magazine
The History of Concrete review: John Wilson offers a warmly funny consideration of life's big questions by interrogating the role of concrete in urban living.
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POV Magazine @povmagazine.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Through the obsessive study of an enigmatic writer’s archives, filmmaker Mariano Llinás tells a tale of a literary inheritance in Life of Jorge Luis Borges #TIFF26 povmagazine.com/life-of-jorg...
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Life of Jorge Luis Borges Review: Filming Between the Lines - POV Magazine
Life of Jorge Luis Borges review: Through the obsessive study of an enigmatic writer’s archives, filmmaker Mariano Llinás tells a tale of a literary inheritance.
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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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POV Magazine @povmagazine.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
What were the documentary highlights of this year's Toronto International Film Festival? From Mulroney to Musk, our TIFF Docs report breaks down the non-fiction slate. #TIFF26 povmagazine.com/the-2026-tif...
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The 2026 TIFF Docs Report: Views From This Side of "Lake America" - POV Magazine
Reporting on the documentary highlights from the 2026 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF Docs) including Bleeding Hearts, Musk, Union Town, and Gail.
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POV Magazine @povmagazine.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Sebastian Brameshuber creates a unique spin on the road movie in London as travellers have conversations in a car on a soundstage as they approach their "destination." #TIFF26 povmagazine.com/london-revie...
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London Review: A Road Movie with Inner Journeys - POV Magazine
London review: Sebastian Brameshuber creates a unique spin on the road movie as travellers have conversations in a car on a soundstage as they approach their "destination."
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POV Magazine @povmagazine.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The 2026 TIFF Docs Report: Views From This Side of “Lake America” #TIFF26 povmagazine.com/the-2026-tif...
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The 2026 TIFF Docs Report: Views From This Side of "Lake America" - POV Magazine
Reporting on the documentary highlights from the 2026 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF Docs) including Bleeding Hearts, Musk, Union Town, and Gail.
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DOC NYC Fest @docnycfest.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
There Is No History of Cinema Without Patricio Guzmán, Fran Romero reports for @povmagazine.bsky.social. Read more: mailchi.mp/docnyc.net/m...
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POV Magazine @povmagazine.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
In The Black Box Is Orange, Yuula Benivolski goes home to Palestine by revisiting family photos and archives, asserting the existence of a nation long denied. #TIFF26 povmagazine.com/the-black-bo...
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The Black Box Is Orange Review: The Courage to Remember - POV Magazine
The Black Box Is Orange review: Yuula Benivolski goes home to Palestine by revisiting family photos and archives, asserting the existence of a nation long denied.
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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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POV Magazine @povmagazine.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Darlene Love doc wins People's Choice Documentary Award at #TIFF26 povmagazine.com/darlene-love...
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Darlene Love: I Know Where I've Been Wins TIFF People's Choice Documentary Award - POV Magazine
TIFF's People's Choice Documentary Award goes to Darlene Love: I Know Where I've Been, directed by Barry Avrich.
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POV Magazine @povmagazine.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Sickos, rejoice. Sophie Fiennes and Slavoj Žižek reteam for film analysis and philosophy, this time to discuss the perfect society and the end of days in THE PERVERT'S GUIDE TO UTOPIAS. #TIFF26 povmagazine.com/the-perverts...
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The Pervert's Guide to Utopias Review: Everyone's a Critic - POV Magazine
The Pervert's Guide to Utopias review: Sophie Fiennes and Slavoj Žižek reteam for film analysis and philosophy, this time to discuss the perfect society and the end of days.
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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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POV Magazine @povmagazine.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
The Terry Fox story receives a definitive take in Run Terry Run, Sean Menard's moving all-archival portrait of the Canadian hero. #tiff26 povmagazine.com/run-terry-ru...
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Run Terry Run Review: Fox's Marathon Continues to Inspire - POV Magazine
Run Terry Run review: The Terry Fox story receives a definitive take in Sean Menard's moving all-archival portrait of the Canadian hero.
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POV Magazine @povmagazine.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Mockumentary, autofiction, and works by documentary filmmakers trying their hand at drama offer some nonfiction highlights in #TIFF26's Short Cuts slate. povmagazine.com/tiff-shorts-...
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TIFF Shorts Skirt the Line Between Fiction and Non-fiction - POV Magazine
Highlights in the non-fiction side of TIFF's Short Cuts selections include films like Between Late April and Early May and Pacific Spirit, which blur the boundary between forms.
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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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POV Magazine @povmagazine.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
"I knew she was going to be fascinating to follow and explore and learn and shape something around." GAIL director Michael Maxxis on seeing Our Lady Peace through a superfan's eyes. #tiff26 povmagazine.com/how-gail-cap...
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How Gail Captures Parasocial Relationships through an Our Lady Peace Fan's Eyes - POV Magazine
An interview with Gail director Michael Maxxis on hitting the road with the ultimate Our Lady Peace fan in this unconventional music doc.
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POV Magazine @povmagazine.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
There Is No History of Cinema Without Patricio Guzmán. Chilean film critic Fran Romero remembers a documentary master who chronicled a nation's history and was beloved by the world. povmagazine.com/there-is-no-...
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There Is No History of Cinema Without Patricio Guzmán - POV Magazine
Remembering Patricio Guzmán, the Chilean documentary master who gave voice to the voiceless in films like The Battle of Chile and The Pearl Button.
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POV Magazine @povmagazine.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
"From my mother, I learned that I should be persistent, and from my father, that I should document everything." Pegah Ahangarani tells us about making REHEARSALS FOR A REVOLUTION and capturing stories of resistance in Iran. povmagazine.com/rehearsals-f...
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Rehearsals for a Revolution Offers a Personal Act of Resistance - POV Magazine
An interview with Rehearsals for a Revolution director Pegah Ahangarani on her award winning documentary about the fight for freedom in Iran.
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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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POV Magazine @povmagazine.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Premiering at #TIFF26, Chaparelle doc BLEEDING HEARTS will make you fall in love with music docs again. povmagazine.com/bleeding-hea...
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Bleeding Hearts Will Make You Love Music Docs Again - POV Magazine
Bleeding Hearts director Andrew Morgan talks about filming the genesis of bluegrass band Chaperelle and making a music doc "from the beginning."
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POV Magazine @povmagazine.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Tehran, Under the Skin is an intimate documentary that explores the world of cosmetic surgery in Iran and a land of contradictions. #tiff26 povmagazine.com/tehran-under...
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Tehran, Under the Skin Review: Women, Life, Face Lifts - POV Magazine
Tehran, Under the Skin review: this intimate documentary explores the world of cosmetic surgery in Iran and a land of contradictions.
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POV Magazine @povmagazine.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
MUSK builds an overwhelming mountain of doom in the wake of the zaniest supervillain that the world has ever seen. #tiff26 povmagazine.com/musk-review-...
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Musk Review: Or, the Totality of Dread - POV Magazine
Musk review: Alex Gibney synthesizes the clear and present danger of Elon Musk's ascent to power and our own powerlessness in the face of it.
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POV Magazine @povmagazine.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
2.6 SECONDS: DEATH IN THE OUTBACK is an incendiary true crime tale about the killing of an Indigenous man by overzealous police in Australia. #TIFF26 povmagazine.com/2-6-second-d...
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2.6 Second: Death in the Outback Review - Incendiary Tale of Police Brutality - POV Magazine
2.6 Seconds: Death in the Outback review: Darren Dale's true crime documentary series examines the death of Kumanjayi Walker, an Indigenous man killed by overzealous police.
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POV Magazine @povmagazine.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
"I was really missing his voice and his whole way of speaking about the situation as a Palestinian himself." An interview with the filmmakers behind EDWARD SAID: BETWEEN WORLDS #TIFF26 povmagazine.com/how-edward-s...
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How Edward Said: Between Worlds Lets an Influential Voice Speak to the Moment - POV Magazine
Edward Said: Between Worlds director Maiken Baird and producer Sarah Mowaswes discuss their doc about the writer and Palestinian activist.
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POV Magazine @povmagazine.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Families confront the power of goodbye and debate medical assistance in dying (MAID) in Sophie Deraspe’s The Final Act. #tiff26 povmagazine.com/the-final-ac...
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The Final Act Review: A Compassionate Sendoff - POV Magazine
The Final Act review: families confront the power of goodbye and debate medical assistance in dying (MAID) in Sophie Deraspe’s documentary.
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POV Magazine @povmagazine.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Lacey Schwartz Delgado’s Re/Pair Aims to Mend Black-Jewish Relations through Dialogue #tiff26 povmagazine.com/lacey-schwar...
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Lacey Schwartz Delgado’s Re/Pair Aims to Mend Black-Jewish Relations - POV Magazine
Nineteen duos, one Black one Jewish, discuss cultural tensions openly and passionately in Lacey Schwartz Delgado's Re/Pair.
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POV Magazine @povmagazine.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
There’s never been a film like Mathew Rankin’s Ladies and Gentlemen, Brian Mulroney, writes @filmfest.bsky.social #TIFF26 povmagazine.com/ladies-and-g...
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Ladies and Gentlemen, Brian Mulroney Review: Move Over, Heritage Minutes! - POV Magazine
Ladies and Gentlemen, Brian Mulroney review: the story of Canada's 18th Prime Minister gets a freewheeling take from Matthew Rankin.
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