This week in movies! On NIRVANNA THE BAND THE SHOW THE MOVIE 🍟 "very, very funny" - @chrisknightfilm.bsky.social "you’ll want to see it again" - @glennsumi.bsky.social "A wonderfully chaotic concoction" - @hertzbarry.bsky.social torontofilmcritics.com/features/tfc...

One of the best films of 2025, an Oscar nominee and TFCA's winner for Best International Feature, don't miss SIRAT in theatres this weekend! Cinema 2 at the Lightbox was made for this baby. Had a fun chat with director Oliver Laxe about making the movie go boom. thatshelf.com/how-sirat-di...

Go see Pillion in theatres this weekend, and that's an order! Boot-lickin' good. thatshelf.com/pillion-revi...

Some audiences say “Hakuna Matata” and others sing “Hakuchu Munayta” as RUNA SIMI follows an activist's mission to create a Quechua dub of Disney's THE LION KING. Screens tmrw at @hotdocs.bsky.social's Doc Soup series. povmagazine.com/runa-simi-re...

Took an inaugural ride on the Eglinton Line - it's open! But it's so busy that I wouldn't advise using it if you need to run errands/ get anywhere on time today. Had to wait a few trains to actually get on on the way back... something to consider when they're 10mins apart. But still, progress!

Larry Herbert, aka the Pantone man, tells how his system for matching colour helped revolutionize industry standards in THE KING OF COLOR, screening today & Feb. 14 at @hotdocs.bsky.social povmagazine.com/the-king-of-...

This week in movies! On THE MOMENT 🕶️ "Charli’s performance of who she is isn’t always a flattering one" - @kathleennb.bsky.social "a bit of a cautionary tale" - @lizbraun.bsky.social "bizarre, genre-blending hybridity" - @joelipsett.bsky.social torontofilmcritics.com/features/tfc...

The rumours are true! MELANIA is the nadir of self-serving celebrity portraiture. But it's also just lazy filmmaking. povmagazine.com/melania-revi...

Adding "one ticket to Melania, please" to the list of public humiliations. [I have a pass, no contribution to her b.o!] There are three people here on a weekday!

Chatting about the docs at Sundance! Overall a good decision to skip Melania and cozy up with the virtual festival.

Omg the JOSPEHINE Discourse circa Oscars '27 is going to be insufferable. Can't wait for Katya's tweets. #Sundance

Really impressed by Mexican drama THE HUNTRESS, which features an outstanding performance by EMILIA PEREZ's Adriana Paz in the true story of a vigilante protecting women from predatory men. Definitely one to watch. #Sundance

Good film-on film-double bill at #Sundance with Barbara Forever and American Pachuco, although quite a different feat of showing vs. telling...Hammer doc comes out on top. 🔨🔨 Glad to have skipped Melania this weekend to cram in a few more films during the fest!

Big thanks to @filmfest.bsky.social @smallmind.bsky.social & @bgos923.bsky.social for crushing it so we could cover every documentary in competition at #Sundance! 🌞🕺

Some good shorts at #Sundance this year! The Luigi Mangione doc is a hoot, plus The Baddest Speechwriter of All certainly deserves its Grand Jury Prize.

Selling Girl Scout cookies proves a time-honoured tradition, but one with many complexities in the satisfying COOKIE QUEENS. #Sundance povmagazine.com/cookie-queen...

The annual rodeo in Mexico's Michoacán region serves as a collision of gender expressions that defy masculine stereotypes in JARIPEO. #Sundance povmagazine.com/jaripeo-revi...

Fergie Chambers and his life of empty privilege goes under the microscope as he moves from one shiny new thing to the next in #Sundance documentary All About the Money povmagazine.com/all-about-th...

THE OLDEST PERSON IN THE WORLD offers a disappointingly shallow look at getting older. #Sundance povmagazine.com/the-oldest-p...

This week in movies! On SEND HELP 🏝️ "Equal parts hilarious, tense, and savage" - @rachelwest.bsky.social "there’s a strong argument that Raimi breaks new ground here" - Thom Ernst torontofilmcritics.com/features/tfc...

One in a Million is one of the stronger docs. Very powerful as it follows a Syrian family's journey to safety, and the fragmentation that follows.

Disappointed with Public Access...gets stuck in the titillating aspects of DIY media, but doesn't really go beyond the parallels: "Before OnlyFans, it was free!"

Woo Nuisance Bear and To Hold a Mountain win Sundance!

Closure: a total gut-punch as you send two hours watching a father dredge a river with hopes of finding his son. Not an easy film to watch, but could be a life-saver for some.

Kikuyu Land is effective in speaking loudly against the corruption it observes, but it struggles with deciphering whose story needs to be heard most, writes @smallmind.bsky.social #Sundance povmagazine.com/kikuyu-land-...

It's a very good year for environmental films at Sundance. But also seeing all the toxic dust blowing off the Great Salt Lake was a good reassurance about doing the virtual fest instead of in-person. 😷

How do you capture a war in the age of Doomscrolling at cat memes? Rachel Ho chats with THE LONGER YOU BLEED's Ewan Waddell about telling the story of the war in Ukraine through social media videos. povmagazine.com/the-longer-y...

Good day to renew the Board insurance.

Chatting with Fire of Love director Sara Dosa about her equally dazzling new film Time and Water. She's such a great interview.

How American Doctor Spotlights Personal and Collective Action in Gaza: Director Poh Si Teng on telling the stories of three doctors providing aid amid a human rights crisis. #Sundance2026 povmagazine.com/how-american...

The story of the Marion County Record's investigation into a raid on their editor's home inspires a deep dive on the ethics and necessity of the free press in SEIZED. #Sundance2026 povmagazine.com/seized-revie...

In BIRDS OF WAR, journalists Janay Boulos and Abd Alkader Habak chart their journey from colleagues to love birds while covering the war in Syria. #Sundance2026 povmagazine.com/birds-of-war...

William Greaves' long-awaited ONCE UPON A TIME IN HARLEM gathers luminaries from the Harlem Renaissance for an in-depth conversation about Black life, art, and culture. #Sundance2026 povmagazine.com/once-upon-a-...

A mother and daughter working on a farm in Montenegro’s Sinjajevina plateau fuel TO HOLD A MOUNTAIN and its quietly moving feminist tale of strength and resistance. #Sundance2026 povmagazine.com/to-hold-a-mo...

#Sundance2026 is in full swing! Our team reports on docs including Nuisance Bear, Barbara Forever, To Hold a Mountain, Soul Patrol, and more. Catch up with all our coverage from the fest here: povmagazine.com/tag/sundance...

Before they head off to the Olympics with eyes on the podium, Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier join us to chat about their Netflix doc series GLITTER & GOLD: ICE DANCING povmagazine.com/piper-gilles...

The stories of Black soldiers who formed the special forces unit during the Vietnam War reflect a secondary war in SOUL PATROL as they continued to experience racism while fighting for their country. #Sundance2026 povmagazine.com/soul-patrol-...

Sentient Will Spark Debate About the Ethics of Animal Testing: Tony Jones tells us about his Sundance doc that offers provocative food for thought about how we get everything from vaccines to household products povmagazine.com/sentient-wil...

If you loved NUISANCE BEAR the short, wait until you see the feature!

Got some words with Jodie Foster about sharing the scene with Fred Wiseman in A Private Life. And unlike all the documentaries screening in Toronto these days, the film is playing for more than just a single night!

FYI: you can now stream the Oscar nominated donkey doc PERFECTLY A STRANGENESS for free. povmagazine.com/watch-oscar-...

Wicked: For Good getting shut out, especially for costumes and production design, is wild...how did Avatar land a costume nom?

Worth noting as the festival kicks off today: all five Best Documentary Feature nominees debuted at Sundance last year.

Soooo happy to see Come See Me in the Good Light pull through in Best Documentary. And big congrats to Canada's Alison McAlpine and the donkeys from Perfectly a Strangeness for the Best Short Doc nomination!

It Was Just an Accident missing Best Picture to...F1.

I honestly have no idea how the documentary category could go with tomorrow's Oscar nominations, and actually kind of enjoy how it's a wild card of the morning. There isn't an Octopus Teacher/It Was Just an Accident in the bunch, so it's a list of winners no matter how it turns out. Good year.

Here comes Sundance! Best of luck to anyone trying to watch movies among the tidal waves of emails, follow-ups, double-taps, check-ins, and circle-backs. Put down the phone!

Report for FIPRESCI from Palm Springs is up with a look at how this year's slate of Oscar submissions for Best International Feature spotlight the plight of young people amid various social and economic conflicts. fipresci.org/report/testa...

Some very good cats in the Sundance docs so far! 🐈

Congratulations to our latest #TFCAawards winners! 🏆 Company3 Luminary Award: @filmswelike.bsky.social's Ron Mann 🏆 Telefilm Canada Emerging Critic Award: Nirris Nagendrarajah 🏆 Jay Scott Prize: Xiaodan He torontofilmcritics.com/features/ron...