Don't miss this doc at Inside Out - quite powerful!

So it's great to hear that Cannes was amazing for queer cinema (we'll judge the Firstman on North American terms 👀) but does anyone else find it disheartening that Thierry stacked all the gay shit in competition at the end after most press traditionally leave? Feels like... bottom shaming/backwards?

This week in movies! On THE MANDALORIAN AND GROGU "It’s literally one battle after another." - @chrisknightfilm.bsky.social "a slightly beefed-up The Mandalorian episode, but a watered-down Star Wars movie." - @victorstiff.bsky.social torontofilmcritics.com/features/tfc...

Quick chat about politics and sleeves with Boots Riley. Go see I Love Boosters this weekend! thatshelf.com/boots-riley-...

Docs at @insideoutfestival.bsky.social! Some fun stuff this weekend. 👇

Woo, got my $49.11 from the Loblaws bread lawsuit. What can we sue the Weston family for next? Because I really enjoyed being at a work event the other day where 4 professionals were sharing To Good To Go tips. "Will trade sheep for wheat" is for Settlers of Catan, not day-to-day living.🍞

The environmental film Groundswell by Joshua Tickell and Rebecca Tickell wins the second Golden Globes-Artemis Rising Award for Documentary at #Cannes. povmagazine.com/groundswell-...

Ron Howard's AVEDON offers a nuanced, detailed, and entirely compelling, yet unabashedly celebratory look at the photographer’s art and the legacy. #Cannes povmagazine.com/avedon-revie...

This week in movies! On SILENT FRIEND 🌳 "the characters are well-defined" - Alice Shih "forced and pretentious" - Gilbert Seah "a work of poetics and great intentions" - Marc Glassman torontofilmcritics.com/features/tfc...

A toast to the Rocky Horror doc. 🍞

Even the smallest touch connotes existential ramifications that transcend the sport in soccer doc THE MATCH. @filmfest.bsky.social looks at the film that revisits the 1986 Argentina/England World Cup showdown. #Cannes povmagazine.com/the-match-re...

Both disappointed and pleased that Bay Street Video sold out of Twinless Blu-rays before I got there today. They probably outgrossed its theatrical run!

Disappointed that Marty doesn't dish about dating Meryl in his new Netflix doc, but there's some great archive, a surprisingly smart take on grief, and some final words from Catherine O'Hara.

"With Brampton, I wanted to take the time and capture the moments that go unseen and undervalued in our city." Amreen Kullar tells Nidhil Vohra about representing the city's South Asian community in @hotdocs.bsky.social short I SEE MYSELF IN YOU. povmagazine.com/amreen-kulla...

Finally got around to seeing MICHAEL. Respectable 'high' placement Snatch Game performance. It's entertaining, for a Roman Polanski biopic that ends with CHINATOWN. Nothing but hits, baby.

This week in movies! On MORTAL KOMBAT 2 ⚔️ "stylish choreography and stomach-churning fatalities" - @victorstiff.bsky.social "There’s a definite samey-ness vibe" - @joelipsett.bsky.social "A silly and contrived repetition" - @jacksonweaver.bsky.social torontofilmcritics.com/features/tfc...

It's not The Eras Tour or Renaissance, but Billie Eilish: Hit Me Hard and Soft is a fun concert doc.

Let's end that drought, baby. 🏆 www.goldderby.com/film/2026/de...

Recapping #HotDocs26 - overall good stuff, but let's hope the Toronto film scene takes note and brings back proper theatrical releases for docs.

This was a lot of fun. A Hot Docs highlight. Kept the line about vaginas not doing it for him, as per filmmaker's request.

Big fan of Vegapolis at Hot Docs. FYI, if you missed it, there is actually a Vimeo link in the EPK in the media download centre. Worth a look!

Vegapolis > Megalopolis #hotdocs26

Good year for sheep at Hot Docs. 🐑

I don't love the updates to the Oscar rules, but if a TIFF Platform win makes a film eligible for Int'l, hopefully it inspires the fest to step its game up...the competition was off (mostly) off the hook in its early years, but then quickly became a sidebar for films that didn't fit anywhere else.

2 tickets to the Meryl show, please. 👠👠

Come through, BC river documentaries! 🌊

A Hot Docs highlight!

Atta girl, Meryl! Very glad the The Devil Wears Prada holds up, since I wouldn't run a magazine if not for Miranda. (One not quite as glamorous as Runway, but whatever.)

GIMME TRUTH provides a sobering illustration of how freedom, unmoored from truth, becomes a destabilizing force. #HotDocs26 povmagazine.com/gimme-truth-...

BABY JACKFRUIT BABY GUAVA squeezes the heart just right. #HotDocs26 povmagazine.com/baby-jackfru...

After GUIDELINES and FIRST STRIPES, Jean-François Caissy continues to explore youth experiences in KINDERGARTEN. Nirris Nagendrarajah chats with the director ahead of the his film's premiere at @hotdocs.bsky.social #HotDocs26 povmagazine.com/jean-francoi...

Great choice!

Eka, a spiritual leader and bissu in the Bugis community of South Sulawesi, Indonesia, finds her faith at a crossroads as she prepares for Hajj in A Distant Call. povmagazine.com/a-distant-ca...

#WhileBlack examines the impact of citizen journalism in the digital age and the rapacious systems mining Black trauma for profit, writes @victorstiff.bsky.social #HotDocs26 povmagazine.com/whileblack-r...

"As a filmmaker, you know the amazing thing you get to do, for documentary, is to engage someone and ask a follow-up question." Alison Klayman talks SCENES FROM THE DIVIDE with @filmfest.bsky.social ahead of its @hotdocs.bsky.social premiere #HotDocs26 povmagazine.com/alison-klaym...

#HotDocs26 Big Ideas premier LOVE APPTUALLY explores the ways in which dating apps exploit users' desire for connection and hook them into cycles of despair for profit. povmagazine.com/love-apptual...

It's...fine. but no more river movies, please. (So many river movies.)

Sámi reindeer herders go toe to toe with the Norwegian government in Let Our Mountains Live when an energy project sets up shop on their land. #hotdocs26 povmagazine.com/let-our-moun...

Nekai Foster shares his journey to recovery after being caught in the crosshairs of a shooting in Toronto's Jane & Finch neighbourhood in NEKAI WALKS. #hotdocs26 povmagazine.com/nekai-walks-...

ANTIDIVA: THE CAROLE POPE CONFESSIONS works because of, and in spite of, Carole Pope, as Dusty Springfield might say. Our review of #HotDocs26's opening night film povmagazine.com/antidiva-the...

Fun times chatting IT'S DOROTHY!, The Wizard of Oz, Judy Garland, Showgirls, etc with Jeffrey McHale ahead of the film's premiere at Hot Docs. #HotDocs26 povmagazine.com/its-dorothy-...

Previewing Hot Docs! What's new/ what's good.

Carole Pope's Rough Ride: In our new cover story, Susan G. Cole looks at @hotdocs.bsky.social opener ANTIDIVA: THE CAROLE POPE CONFESSIONS, which explores the life and music of the Rough Trade rocker who blew open doors for queer representation. #HotDocs26 povmagazine.com/carole-popes...

The new Line 5 is really being a struggle bus. At Mount Pleasant Station, wait time for next train to Eglinton was 16 minutes this morning. The walk time between stations takes... less than 8 minutes. Get those steps in! 🚶‍♂️

And with that, Drag Race jumps the shark.

This week in movies! On MILE END KICKS 🕶️ "the vibe of those alt-weekly scenes feels eerily authentic" - @glennsumi.bsky.social "Levack nails the look and feel of the place" - @peterhowellfilm.bsky.social "realistic and effective" - Gilbert Seah torontofilmcritics.com/features/tfc...

Embargoed up the wazoo, but here are 15 or so festival circuit hits (and misses!) we already covered that are coming to Hot Docs. Esp. worth a look are Time and Water, Jaripeo, American Doctor, Barbara Forever, To Hold a Mountain, Black Zombie, and more! povmagazine.com/all-the-hot-...

It's that time of year! Seeking new Miranda Girl for POV. Fetch that Starbucks while it's piping hot.