Pat Mullen
@patmullen.bsky.social
Writer on the movie beat and publisher of @povmagazine.bsky.social, Canada's documentary magazine. Veep @torontofilmcritics.bsky.social.
📍Toronto
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A tale of big bulls and bigger balls, Afternoons of Solitude is an ambitious, artsy slice of slow cinema.
Albert Serra goes in the ring with matador Andrés Roca Rey as he tangos with bulls to test the measure of a man in Afternoons of Solitude. povmagazine.com/afternoons-o...
Afternoons of Solitude Review: All the Beauty and the Bloodsport - POV Magazine
Afternoons of Solitude review: Albert Serra goes in the ring with matador Andrés Roca Rey as he tangos with bulls to test the measure of a man.
povmagazine.com
December 3, 2025 at 1:04 AM
A tale of big bulls and bigger balls, Afternoons of Solitude is an ambitious, artsy slice of slow cinema.
We can talk about the new Avatár now? Solid popcorn movie.
Visuals are the most impressive technical feat yet with all that fire (and ash!). Story is very repetitive (every time someone saves Spider, take a shot) but Oona Chapman's a good baddie and Edie Falco got paid. Would be fine ending here.
Visuals are the most impressive technical feat yet with all that fire (and ash!). Story is very repetitive (every time someone saves Spider, take a shot) but Oona Chapman's a good baddie and Edie Falco got paid. Would be fine ending here.
a woman with a feathered headdress is standing in front of a fire
ALT: a woman with a feathered headdress is standing in front of a fire
media.tenor.com
December 2, 2025 at 2:16 PM
We can talk about the new Avatár now? Solid popcorn movie.
Visuals are the most impressive technical feat yet with all that fire (and ash!). Story is very repetitive (every time someone saves Spider, take a shot) but Oona Chapman's a good baddie and Edie Falco got paid. Would be fine ending here.
Visuals are the most impressive technical feat yet with all that fire (and ash!). Story is very repetitive (every time someone saves Spider, take a shot) but Oona Chapman's a good baddie and Edie Falco got paid. Would be fine ending here.
Nouvelle Vague: So glad some guy in France saw Mank. Zoey Deutch is wonderful as Margot Martindale in Paris, je t'aime.
November 29, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Nouvelle Vague: So glad some guy in France saw Mank. Zoey Deutch is wonderful as Margot Martindale in Paris, je t'aime.
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This week in movies!
On HAMNET 🎭
"Try keeping your eyes dry" - @peterhowellfilm.bsky.social
"hand Jessie Buckley a trophy right now" - Jim Slotek
"Her all-in performance is riveting" - Kate Taylor
"Buckley sells it" - Glenn Sumi
torontofilmcritics.com/features/tfc...
On HAMNET 🎭
"Try keeping your eyes dry" - @peterhowellfilm.bsky.social
"hand Jessie Buckley a trophy right now" - Jim Slotek
"Her all-in performance is riveting" - Kate Taylor
"Buckley sells it" - Glenn Sumi
torontofilmcritics.com/features/tfc...
TFCA Friday: Movie Reviews for Nov. 28 - Toronto Film Critics Association
Movie reviews for Hamnet, Meadowlarks, Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery, Zootopia 2, The Stringer, Ick, and more.
torontofilmcritics.com
November 28, 2025 at 9:17 PM
This week in movies!
On HAMNET 🎭
"Try keeping your eyes dry" - @peterhowellfilm.bsky.social
"hand Jessie Buckley a trophy right now" - Jim Slotek
"Her all-in performance is riveting" - Kate Taylor
"Buckley sells it" - Glenn Sumi
torontofilmcritics.com/features/tfc...
On HAMNET 🎭
"Try keeping your eyes dry" - @peterhowellfilm.bsky.social
"hand Jessie Buckley a trophy right now" - Jim Slotek
"Her all-in performance is riveting" - Kate Taylor
"Buckley sells it" - Glenn Sumi
torontofilmcritics.com/features/tfc...
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"It’s their coming home moment and they’re coming home to each other."
Tasha Hubbard and Michael Greyeyes tell us about adapting the acclaimed documentary BIRTH OF A FAMILY into the moving drama MEADOWLARKS povmagazine.com/how-meadowla...
Tasha Hubbard and Michael Greyeyes tell us about adapting the acclaimed documentary BIRTH OF A FAMILY into the moving drama MEADOWLARKS povmagazine.com/how-meadowla...
How Meadowlarks Reimagines an Acclaimed Documentary - POV Magazine
Meadowlarks director Tasha Hubbard and star Michael Greyeyes on reimagining the acclaimed documentary Birth of a Family about siblings uniting after the Sixties Scoop tore their family apart.
povmagazine.com
November 28, 2025 at 1:21 PM
"It’s their coming home moment and they’re coming home to each other."
Tasha Hubbard and Michael Greyeyes tell us about adapting the acclaimed documentary BIRTH OF A FAMILY into the moving drama MEADOWLARKS povmagazine.com/how-meadowla...
Tasha Hubbard and Michael Greyeyes tell us about adapting the acclaimed documentary BIRTH OF A FAMILY into the moving drama MEADOWLARKS povmagazine.com/how-meadowla...
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FIUME O MORTE!, Croatia's submission in the Oscar race for Best International Feature, lets residents of a city on the Adriatic Sea reclaim their history through performance. povmagazine.com/fiumo-o-mort...
Fiumo O Morte! Review: Fighting Fascism through Humour - POV Magazine
Fiume O Morte! review: Ingenious hybrid drama playfully reconstructs and reappropriates the history of a fascist who barely remains as a memory.
povmagazine.com
November 27, 2025 at 2:44 PM
FIUME O MORTE!, Croatia's submission in the Oscar race for Best International Feature, lets residents of a city on the Adriatic Sea reclaim their history through performance. povmagazine.com/fiumo-o-mort...
Every time the girl in Left Handed Girl uses her left hand.
a man in a yellow shirt is sitting in a chair holding a cup
ALT: a man in a yellow shirt is sitting in a chair holding a cup
media.tenor.com
November 27, 2025 at 5:06 AM
Every time the girl in Left Handed Girl uses her left hand.
Such a fan of The Mastermind and I really don't get how people think it's "slow Reichardt" ... like, by her standards, it's pretty snappy. Josh O'Connor is aces as bumbling Thomas Crown with basic taste. Art.
November 27, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Such a fan of The Mastermind and I really don't get how people think it's "slow Reichardt" ... like, by her standards, it's pretty snappy. Josh O'Connor is aces as bumbling Thomas Crown with basic taste. Art.
A highlight of the year: getting to chat with Jessie Buckley, Paul Mescal, and Chloé Zhao on Hamnet and that brilliant ending. (Not in the script!)
"Everybody's hearts came ricocheting through me." Jessie Buckley, Paul Mescal, and Chloe Zhao join us to discuss #Hamnet.
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Jessie Buckley, Paul Mescal, and Chloé Zhao on Hamnet’s Emotional Tsunami
An interview with Hamnet stars Jessie Buckley and Paul Mescal, and director Chloé Zhao, on adapting the story behind Shakespeare's beloved tragedy.
thatshelf.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:25 AM
A highlight of the year: getting to chat with Jessie Buckley, Paul Mescal, and Chloé Zhao on Hamnet and that brilliant ending. (Not in the script!)
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Sophie Bédard Marcotte observes her own Sisyphean task of making a documentary, but finds a love story instead in I Lost Sight of the Landscape. Rachel Ho reviews from #RIDM2025 povmagazine.com/i-lost-sight...
I Lost Sight of the Landscape Review: They Found Love in a Hopeful Place - POV Magazine
I Lost Sight of the Landscape review: Sophie Bédard Marcotte observes her own Sisyphean task of making a documentary, but finds a love story instead.
povmagazine.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Sophie Bédard Marcotte observes her own Sisyphean task of making a documentary, but finds a love story instead in I Lost Sight of the Landscape. Rachel Ho reviews from #RIDM2025 povmagazine.com/i-lost-sight...
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Canadian docs THE PINK PILL, SHIFTING BASELINES, and A VIEW FROM HOME among @docnycfest.bsky.social winners: povmagazine.com/three-canadi...
Three Canadian Films Among DOC NYC Winners - POV Magazine
DOC NYC announces 2025 award winners including The Pink Pill: Sex, Drugs, and Who Has Control, Shifting Baselines, and a View from Home.
povmagazine.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Canadian docs THE PINK PILL, SHIFTING BASELINES, and A VIEW FROM HOME among @docnycfest.bsky.social winners: povmagazine.com/three-canadi...
Rental Family is sweet. A nice little palate cleanser in the awards season binge watching.
November 22, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Rental Family is sweet. A nice little palate cleanser in the awards season binge watching.
Not the best year for competitive festivals between the 💩Panahi 💩 and the Jarmusch.
Fools' gold! (L'or des fous !)
Fools' gold! (L'or des fous !)
November 22, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Not the best year for competitive festivals between the 💩Panahi 💩 and the Jarmusch.
Fools' gold! (L'or des fous !)
Fools' gold! (L'or des fous !)
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On WICKED: FOR GOOD 🧹
"a rollicking good time" - @chrisknightfilm.bsky.social
"the emotional centre of this film is Grande’s Glinda" - @glennsumi.bsky.social
"Erivo once again shows off her incredible vocal talents" - @jacksonweaver.bsky.social
torontofilmcritics.com/features/tfc...
"a rollicking good time" - @chrisknightfilm.bsky.social
"the emotional centre of this film is Grande’s Glinda" - @glennsumi.bsky.social
"Erivo once again shows off her incredible vocal talents" - @jacksonweaver.bsky.social
torontofilmcritics.com/features/tfc...
TFCA Friday: Movie Reviews for Nov. 21 - Toronto Film Critics Association
Movie reviews for Wicked: For Good, Rental Family, Champagne Problems, Zodiac Killer Project, Blossoms Shanghai, and more.
torontofilmcritics.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:57 PM
On WICKED: FOR GOOD 🧹
"a rollicking good time" - @chrisknightfilm.bsky.social
"the emotional centre of this film is Grande’s Glinda" - @glennsumi.bsky.social
"Erivo once again shows off her incredible vocal talents" - @jacksonweaver.bsky.social
torontofilmcritics.com/features/tfc...
"a rollicking good time" - @chrisknightfilm.bsky.social
"the emotional centre of this film is Grande’s Glinda" - @glennsumi.bsky.social
"Erivo once again shows off her incredible vocal talents" - @jacksonweaver.bsky.social
torontofilmcritics.com/features/tfc...
Had an enjoyable chaotic chat with John M. Chu about Wicked: For Good, allies, and all things space-related.
If the first “Wicked” offered an exercise in holding space, then “Wicked: For Good” serves a lesson in claiming space.
Is ‘Wicked: For Good’ really what queer and trans people need right now? | Xtra Magazine
Director Jon M. Chu tells Xtra how allyship is intrinsic to the “Wicked” films
xtramagazine.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Had an enjoyable chaotic chat with John M. Chu about Wicked: For Good, allies, and all things space-related.
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Listen to the original song "Salt Then Sour Then Sweet" for COME SEE ME IN THE GOOD LIGHT performed by Sara Bareilles and Brandi Carlile open.spotify.com/track/46o2qU...
Salt Then Sour Then Sweet (feat. Brandi Carlile)
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November 14, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Listen to the original song "Salt Then Sour Then Sweet" for COME SEE ME IN THE GOOD LIGHT performed by Sara Bareilles and Brandi Carlile open.spotify.com/track/46o2qU...
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This week in movies!
On SENTIMENTAL VALUE 🏠
"gorgeous, insightful" - Johanna Schneller
"It’s complex. It’s human." - Karen Gordon
"Skarsgard headlines the film with profoundly amusing cocksure confidence" - @hertzbarry.bsky.social
torontofilmcritics.com/features/tfc...
On SENTIMENTAL VALUE 🏠
"gorgeous, insightful" - Johanna Schneller
"It’s complex. It’s human." - Karen Gordon
"Skarsgard headlines the film with profoundly amusing cocksure confidence" - @hertzbarry.bsky.social
torontofilmcritics.com/features/tfc...
TFCA Friday: Movie Reviews for Nov. 14 - Toronto Film Critics Association
Movie reviews for Sentimental Value, Come See Me in the Good Light, The Running Man, Now You See Me: Now You Don't, After All, and more!
torontofilmcritics.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:32 PM
This week in movies!
On SENTIMENTAL VALUE 🏠
"gorgeous, insightful" - Johanna Schneller
"It’s complex. It’s human." - Karen Gordon
"Skarsgard headlines the film with profoundly amusing cocksure confidence" - @hertzbarry.bsky.social
torontofilmcritics.com/features/tfc...
On SENTIMENTAL VALUE 🏠
"gorgeous, insightful" - Johanna Schneller
"It’s complex. It’s human." - Karen Gordon
"Skarsgard headlines the film with profoundly amusing cocksure confidence" - @hertzbarry.bsky.social
torontofilmcritics.com/features/tfc...
Opening in Toronto tomorrow, SENTIMENTAL VALUE is just about near-perfect with its look at art-imitating-life and the complexity of putting private lives on the public stage. thatshelf.com/sentimental-...
Sentimental Value Review: TIFF 2025 - That Shelf
Sentimental Value review: Renate Reinsve and Stellan Skarsgard lead an outstanding cast in Joachim Trier's rumination on art imitating life.
thatshelf.com
November 14, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Opening in Toronto tomorrow, SENTIMENTAL VALUE is just about near-perfect with its look at art-imitating-life and the complexity of putting private lives on the public stage. thatshelf.com/sentimental-...
I was so confused as to what outlet 'Narrator' was. 🤦♂️
November 13, 2025 at 10:01 PM
I was so confused as to what outlet 'Narrator' was. 🤦♂️
This list is pretty great for the year in documentary.
COME SEE ME IN THE GOOD LIGHT leads @cinemaeyehonors.bsky.social nominations honouring the year in documentary povmagazine.com/come-see-me-...
Come See Me in the Good Light Leads Cinema Eye Honors Nominations - POV Magazine
Nominations for the Cinema Eye Honors include documentaries Come See Me in the Good Light, Cover-Up, The Perfect Neighbor, and Afternoons of Solitude.
povmagazine.com
November 13, 2025 at 9:02 PM
This list is pretty great for the year in documentary.
And we have new Meryl! Devil Wears Prada 2 teaser 👠👠 youtu.be/9c-DrMe8o5Q?...
The Devil Wears Prada 2 | Teaser Trailer
YouTube video by 20th Century Studios
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November 12, 2025 at 7:04 PM
And we have new Meryl! Devil Wears Prada 2 teaser 👠👠 youtu.be/9c-DrMe8o5Q?...
Chatting with the COME SEE ME IN THE GOOD LIGHT team on bringing Andrea Gibson and Megan Falley's story to the screen. Out Nov. 14 -- get ready for all the feels!
How Come See Me in the Good Light Pays Tribute to Life, Love, and Laughter: Ryan White, Jessica Hargrave, Meagan Falley, and Tig Notaro tell us about the magic behind the best film of the year. povmagazine.com/how-come-see...
How Come See Me in the Good Light Pays Tribute to Life, Love, and Laughter - POV Magazine
An interview with Come See Me in the Good Light director Ryan White, producers Jessica Hargrave and Tig Notaro, and star Megan Falley.
povmagazine.com
November 12, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Chatting with the COME SEE ME IN THE GOOD LIGHT team on bringing Andrea Gibson and Megan Falley's story to the screen. Out Nov. 14 -- get ready for all the feels!
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Now online from our current issue, Nidhil Vohra looks at the art of student protest in THE ENCAMPMENTS and A NIGHT OF KNOWING NOTHING povmagazine.com/the-kids-are...
The Kids Are Alright: Student Protest in A Night of Knowing Nothing and The Encampments - POV Magazine
The essay explores the depiction and importance of student protests in The Encampments and A Night of Knowing Nothing
povmagazine.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Now online from our current issue, Nidhil Vohra looks at the art of student protest in THE ENCAMPMENTS and A NIGHT OF KNOWING NOTHING povmagazine.com/the-kids-are...
Fellini is loving the first snow! ☃️
November 9, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Fellini is loving the first snow! ☃️
Missed it at TIFF, but caught up on it tonight, Japan's Oscar submission KOKUHO is a stunner. Beautifully shot and realized, I think this is a dark horse of the category.
November 9, 2025 at 3:48 AM
Missed it at TIFF, but caught up on it tonight, Japan's Oscar submission KOKUHO is a stunner. Beautifully shot and realized, I think this is a dark horse of the category.