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Pat Mullen
Associate Editor / Senior Critic
Pat Mullen received an MA from Carleton University where his studies focused on adaptation and Canadian cinema. He is the publisher and co-editor at POV Magazine, Canada’s destination for documentary culture, and has contributed to other publications including The Canadian Encyclopedia, Beatroute, Awards Daily, Paste, Documentary, and his independent blog Cinemablographer. Pat is a member of the a Toronto Film Critics Association and the Online Film Critics Society. He lives in Toronto with his cat, Fellini.Articles by Pat Mullen:
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June 23, 2022
Elvis Review: All Hail the New KingAustin Butler excels as Elvis Presley in Baz Luhrmann’s amped-up and electrified portrait of the King of Rock-and-Roll. It’s just a shame the film has Tom Hanks.
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June 23, 2022
In the Wake Review: A New Kind of Disaster MovieToronto Japanese Film Festival selection In the Wake offers provocative procedural set amid the aftermath of the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami.
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June 22, 2022
Chatting with the Umbrella Academy Crew: Saved By the BirdUmbrella Academy stars Robert Sheehan, Tom Hopper, Emmy Raver-Lampman, Justin H. Min, David Castañeda, and showrunner Steve Blackman preview season three of Netflix’s hit series.
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June 19, 2022
Midnight Swan Review: A Dance with Good IntentionsToronto Japanese Film Festival selection Midnight Swan stars Tsuyoshi Kusanagi and Misaki Hattori in a portrait of a transgender woman who takes a child under her wing.
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June 9, 2022
Plan A Review: Where Revenge Fantasy Meets RealityThe 2022 Toronto Jewish Film Festival opens with Plan A Yoav Paz and Doron Paz’s dramatization of post-war revenge against the Nazis starring August Diehl in a commanding performance.
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June 3, 2022
Crimes of the Future Review: Sickos, Rejoice!With Crimes of the Future, David Cronenberg reminds us that he’s Canada’s best and boldest filmmaker. And who expected Kristen Stewart and Don McKellar to be such a dream team?
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June 2, 2022
Fire Island Review: Read Me to Filth, Please!With Fire Island Andrew Anh and Joel Kim Booster deliver a hot, witty, and inclusive gay update of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice.
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May 30, 2022
The Divide Review: L’amour en gilet jauneCatherine Corsini’s The Divide is a powerful character-driven study of a hospital in chaos amid the yellow jacket protests of 2018.
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May 19, 2022
Downton Abbey: A New Era Review – Change (Sort of) Comes CallingDownton: Abbey: A New Era offers more for fans to love, including a very funny play between the advent of sound cinema and Downton’s need to change.
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April 15, 2022
Paris, 13th District Review: For the LoversParis, 13th District is Jacques Audiard’s drama about three intertwined love stories in a dense and very vertical corner of the city.
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April 11, 2022
Scarborough Leads Canadian Screen Awards WinnersWinners at the 2022 Canadian Screen Awards include Scarborough, Night Raiders, Drunken Birds, Wildhood, Learn to Swim, and Kímmapiiyipitssini.
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April 1, 2022
Boyhood Blasts Off: Richard Linklater Talks Apollo 10½An interview with Apollo 10½ director Richard Linklater on revisiting the Moon landing through a child’s eyes in the summer of 1969.
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March 31, 2022
Everything Went Fine Review: Marceau la magnifiqueSophie Marceau gives a performance of finely-tuned emotional restraint in François Ozon’s end-of-life drama Everything Went Fine.
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