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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 of POV Magazine, Canada’s destination for documentary culture, and has contributed to other publications including The Canadian Encyclopedia, Beatroute, Awards Daily, Paste, Xtra, Documentary, and his independent blog Cinemablographer. Pat is the president of the Toronto Film Critics Association, a member of the Online Film Critics Society and GALECA, and an international voter for the Golden Globe Awards.

He lives in Toronto with his cat, Fellini.

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Articles by Pat Mullen:

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  March 28, 2019

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  Hotel Mumbai: Jason Isaacs, Anupam Kher, Nazanin Boniadi, and Anthony Maras on Finding Unity in Divisive Times

  The cast and director of Hotel Mumbai discuss approaching the Indian tragedy respectfully and authentically to help audiences connect with its story of everyday heroes.

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  March 20, 2019

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  The Aftermath Review

  The predicament of how allies and rivals repair fresh wounds fuels the striking post-war drama The Aftermath starring Keira Knightley, Jason Clarke, and Alexander Skarsgård.

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  March 15, 2019

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  Danishka’s Dystopia: A Talk with Level 16 Director Danishka Esterhazy

  Pat Mullen talks to Level 16 director Danishka Esterhazy about sci-fi, fantasy, and horror movies, the challenges and pleasures of building a world from scratch, and how the conversation around #MeToo will inevitably add to the film’s impact.

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  March 7, 2019

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  Triple Frontier Review

  The premise of Triple Frontier isn’t entirely new, but its tale of honour among thieves is one that never grows old.

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  February 14, 2019

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  Everybody Knows Review

  Director Asghar Farhadi’s riveting drama is a moral fable disguised as a potboiler that pulls the strings on a deceptively familiar premise.

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  January 24, 2019

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  Cold War Review

  Will audiences ever tire of silly love songs? A handful of ditties replay throughout Pawel Pawlikowski’s Cold War and each reprisal of a tune breaks one’s heart into pieces.

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  December 28, 2018

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  Lifechanger Review

  As both a character study and an exercise in low-budget genre filmmaking, Lifechanger finds a smart balance between the ideas it seeks to evoke and the unsettling thrill that thenhorror provides.

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  December 26, 2018

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  Director Cristina Gallego Talks Birds of Passage

  The team behind the arthouse hit and Oscar nominee Embrace of the Serpent  is back. We spoke with Birds of Passage director Cristina Gallego about the electrifying Colombian cartel drama.