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The Arbor
Why this pick
Like Sarah Polley’s film, this formally daring documentary reconstructs personal testimony into an intimate, layered inquiry about memory, family, and who gets to tell a life story.
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MOVIE2012 1h 48m CAN
IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU
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Why this pick
A deeply personal nonfiction mosaic that finds emotional truth in fragments, combining the filmmaker’s presence, accumulated footage, and ethical reflection without forcing easy conclusions.
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Dick Johnson Is Dead
Why this pick
Its playful staged inventions and aching father-daughter intimacy echo the way Stories We Tell uses artifice not to diminish truth, but to approach emotionally elusive realities.
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The Mole Agent
Why this pick
A tender, deceptively constructed-feeling documentary whose patient observation turns an unusual premise into a humane reflection on loneliness, performance, and connection.
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F for Fake
Why this pick
For the pleasure of a documentary that openly plays with authorship and reliability: Welles makes questions of truth, storytelling, and cinematic manipulation feel witty and exhilarating.
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Michael Polley
Himself - Storyteller
John Buchan
Himself - Storyteller
Mark Polley
Himself - Storyteller
Victoria Mitchell
Herself - Storyteller
Mort Ransen
Himself - Storyteller
Geoffrey Bowes
Himself - Storyteller
Tom Butler
Himself - Storyteller
Pixie Bigelow
Herself - Storyteller