In this essay, we discuss exile in two Joachim Trier films: Oslo, August 31st’s clear cut, fatalistic story of exile, and how that sense of estrangement in Louder than Bombs is much more complex and optimistic.
Essays
The fifty best documentaries of the 21st century
Seventh Row’s editors pick the best documentaries of the 21st century, from Pina to The Look of Silence to Grizzly Man.
Beyond talking heads: The films that expanded our understanding of ‘documentary’
Fifteen critics and filmmakers weigh in on the films that changed how they thought about documentary in this creative nonfiction survey.
What do you call your nonfiction film?
Six filmmakers, from Penny Lane to Kirsten Johnson, weigh in on the question, what do you call your nonfiction film?
Sundance Review: CODA is a crowdpleaser with nuanced ideas about disability
Siân Heder’s crowd-pleaser, CODA, is a film that, in any other year, would have the Eccles Theatre on its feet with rapturous applause.
Reviews: The Hidden Life of Trees and The Loneliest Whale
Two straightforward nature docs drop you into worlds unseen: travel to forests around the world in The Hidden Life of Trees and underwater in the Pacific Ocean in The Loneliest Whale: The Search for 52.