Martha Coolidge's creative nonfiction film Not a Pretty Picture (1976) is hitting cinemas in a new 4K restoration from Janus Films, screening this week in NYC …
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Martha Coolidge's creative nonfiction film Not a Pretty Picture (1976) is hitting cinemas in a new 4K restoration from Janus Films, screening this week in NYC …
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Kleber Mendonça Filho’s creative nonfiction documentary Pictures of Ghosts is an ode to the public and private spaces where we live our lives and how they hold …
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The 2023 Mill Valley Film Festival showcases an eclectic mix of Oscar-bait and indie films from around the world, including The Promised Land, National Anthem, …
Piotr Pawlus and Tomasz Wolski's observational documentary film In Ukraine provides a glimpse of quotidian life in a war zone. We interview Tomasz Wolski about …
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Erik Gandini works with documentary images and sounds as if he's making a musical in his creative nonfiction film After Work, a look at varying attitudes to …
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The documentary film An Inhabited Volcano offers a personal look at the 2021 La Palma volcano eruption through WhatsApp messages. Discover more creative …
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