From Flee to Procession, Seventh Row's editors pick the best documentaries released in 2021 and the best undistributed docs. Read all of our best of 2021 …
Creative Non-Fiction
Creative Non-Fiction is often a more appropriate word for describing innovative forms in documentary filmmaking, which go beyond mere information dump. Here you'll find reviews of films that are pushing the form and interviews with non-fiction filmmakers about making non-fiction works of art.
‘A story about finding home’: Jonas Poher Rasmussen on Flee
Jonas Poher Rasmussen's Flee, the multi-award-winning animated documentary, is now in US cinemas. Here’s why animation was the best way to tell this …
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Robert Greene’s career has been building toward Procession
Procession, the latest from documentary filmmaker Robert Greene, is now on Netflix. Here's why he's calling it the culmination of his career to date. This is …
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Lynne Sachs on Film About a Father Who and a career of personal filmmaking
Eight films by Lynne Sachs premiered on the Criterion Channel this week, including her new feature, Film About a Father Who. We sat down to discuss the decades …
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TIFF Review: Neus Ballús’s The Odd-Job Men is a delightful comedy
Neus Ballús’s The Odd-Job Men is a quiet, lovely little film that charts a week in the life of three “odd-job men” on the outskirts of Barcelona. Read all …
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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. Our ebook on creative nonfiction, …
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