One of the most eye-opening and subtle films about grief and suicide, the moving documentary sees the director Orlando von Einsiedel and his family talk about the suicide of his brother Evelyn for the first time. Read our interview with Evelyn cinematographer Franklin Dow here.
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.
Frederick Wiseman on Monrovia, Indiana: ‘I learned more about how to make a film by editing myself than any other way.’
In our fourth interview with Frederick Wiseman in as many years, he discusses his latest film, Monrovia, Indiana, collaborating with his longtime cinematographer, how he approaches theatre vs documentary film, and the shot he thinks ‘looked cool’.
Review: First Stripes depicts masculinity in training
First Stripes reveals how training designed to equalize recruits ends up reproducing a conservative set of norms.
‘It’s part of my life, not a horror film’: Jennifer Fox on The Tale
We interview Jennifer Fox about The Tale, which tells of her own experience as a woman in her forties who finds herself flooded with long-buried memories of the abuse she suffered as a child. This interview was conducted at the Sundance London Film Festival.
Leilah Weinraub on exalting hedonism in Shakedown
Leilah Weinraub discusses Shakedown, waiting for the right climate to release her film on black lesbian club nights, the pitfalls of classic documentary practice, and trusting your audience.
Agnès Varda’s Faces Places re-sensitizes us to the internet
In her new documentary, Faces Places, French New Wave director Agnès Varda interrogates the boundary between the internet and real life — an interest that is reflected in Varda’s personal Instagram.