Alla Kovgan discusses restaging and shooting excerpts from Cunningham’s work for her 3D doc Cunningham, including creating the camera choreography and capturing the sound.
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The search for strange: Werner Herzog re-examines Bruce Chatwin’s travels in Nomad
20 years after travel writer Bruce Chatwin’s death, Herzog’s new film Nomad: In the Footsteps of Bruce Chatwin serves as both a celebration of Chatwin’s curiosity and a retrospective of Herzog’s own explorations.
TIFF19 review: Hind Meddeb’s documentary Paris Stalingrad captures a particular political moment
Hind Meddah’s Paris Stalingrad questions the spectacle of authoritarian xenophobia.
Elsa Kremser and Levin Peter on Space Dogs
Directors Elsa Kremser and Levin Peter discuss their Locarno documentary Space Dogs, about today’s Moscow street dogs and those of the past that were sent into space.
The Stone Speakers raises questions about selective presentations of history
Brett Pardy reviews Igor Drljača’s documentary The Stone Speakers, which questions what selective presentations of history for tourist consumption mean for the country’s current identity.
Klayman on filming Steve Bannon in The Brink: ‘Let him underestimate me and let me never underestimate him’
Alison Klayman discusses her new documentary, The Brink, a character study of Steve Bannon that spans a year. The Brink begins with Steve Bannon discussing the mechanics of Nazism and Hitler’s rise to power. He’s critical, of course — no political figure wants to be seen praising the literal Nazis — but the irony is […]