Alex Heeney takes a look at some of the animated documentaries that screened at HotDocs 2024, including Pelikan Blue, The Day Iceland Stood Still, Grand Theft …
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Visions du Réel Review: No Other Land
Alex Heeney reviews the documentary No Other Land, one of the highlights of the Visions du Réel Festival. (It also screened the Berlinale.) Listen to our …
Berlinale Review: Klára Tasovská’s I’m Not Everything I Want to Be
Klára Tasovská's inventive documentary I'm Not Everything I Want to Be chronicles the life of photographer Libuše Jarcovjáková as she tries to become who she …
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The 20 best films of 2023
Alex Heeney reflects back on the best films of 2023. Discover more Seventh Row Best of Lists hereAs usual, my list of the year's best films is off the beaten …
Film Review: Martha Coolidge’s Not a Pretty Picture
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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TIFF 23 Film Review: Kleber Mendonça Filho’s Pictures of Ghosts
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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