In the new documentary, Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You, directors Rachel Grady and Heidi Ewing celebrate the life of Norman Lear. Though they is herald him as the saviour of television, the film lacks deeper analysis.
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Josh Fox talks How to Let Go of the World (And Love All Things Climate Can’t Change)
Documentarian Josh Fox discusses his new film How to Let Go of the World (And Love All Things Climate Can’t Change). His goal wasn’t to educate but to energize. Fox emphasizes the pressing problem of climate change and elaborates on what political action we can take to help mitigate it.
Chantal Akerman’s final film No Home Movie is a heartbreaking personal essay
Alex Heeney reviews Chantal Akerman’s moving cinematic essay No Home Movie: a tribute to her mother, a holocaust survivor, and a subtle exploration of Jewish “suitcase-ready” culture.
[Read more…] about Chantal Akerman’s final film No Home Movie is a heartbreaking personal essayVogueing at Berlinale: Kiki and Strike a Pose
Despite being a rather niche subject, two documentary films about vogueing competed in the Panorama Documentary section at this year’s Berlin Film Festival.
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Joshua Oppenheimer discusses his haunted, ‘magical realist’ doc The Look of Silence
Joshua Oppenheimer discusses his collaboration with Adi Rukun, the importance of empathy, and the magical realist landscape and soundscape of his Oscar-nominated documentary The Look of Silence. This is an excerpt from the ebook In Their Own Words: Documentary Masters Vol. 1.
To read the full interview, purchase a copy of the ebook here.
[Read more…] about Joshua Oppenheimer discusses his haunted, ‘magical realist’ doc The Look of SilenceThe Lovers and the Despot lacks substance
Sundance Doc The Lovers and the Despot examines a bizarre slice of history that should, from its very subject matter, be interesting. But the film fails to find insight.
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