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 our memories.
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The 17 best films of 2023 so far
Alex Heeney reflects back on the 17 best films at the 2023 so far
Visions du Réel Review: Piotr Pawlus and Tomasz Wolski’s In Ukraine
Tomasz Wolski’s observational documentary In Ukraine is the best and most harrowing film I’ve seen about the Ukraine War because it focuses on the banal.
Visions du Réel & HotDocs Review: Erik Gandini’s After Work
Erik Gandini works with documentary images and sounds as if he’s making a musical in his creative nonfiction film After Work, a look at varying attitudes to work around the world.
Visions du Réel Review: An Inhabited Volcano
The documentary film An Inhabited Volcano offers a personal look at the 2021 La Palma volcano eruption through WhatsApp messages.
Sundance 2023 Ep.7: Best of the fest + documentaries Fantastic Machine, Is There Anybody Out There, and more
In the seventh and final episode of the Sundance 2023 podcast season, we discuss the documentaries at Sundance 2023, focusing on Fantastic Machine, Is There Anybody Out There?, The Stroll, and Plan C. We also discuss the best films of Sundance and wrap up our discussion of the festival