Disability isn’t so bad — if you happen to be rich and famous. Such is the message of Clay Tweel’s documentary Gleason, which documents retired NFL linebacker …
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Israeli auteur Tali Shalom-Ezer discusses Princess
Princess is a sensitive, intimate film about 12-year-old Adar whose curiosity about sex gets confused when she receives sexual attention from her still loving …
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H. directors Rania Attieh and Daniel Garcia discuss their sci-fi film for the digital-age
Structured almost like a classical, Greek tragedy, H. explores mass hysteria. Co-directors Daniel Garcia and Rania Attieh discuss their filmmaking process at …
The 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 …
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Notes on Blindness explores the soundscape
Documentarians Peter Middleton and James Spinney use segments of John M. Hull’s actual audio tape recordings to reconstruct his experience of going blind in …
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Gerard Barrett on addiction and loneliness in Glassland
Irish writer-director Gerard Barrett’s second film, the sensitive and heartbreaking Glassland — about an almost grown boy, John (Jack Reynor) and the stress he …
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