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‘Deaf President Now!’ Review: Riveting Documentary Reveals a Protest with Civil Rights Implications for So Many Groupsby Christian Blauvelt on May 16, 2025
Nyle DiMarco and Davis Guggenheim tell a story of revolution on a college campus with the narrative verve of “Andor.”
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This Week In Documentaryby Christopher Campbell on May 15, 2025
As we enter the second half of May, favorites from the early film festivals of the year are starting to release publicly for theatrical and streaming audiences. This week, I review one of the biggest documentaries of the year and a couple of small […]
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This Week In Documentaryby Christopher Campbell on May 15, 2025
As we enter the second half of May, favorites from the early film festivals of the year are starting to release publicly for theatrical and streaming audiences. This week, I review one of the biggest documentaries of the year and a couple of small […]
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‘Deaf President Now!’ Reviewby Christopher Campbell on May 15, 2025
Dubbing ASL rather than captioning signers in a documentary seems like the wrong choice, but it worked for Alex Gibney’s Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God, and now it’s allowed and effective in Deaf President Now!, which is directed […]
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DJI Mavic 4 Pro Review & Panasonic LUMIX S1II Mini-Doc | S1II Lab Test | S1IIE | LUMIX 24-60mm Lensby Felix Tappeiner on May 15, 2025
DJI Mavic 4 Pro vs Panasonic LUMIX S1II – Which is the ultimate creator tool? 🎥 In this episode of CineD’s Focus Check Podcast, Nino Leitner and Johnnie Behiri dive deep into DJI’s latest flagship drone with triple usable cameras, true […]
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Panasonic LUMIX S1II Review – First Impression and Mini-Documentaryby Johnnie Behiri on May 15, 2025
The Panasonic LUMIX S1II is here, and we took it for a short spin to create this short review. After all, this LUMIX is proving to be Panasonic’s best full-frame mirrorless camera for video, or when thinking about it, for hybrid work in general. […]
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CNN Films to Produce Documentary ‘I’m Chevy Chase and You’re Not’ on ‘SNL’ and ‘Caddyshack’ Starby Brian Welk on May 14, 2025
Marina Zenovich directs the film that will premiere in 2026.
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Policy Matters: Can Canadian Independent Documentaries Survive?by Sarah Spring on May 14, 2025
This Spring, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) has planned two important hearings: on the definition of Canadian Content (beginning May 14), and on Market Dynamics and Sustainability (how to ensure our content is […]
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“Capturing the Poetic Essence of Childhood Innocence”: Deming Chen and Hansen Lin on Their CPH:DOX and Jeonju Winner ‘Always’by Amarsanaa Battulga on May 12, 2025
“Capturing the Poetic Essence of Childhood Innocence”: Deming Chen and Hansen Lin on Their CPH:DOX and Jeonju Winner ‘Always’ Amarsanaa Battulga Mon, 05/12/2025 – 15:39
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Death by Landscape: Masao Adachi’s ‘A.K.A. Serial Killer’by Alexander Mooney on May 12, 2025
Death by Landscape: Masao Adachi’s ‘A.K.A. Serial Killer’ Alexander Mooney Mon, 05/12/2025 – 10:29
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Francis Ford Coppola Is Keeping His ‘Megalopolis’ Doc All in the Familyby Samantha Bergeson on May 12, 2025
Utopia, which was founded and run by Coppola’s nephew Robert Schwartzman, will distribute the Mike Figgis-directed making-of documentary, “Megadoc.”
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‘Hung Up On A Dream: The Zombies Documentary’ Reviewby Christopher Campbell on May 12, 2025
Compared to last week’s Pick of the Week (the fellow Utopia release Pavements), Hung Up on a Dream: The Zombies Documentary is a fairly conventional music doc, but not in a boring way at all. Directed by the distributor’s co-founder, Robert […]
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‘Hung Up On A Dream: The Zombies Documentary’ Reviewby Christopher Campbell on May 12, 2025
Compared to last week’s Pick of the Week (the fellow Utopia release Pavements), Hung Up on a Dream: The Zombies Documentary is a fairly conventional music doc, but not in a boring way at all. Directed by the distributor’s co-founder, Robert […]
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“Acutis Was Extremely Close to the Heart of Pope Francis”: Tim Moriarty Discusses ‘Carlos Acutis: Roadmap to Reality’by Dan Schindel on May 10, 2025
“Acutis Was Extremely Close to the Heart of Pope Francis”: Tim Moriarty Discusses ‘Carlos Acutis: Roadmap to Reality’ Dan Schindel Fri, 05/09/2025 – 16:25
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This Week In Documentaryby Christopher Campbell on May 9, 2025
For the second week in a row, my Pick of the Week is a music documentary released by Utopia. They need to acquire another for a quick turnaround next week to achieve a hat trick. I don’t think the Sundance hits Selena y Los Dinos or It’s Never […]
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This Week In Documentaryby Christopher Campbell on May 9, 2025
For the second week in a row, my Pick of the Week is a music documentary released by Utopia. They need to acquire another for a quick turnaround next week to achieve a hat trick. I don’t think the Sundance hits Selena y Los Dinos or It’s Never […]
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“The Toll That Takes on Your Life”: Chris Smith Rejects Sports Documentary Label for Hit Surfing Docuseries ‘100 Foot Wave’by SudiptoSanyal on May 8, 2025
“The Toll That Takes on Your Life”: Chris Smith Rejects Sports Documentary Label for Hit Surfing Docuseries ‘100 Foot Wave’ SudiptoSanyal Thu, 05/08/2025 – 09:37
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‘The Gleaners And I’: 25 Years Laterby Christopher Campbell on May 7, 2025
Later career Agnès Varda is an acquired taste, but you’re a monster if you don’t have that taste. You’re also supposedly in the minority if you don’t think her 2000 film, The Gleaners and I, is among the best documentaries of all time. In a […]
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