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‘A portrait of defeat’: inside a revealing film about Pope Francisby Radheyan Simonpillai on March 28, 2023
Gianfranco Rosi’s intimate new documentary In Viaggio: The Travels of Pope Francis follows the pontiff as he confronts contentious issues around the worldA lot is said during the quiet moments in Gianfranco Rosi’s In Viaggio: The Travels of Pope […]
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In the Middle review – referees in grassroots English football take centre stageby Cath Clarke on March 28, 2023
Despite tales of harrassment by players (and spectators) this documentary is a feelgood look at being part of a community, getting stuck in – and picking up dog pooYou really don’t have to give two hoots about football to get a kick out of this […]
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Doc10 Unveils Its Lineup, Led by Davis Guggenheim’s Michael J. Fox Movie (EXCLUSIVE)by Diane Garrett on March 27, 2023
Davis Guggenheim’s “Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie” will open the eighth edition of Chicago’s Doc10 documentary film festival on May 4. About Fox’s life, career and work as a public advocate for Parkinson’s research, “Still: A Michael […]
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Telling the Story of Keeping the Secret Nüshu Language Aliveby Craig Phillips on March 27, 2023
“Besides a well, one does not thirst. Besides a sister, one does not despair.” — Nüshu poem Inspired by a bestselling book that featured Nüshu, filmmaker Violet Du Feng was surprised at how little she and most Chinese people knew about the […]
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Drømmeland review – hermit and his smartphone in the Norwegian wildernessby Phuong Le on March 27, 2023
This voyeuristic account of an eccentric who broadcasts himself hunting naked never meaningfully addresses his paradoxical existenceHaving resolved to extricate himself from the chains of civilisation, Nils Leidal has taken solitary refuge among the […]
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‘A tough time – but so exciting’: cult film-maker Vivienne Dick on post-punk New Yorkby Sean O’Hagan on March 27, 2023
She fled rural Ireland and hit the Big Apple just in time to capture Lydia Lunch, James Chance and the post-punk scene take off. Now back in her home country, she relives those turbulent yearsIn 2014, the Irish Times ran a profile of the film-maker […]
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Sarasota Fest Showcases Documentary Films as Producers Seek Distribution Dealsby Diane Garrett on March 25, 2023
As the market for independently made documentaries continues to dry up, regional film festivals have become essential to filmmakers hoping to sell their docs. At this year’s Sarasota Film Festival, which kicks off on March 25, 36 documentaries are […]
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Autlook Scores Multiple Sales on CPH:DOX Titles, and ‘A Compassionate Spy’ (EXCLUSIVE)by Leo Barraclough on March 24, 2023
Documentary specialist Autlook Filmsales closed a raft of sales at a vibrant market during the Copenhagen documentary festival CPH:DOX. “Subject,” directed by Camilla Hall and Jennifer Tiexiera, got picked up by Sweden’s SVT, Denmark’s DR, […]
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Lightdox Boards ‘On the Edge,’ Honored With Special Mention at CPH:DOX (EXCLUSIVE)by Leo Barraclough on March 24, 2023
Swiss sales agency Lightdox has acquired the international rights to feature documentary “On the Edge” by Nicolas Peduzzi, which just had its world premiere at Copenhagen documentary festival CPH:DOX in the DOX:AWARD competition, and received a […]
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Nam June Paik: Moon Is The Oldest TV movie review (2023)on March 24, 2023
The compelling artist profile doc “Nam June Paik: Moon is the Oldest TV” plays like a non-fiction biography that is also an art history primer. More detailed critical or historical context might have enhanced director Amanda Kim’s already […]
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‘Blix Not Bombs,’ Portrait of Former UN Weapons Inspector Hans Blix, Sells to France (EXCLUSIVE)by Leo Barraclough on March 24, 2023
GlobeScreen Auditoriums has taken French rights to “Blix Not Bombs,” a documentary about former UN weapons inspector Hans Blix, who was given the task of looking for weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, in the period running up to the U.S.-led […]
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‘Matter Out of Place’ Looks at How We Dispose of Our Trashby Leo Barraclough on March 23, 2023
In the mesmerizing and strangely beautiful documentary “Matter Out of Place,” which world premiered in International Competition at the Locarno Film Festival and screens at CPH:DOX on March 26, Austrian director Nikolaus Geyrhalter looks at how […]
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Jennifer Egan Writes to Experience a Life Outside Her Ownby American Masters | PBS on March 23, 2023
A compelling novel can transport us into worlds unknown. Novelist Jennifer Egan has mastered this inventiveness of fiction with her Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, “A Visit from the Goon Squad,” and in her newest book,”The Candy House.” In this […]
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Hurst: The First and Only review – misty-eyed football doc reveals the man behind the hat-trickby Andrew Pulver on March 23, 2023
While too much time is spent on 1966 and all that Matthew Lorenzo’s profile draws out a hitherto unseen vulnerable side to the striker turned insurance salesmanThe current flood of football documentaries shows no sign of abating; the recognition […]
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Ruth Leon recommends…. Meredith Wilson – America’s Music Manby norman lebrecht on March 23, 2023
Meredith Willson – America’s Music Man Click here to watch Those of us who only know his name as the man who wrote The Music Man will be fascinated as I was to find out just how important Meredith Willson was in the history of not only […]
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Devo Are Getting Their First-Ever Authorized Documentaryby Daniel Kreps on March 22, 2023
American Movie director Chris Smith will attempt to tell the story of beloved art rock weirdos
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Waco: American Apocalypse movie review (2023)on March 22, 2023
Documentaries have a helluva war to wage against algorithm-fed attention spans, and the glut of documentaries in the streaming era. It’s an understandable problem only won in the short-term with such heavy-handed filmmaking seen in “Waco: […]
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Netflix Exposes the Pedophile Cult Leader Who Went to War With the FBIby Marlow Stern on March 22, 2023
Docuseries Waco: American Apocalypse reexamines the deadly Waco siege between messianic madman David Koresh and his Branch Davidians vs. the FBI
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