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Crowdfunded William Shatner Documentary to Be Fully Owned by Fans, Backers to Receive Profitsby Christian Zilko on June 30, 2022
“Fans have been responsible for my career — it only seems right that they should own this doc,” Shatner said.
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‘There were plans to poison Julian’: Ithaka, the film charting Assange’s fight for freedomby Duncan Campbell on June 30, 2022
From his Belmarsh wedding to his skateboarding round Ecuador’s embassy, Ithaka tells the story of the WikiLeaks founder’s extradition battle, through the eyes of his hard-campaigning fatherThe poem Ithaka, written in 1911 by the Greek writer […]
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Liberation Isn’t Something That We Arrive Atby Jessica Devaney on June 29, 2022
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The Princess review – Diana’s story remains captivating – and agonisingby Peter Bradshaw on June 29, 2022
We know what happens but, even so, Ed Perkins’s skilfully edited documentary on the dazzling outsider royal is utterly and unerringly compellingShe has grown not old as those who are left grew old: the “royal watchers”, the journalists, the […]
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Eric Ravilious: Drawn to War review – rediscovery of an untortured genius of a painterby Cath Clarke on June 29, 2022
A well-crafted study of a neglected artist who died after the plane he was flying disappeared during the second world war“Exhilarating, enthralling and outstandingly beautiful. A revelation.” That was the verdict of Observer art critic Laura […]
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‘More than a song’: the enduring power of Leonard Cohen’s Hallelujahby Rob LeDonne on June 29, 2022
In a new documentary, fans and experts explore the legacy of a song originally shunned before becoming a timeless classic“I can’t think of another song with a trajectory of anything like what happened with Hallelujah,” said the author Alan […]
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Looking Back and Moving Forward: QDoc, America’s Only LGBTQ+ Documentary Festivalby Hansen Bursic on June 28, 2022
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Endangered movie review & film summary (2022)on June 28, 2022
Recent years have not been particularly kind to those hardy souls practicing fine art of journalism. The profession as a whole has been jeopardized by numerous economic factors, along with the rise of new platforms that claim to be legitimate news […]
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The Importance of Editing While Filmingby NDE on June 28, 2022
Last week I spoke with Carole Dean’s Intentional Filmmaking class about story structure. One student’s question was especially common and perplexing, so I’ll answer it here. The title of her film-in-progress is lovely: “Last Night A Hair Cut […]
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Screen Time: Week of June 27 2022by Bedatri D. Choudhury on June 27, 2022
June 27, 2022 Screen Time: Week of June 27 2022 Screen Time is your curated weekly guide to excellent documentaries and nonfiction programs that you can watch at home. Read more
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We (Nous) review – a tender homage to the unnoticedby Peter Bradshaw on June 27, 2022
French-Senegalese film-maker Alice Diop offers a sensitive portrayal of the disparate communities that live along one of Paris’s commuter rail linesAlice Diop’s calm and subtle documentary is very loosely and freewheelingly structured around […]
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The Balance review – film about Muslim entertainers treads a fine lineby Phil Hoad on June 27, 2022
The rise of an Islamic arts industry is celebrated by its screen, music and comedy stars, but the view rarely strays beyond a western perspectiveIn this survey of the expanding Islamic entertainment industry, The Balance presumably refers to the […]
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‘Beba’ and the Collaboration of Selfby Christopher Campbell on June 26, 2022
With Beba, her feature directorial debut, Rebeca Huntt has created one of the most extraordinary autobiographical portraits in years. It is the kind of personal film that would seem to dispute the idea of cinema as a collaborative art, yet it’s […]
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The Princess review – Diana documentary offers a cautionary taleby Wendy Ide on June 25, 2022
Director Ed Perkins’s film, composed of archive material, shows how press and public fed on each other’s appetite for the royalThere can’t be many people who are not fully versed in the story of Diana, Princess of Wales. And this accomplished, […]
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Facing Nolan movie review & film summary (2022)on June 24, 2022
Reviews Brandon Towns June 24, 2022 Producer Bradley Jackson’s directorial debut, “Facing Nolan,” is a baseball fan’s dream come true. With the screams and roars of the crowd, the energy of the games, and […]
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Too Many Characters & Pride NETA Pickby NDE on June 24, 2022
Happy Pride! My father hung the rainbow flag from his house in rural Maine, and I couldn’t be prouder! He’s happy he doesn’t live in a retirement community—but who knew there were retirement homes for LBGTQ+ people? For this […]
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‘He died in his 30s living the life he had dreamed of’: artist Eric Raviliousby Claire Armitstead on June 24, 2022
He was the first war artist to die on active service in the second world war – and one of the greatest. Now, a new film, featuring Alan Bennett and Ai Weiwei, uncovers his complicated lifeOn 2 September 1942, a plane on a search-and-rescue mission […]
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(Watch) Norah O’Donnell’s Scoop Interview with Filmmaker Alex Holder on Trump Jan 6 Documentaryby Roger Friedman on June 24, 2022
Norah O’Donnell got a great scoop tonight on the CBS Evening News. She interviewed filmmaker Alex Holder about the time he spent
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