-
This Week In Documentaryby Christopher Campbell on May 10, 2024
Welcome to another Week in Documentary! This Sunday, we celebrate our mothers, and it’s also a good time to get together with that person who gave you life and/or raised you and watch documentaries! In addition to our highlights below, I’d like […]
-
22 Documentaries Compete for the l’Œil d’Or at Cannesby Pat Mullen on May 10, 2024
22 documentaries will compete for the l’Œil d’Or at this year’s Cannes Film Festival. The competition slate was just unveiled by LaScam, the society that advocates for the rights and welfare of artists and organizes the annual documentary […]
-
KIM’S VIDEO poster behind-the-scenes making ofby Alamo Drafthouse on May 10, 2024
A behind the scenes look at the making of Chris Bilheimer’s poster for the documentary KIM’S VIDEO. Bilheimer used found/reclaimed materials and miniatures to recreate the iconic New York video store. ———- Where to find Alamo Drafthouse? […]
-
The Sixthby YouTube Movies on May 10, 2024
The Sixth is a visceral portrayal of a city and nation under attack as well as a testament to the importance of truth. Told by Oscar-winning Washingtonian filmmakers, Andrea Nix Fine and Sean Fine, whose team was on the ground to capture footage of […]
-
Power movie review & film summary (2024) | Roger Eberton May 10, 2024
Police brutality is a subject that never seems to leave the news. There’s too many instances, too many stories from around the country pointing to a larger abuse of state-sanctioned power. Some headlines bubble up to national attention, even those […]
-
“As Foreign Filmmakers, You Need to Be Let In”: Kristoffer Juel Poulsen and Christian Als Discuss ‘Daughter of Genghis’by Amarsanaa Battulga on May 9, 2024
“As Foreign Filmmakers, You Need to Be Let In”: Kristoffer Juel Poulsen and Christian Als Discuss ‘Daughter of Genghis’ Amarsanaa Battulga Thu, 05/09/2024 – 14:40
-
Black Twitter: A People’s History movie review (2024)on May 9, 2024
Black people are the architects of American culture. The hip verbiage many young people speak, the music they consume, and even the most influential art among what could be called hipsters are derived from Black people. Our distinctive perception of […]
-
Legendary Beatles Documentary ‘Let It Be’ Is Now Available for First Time in Decadesby Bill Desowitz on May 8, 2024
Director Michael Lindsay-Hogg tells IndieWire why 1970’s “Let It Be” has a second chance at finding its audience.
-
Morgan Neville on Steve Martin | STEVE! – Q&A | Film Independent Presentsby Film Independent on May 8, 2024
Film Independent’s Alana Waksman talks to Oscar-winning filmmaker Morgan Neville (20 Feet from Stardom, Won’t You Be My Neighbor) about his new two-part Steve Martin documentary on Apple+. #filmindependent #stevemartin #morganneville ‘STEVE!’ […]
-
‘The Grab’ Trailer: Gabriela Cowperthwaite’s New Doc Exposes Global Exploitation of Food Pricesby Samantha Bergeson on May 8, 2024
The “Blackfish” director’s feature debuted at TIFF 2022 before landing distribution with Magnolia Pictures.
-
Let It Be review – reissued Beatles film takes long and winding road to eventual acclaimby Alexis Petridis on May 8, 2024
Reviled by the band when it came out and widely thought of as miserable, the film – restored to its original format – actually offers light and insightful momentsThe most surprising thing about the reissue of Let It Be is that it commences with […]
-
Dawn of the Big Yin: rediscovered film shows Billy Connolly on the road to comedy gloryby Brian Logan on May 8, 2024
The 1975 tour documentary Big Banana Feet captures a comic growing into his extraordinary talents – and adjusting to unprecedented fameIn an age where our every selfie, photogenic breakfast and “thing I’m ashamed to admit” is preserved […]
-
The Final: Attack on Wembley review – carnage on camera at Euro 2020by Gwilym Mumford on May 8, 2024
Documentary captures in lurid detail the chaos as thousands of ticketless fans forced their way into Wembley stadium to watch England v ItalyMore than Bukayo Saka’s deciding penalty miss, the final of Euro 2020 between England and Italy will be […]
-
Why ‘Man With A Movie Camera’ Is Considered The Best Documentaryby Christopher Campbell on May 7, 2024
Mikhail Kaufman in Man with a Movie Camera (Flicker Alley)It’s not surprising that film critics consider Man with a Movie Camera to be the best documentary of all time (via Sight & Sound). Film critics love films about the movies, especially […]
-
“Reject the Labels”: Berwick’s Peter Taylor Discusses the Festival’s Recent Evolutionby Andrew Northrop on May 7, 2024
“Reject the Labels”: Berwick’s Peter Taylor Discusses the Festival’s Recent Evolution Andrew Northrop Tue, 05/07/2024 – 11:04
-
Will You Look at Meby Shuli Huang on May 7, 2024
When a young Chinese filmmaker returns to his hometown in search of himself, a long-due conversation with his mother dives the two of them into a quest for acceptance and love.
-
Gene Wilder Film Continues To Top The Documentary Box Officeby Christopher Campbell on May 7, 2024
Gene Wilder, Richard Pryor, and Rain Pryor at the premiere of See No Evil, Hear No Evil as featured in Remembering Gene Wilder (Kino Lorber)As an actor, Gene Wilder wasn’t a box office icon, though he starred in several hits. Occasionally, as in […]
-
Billy Connolly: Big Banana Feet review – proto-punk star comic at his 70s peakby Peter Bradshaw on May 7, 2024
Restored 1976 doc of Connolly’s tour of Ireland shows that, despite his bombastic stage presence, he is impeccably polite. But his naughtier material hasn’t aged wellHere is a 70s time capsule as pungent as a brimming pub ashtray. Restored and […]
© Copyright 2022 by Zen Violence Films LLC, all rights reserved. To read the site privacy policy and ethics statement, click here.