Documentary
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6 Filmmaking Tips from Errol Morris
Free film school from the man who inspired Werner Herzog to eat a shoe.
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Still Searching for Sugar Men: How Recent Rock Documentaries Try to Fix Rock Music
June saw the buzzed-about release of not one, but two documentaries examining talented but underappreciated and not-at-all famous musicians: Morgan Neville’s 20 Feet From Stardom,…
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Why Are Mainstream Documentaries So Invested in Resurrecting Personalities?
Nobody was surprised last week when Daniel-Day Lewis took home the Best Actor Oscar for Lincoln. It was an accomplished performance by an actor working…
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Pitch of the Week: Cast John Turturro In a Movie About This Failed Doomsday Prophet
Often I see a real person in the news or in a documentary and my mind immediately comes up with an actor to portray him…
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SFotD: Swans Documentary ‘The Seer’ is Thick with Sound
https://medium.com/media/1f33fcb338a545179d622d14d5b7aa4c/href Why Watch? Swans was formed in 1982, emerging from the New York No Wave scene with explosive shows where the band played at notoriously…
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One of These Documentaries Will Be An Oscar Winner Come February
As is their wont, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced the fifteen documentary titles that round out their shortlist for the…
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‘Chasing Ice’ Trailer: Watch Global Warming Happen Right Before Your Eyes
Just in time for Thanksgiving tables where politics reluctantly come up, the Chasing Ice trailer provides some excellent visual proof for those in the world…
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Exclusive Trailer Debut: ‘Only the Young’ Is a Truly Wonderful True Teen Movie
Exclusive Trailer Debut: ‘Only the Young’ Is a Truly Wonderful True Teen Movie Fresh from its Audience Award win at AFI FEST yesterday, the amazing and…
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NYFF: ‘First Cousin Once Removed’ is a Scary and Personal Look at An Artist Fading Away With…
NYFF: ‘First Cousin Once Removed’ is a Scary and Personal Look at An Artist Fading Away With Alzheimer’s Alzheimer’s is one of the most tragic…
