Now on AppleTV:
RED HEAVEN
Director:
Lauren DeFilippo, Katherine Gorringe
World Premiere:
SXSW 2020 (unscreened)
Select Festivals:
DOC NYC, Hot Docs, Big Sky Doc, Fargo, Thin Line
About:
In this prescient exploration of self-imposed quarantine, six volunteers embark on a one-year mission in a Mars simulation to further research for space exploration.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Recommendations, Releases
Festival:
The 25th Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival
Dates:
October 26-31
About:
Upwards of 80 new and recent documentary features are presented at this well-regarded Czech event.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Film Festivals, Overviews, Recommendations
Coming to PBS’s POV today, Monday, October 18:
THINGS WE DARE NOT DO
Director:
Bruno Santamaría
World Premiere:
Hot Docs 2020
Select Festivals:
DOC NYC, IDFA, DocPoint, DMZ Docs, Lima, FICUNAM, BelDocs, Docs Againat Gravity, DOK.Fest München
About:
An ephemeral profile of a Mexican teenager on the cusp of adulthood, conflicted between the desire to express their true sexuality and the expectations of family.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Recommendations, Releases
Festival:
The 64th DOK Leipzig
Dates:
October 25-November 14
About:
More than 40 new and recent documentary features screen in the hybrid edition of this longstanding German event.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Film Festivals, Overviews, Recommendations
Coming to theatres today, Friday, October 22:
LEARNING TO LIVE TOGETHER: THE RETURN OF MAD DOGS & ENGLISHMEN
Director:
Jesse Lauter
World Premiere:
Woodstock 2021
Select Festivals:
Raindance
About:
The Grammy winning music act Tedeschi Trucks Band reforms the Joe Cocker backing band Mad Dogs & Englishmen, with original leader Leon Russell, to perform a one-night tribute concert.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
Coming to theatres and to VOD today, Friday, October 22:
AT THE READY
Director:
Maisie Crow
World Premiere:
Sundance 2021
Select Festivals:
Cleveland, Atlanta, Maryland, Dallas, Milwaukee
About:
Latinx teens in El Paso contemplate careers in border patrol and law enforcement against the backdrop of increasing xenophobia.
I profiled the doc before Sundance here.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Film Festivals, Recommendations, Releases, Sundance
Coming to theatres tomorrow, Friday, October 22:
THE TWO SIGHTS
Director:
Joshua Bonnetta
World Premiere:
Berlin 2020
Select Festivals:
RIDM, Art of the Real, Viennale
About:
An ability to commune with the dead is seemingly no rarity in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland, as explored in this sensual, multi-layered landscape study.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
New to DVD this week:
SAVIOR FOR SALE: DA VINCI’S LOST MASTERPIECE?
Director:
Antoine Vitkine
World Premiere:
French release (April 2021)
About:
A journey on the hidden trails of money, power, and deception behind the disputed rediscovered masterpiece.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
New to VOD this week:
FILM ABOUT A FATHER WHO
Director:
Lynne Sachs
World Premiere:
Slamdance 2020
Select Festivals:
Doc Fortnight, Sheffield, Docaviv, Doclisboa, RIDM, Indie Memphis, Sarasota
About:
The filmmaker attempts to make sense of her wayward father.
I previously wrote about the doc here.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
Coming to theatres tomorrow, Friday, October 22:
BECOMING COUSTEAU
Director:
Liz Garbus
World Premiere:
Telluride 2021
Select Festivals:
Toronto, Hamptons, Camden, BFI London, Mill Valley, Rome
About:
A portrait of the visionary explorer, activist and TV host.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Recommendations, Releases
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