Coming to OVID this Thursday, December 1:
QUEER GENIUS
Director:
Chet Pancake
Premiere:
Frameline 2019
Select Festivals:
NewFest
About:
A profile of the lives and creative practice of pioneering lesbian and queer creators, including poet Eileen Myles and the late Barbara Hammer.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
Coming to DVD today, Tuesday, November 29:
RADIOMAN
Director:
Mary Kerr
Premiere:
Hot Docs 2012
Select Festivals:
DOC NYC, BAFICI, Krakow
About:
The story of an extraordinary eccentric who overcame homelessness and addiction to become an unlikely New York City movie legend.
I previously wrote about the doc here.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Recommendations, Releases
Coming to OVID today, Tuesday, November 29:
GARRY WINOGRAND: ALL THINGS ARE PHOTOGRAPHABLE
Director:
Sasha Waters Freyer
Premiere:
SXSW 2018
Select Festivals:
San Francisco, New Zealand, Thin Line, Vancouver, Haifa
About:
A history and appreciation of acclaimed street photographer.
I previously wrote about the doc here.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Recommendations, Releases
Coming to Paramount+ tomorrow, Tuesday, November 29:
ART & KRIMES BY KRIMES
Director:
Alysa Nahmias
World Premiere:
Heartland 2021
Select Festivals:
DOC NYC, RiverRun, Cleveland, Philadelphia, Bentonville, Denver, Big Sky Doc, Fargo, Oxford, Salem, Berkshire
About:
While locked up for six years in federal prison, artist Jesse Krimes secretly creates monumental works of art, smuggling them out in pieces and seeing the final product only when he’s released.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
Coming to Paramount+ tomorrow, Tuesday, November 29:
LAST FLIGHT HOME
Director:
Ondi Timoner
World Premiere:
Sundance 2022
Select Festivals:
Telluride, BFI London, Woodstock
About:
An examination of Eli Timoner’s life and intentional death and his family’s emotional turmoil as they grapple with his decision to end his own life.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Film Festivals, Recommendations, Releases, Sundance
Coming to Showtime tomorrow, Tuesday, November 29:
MEET ME IN THE BATHROOM
Director:
Dylan Southern, Will Lovelace
World Premiere:
Sundance 2022
Select Festivals:
CPH:DOX, Docaviv, BFI London, IndieLisboa, Sydney, Nashville, San Sebastián, Reykjavik, Athens, Brisbane
About:
An immersive journey through the New York music scene of the early 2000s. Set against the backdrop of 9/11, the film tells the story of how a new generation kickstarted a musical rebirth for New York City that reverberated around the world. Inspired by the book by Lizzy Goodman.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Film Festivals, Recommendations, Releases, Sundance
Coming to HBO and HBO Max tomorrow, Tuesday, November 29:
MY SO-CALLED HIGH SCHOOL RANK
Director:
Ricki Stern, Annie Sundberg
World Premiere:
Woodstock 2022
Select Festivals:
DOC NYC
About:
Chronicles the popularity of RANKED, a high school musical which captures the increasingly pressurized college admissions process.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
Coming to theatres today, Friday, November 25:
THE CORRIDORS OF POWER
Director:
Dror Moreh
World Premiere:
Telluride 2022
Select Festivals:
DOC NYC, AFI Fest
About:
A deep dive into the three decades of American foreign policy since the fall of the Berlin Wall, a period of almost constant war and mass killing.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
Coming to OVID today, Friday, November 25:
ITZHAK
Director:
Alison Chernick
World Premiere:
Hamptons 2017
Select Festivals:
DOC NYC, Palm Springs, Jewish fests in Miami, Palm Beach, Atlanta, and Phoenix
About:
A deeply intimate portrait of acclaimed violin master, Itzhak Perlman.
I previously wrote about the doc here.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Recommendations, Releases
New to OVID this week:
MOUNTAIN
Director:
Jennifer Peedom
World Premiere:
Sydney 2017
Select Festivals:
CPH:DOX, London, Melbourne, New Zealand, Helsinki, Tallinn Black Nights, Hamptons
About:
A meditation on the allure of mountains.
I previously wrote about the doc here.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
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