Coming to OVID today, Tuesday, October 11:
CALIFORNIA DREAMS
Director:
Mike Ott
Premiere:
Berlin Critics Week 2017
Select Festivals:
SXSW, Docville, Sarasota, San Francisco, Champs Élysées
About:
Five people pursue unlikely aspirations of Hollywood fame in this hybrid.
I previously wrote about the film here.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
Coming to DVD today, Tuesday, October 11:
HALLELUJAH: LEONARD COHEN, A JOURNEY, A SONG
Director:
Daniel Geller, Dayna Goldfine
World Premiere:
Telluride 2021
Select Festivals:
Venice, IDFA, CPH:DOX, Vienna, Gent, Tribeca
About:
The definitive exploration of singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen as seen through the prism of his internationally renowned hymn, Hallelujah.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Recommendations, Releases
Coming to HBO and HBO Max tomorrow, Tuesday, October 11:
38 AT THE GARDEN
Director:
Frank Chi
World Premiere:
HBO (October 2022)
About:
A chronicle of the extraordinary ascendance of point guard Jeremy Lin during his landmark 2012 season with the New York Knicks.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
Coming to PBS tomorrow, Tuesday, October 11:
BECOMING FREDERICK DOUGLASS
Director:
Stanley Nelson
World Premiere:
PBS broadcast (October 2022)
About:
A profile of one of the most influential voices for democracy in American history, exploring how Frederick Douglass, born into slavery, played a role in securing the right to freedom for African Americans.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
Coming to theatres today, Monday, October 10:
TAMING THE GARDEN
Director:
Salomé Jashi
World Premiere:
Sundance 2021
Select Festivals:
Berlin, CPH:DOX, New Directors/New Films, Shanghai, Cinéma du Réel
About:
An artful look at the unusual disruption caused by the removal and transport of several massive trees from small Georgian villages.
I profiled the doc before Sundance here.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Film Festivals, Recommendations, Releases, Sundance
Coming to PBS’s POV tonight, Monday, Oct 10:
ACCEPTED
Director:
Dan Chen
World Premiere:
Tribeca 2021
Select Festivals:
New Orleans, Double Exposure, Hot Springs Doc, Full Frame, Cleveland, San Diego Asian, Los Angeles Asian Pacific, Sidewalk, Denver
About:
The ambitious students of the TM Landry Prep School enjoyed a remarkable 100% acceptance rate into the country’s most elite colleges until an explosive New York Times article exposed the controversial teaching methods of its dynamic founder.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
Coming to theatres today, Friday, October 7:
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 today, Friday, October 7:
THE LINCOLN PROJECT
Director:
Fisher Stevens, Karim Amer
World Premiere:
Showtime (October 2022)
About:
A docuseries following a veteran group of former GOP operatives and strategists known publicly as the Lincoln Project, the fastest-growing super PAC in America, as it takes on the task of “saving democracy” and defeating their own party’s sitting president, Donald Trump.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
Coming to Netflix tomorrow, Friday, October 7:
CONVERSATIONS WITH A KILLER: THE JEFFREY DAHMER TAPES
Director:
Joe Berlinger
World Premiere:
Netflix (October 2022)
About:
Serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer confesses to his gruesome crimes in unguarded interviews, offering an unsettling view into a disturbed mind.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
Coming to theatres tomorrow, Friday, October 7:
BATTLEGROUND
Director:
Cynthia Lowen
World Premiere:
Tribeca 2022
About:
Heading distinctly different anti-choice organizations, three women lead the charge in their single-minded quest to overturn Roe v Wade.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
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