Author Archives: basiltsiokos

Coming to VOD today, Tuesday, August 9:
HE DREAMS OF GIANTS

Director:
Keith Fulton, Lou Pepe

World Premiere:
DOC NYC 2019

Select Festivals:
AFI Fest, Cleveland, Dublin, Taipei Golden Horse, Raindance

About:
A behind-the-scenes look at Terry Gilliam’s THE MAN WHO KILLED DON QUIXOTE.

The film screened at DOC NYC, for which our program notes read:
For 30 years, Terry Gilliam struggled to make a screen adaptation of DON QUIXOTE, including an abandoned attempt chronicled in Keith Fulton and Louis Pepe’s 2002 documentary LOST IN LA MANCHA. Gilliam never gave up and neither did the documentarians. This film represents the culmination of all their efforts in an epic and poignant portrait. We watch Gilliam bring all his talent, obsession, and humor to confronting self-doubt, the pressure to compromise, and the need to realize a long-held dream.

Coming to VOD today, Tuesday, August 9:
FANNY: THE RIGHT TO ROCK

Director:
Bobbi Jo Hart

World Premiere:
Hot Docs 2021

Select Festivals:
DOC NYC, DOXA, Inside Out, Frameline, Outfest, Los Angeles Asian Pacific, Santa Barbara, Athena, Cleveland, In-Edit, Hawaii, Doc’n Roll, Woodstock, Florida

About:
Ferocious female rockers Fanny, who shattered glass ceilings in the ’70s, collecting fans like David Bowie before being buried in retro record bins, reunite fifty years later with a new record deal and a chance to rewrite history.

Coming to DVD tomorrow, Tuesday, August 9:
CALENDAR GIRL

Director:
Christian D Bruun

World Premiere:
DOC NYC 2020

Select Festivals:
Miami Jewish, LA Fashion Festival, Berkshire

About:
Ruth Finley, the nonagenarian queen of the fashion industry through her pink Fashion Calendar, founded in 1945, faces the end of an era as her iconic publication changes ownership. 

New to DVD this week:
COW

Director:
Andrea Arnold

World Premiere:
Cannes 2021

Select Festivals:
DOC NYC, Telluride, IDFA, Busan, BFI London, Melbourne, Jerusalem, Beijing, Hamburg, Hamptons, Reykjavik, Mill Valley, Chicago, Jihlava, AFI Fest, Tokyo, Rio

About:
A close-up portrait of the daily lives of two cows.