Coming to Netflix today, Wednesday, July 27:
THE MOST HATED MAN ON THE INTERNET
Director:
Rob Miller
World Premiere:
Netflix (July 2022)
About:
Determined to remove her daughter’s photos from a revenge porn website, a persistent mother launches an online crusade to shut down its cruel founder.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
Coming to theatres this Friday, July 29:
ONE MAN DIES A MILLION TIMES
Director:
Jessica Oreck
World Premiere:
SXSW 2019
Select Festivals:
Goteborg, Ashland, Sarasota, Montclair, Maryland, Woods Hole, Vancouver, Milwaukee, Kolkata, Cairo
About:
Part documentary, part legend, the true story of a Russian seed bank and the botanists who worked there throughout the Siege of Leningrad (1941–1944), transposed to a sci-fi-inflected future.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
New to VOD this week:
BEBA
Director:
Rebeca Huntt
World Premiere:
Toronto 2021
Select Festivals:
Berlin, CPH:DOX, Docaviv, Miami, Tribeca, Provincetown, Minneapolis-St Paul
About:
A raw, poetic self-portrait in which a young, NYC-born Afro-Latina filmmaker stares down historical, societal, and generational trauma.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Recommendations, Releases
Coming to HBO and HBO Max tomorrow, Wednesday, July 27:
WE MET IN VIRTUAL REALITY
Director:
Joe Hunting
World Premiere:
Sundance 2022
Select Festivals:
True/False, CPH:DOX, Maryland
About:
Filmed entirely inside the world of VR, this vérité documentary captures the excitement and surprising intimacy of a burgeoning cultural movement, demonstrating the power of online connection in an isolated world.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Film Festivals, Recommendations, Releases, Sundance
Coming to VOD today, Tuesday, July 26:
JAZZ FEST: A NEW ORLEANS STORY
Director:
Frank Marshall, Ryan Suffern
World Premiere:
SXSW 2021
About:
A soulful and heartfelt celebration of 50 years of the funky and fabulous New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival and the unique culture of the southern city.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
Coming to DVD tomorrow, Tuesday, July 26:
MARX CAN WAIT
Director:
Marco Bellocchio
World Premiere:
Cannes 2021
Select Festivals:
New York, Busan, BFI London, Taipei Golden Horse, Vienna, IDFA, BAFICI
About:
In his most achingly personal film to date, the legendary Italian filmmaker uses the occasion of a family reunion to excavate and discuss a traumatic event: the suicide of his twin brother Camillo.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
Coming to PBS’s POV today, Monday, July 25:
WINTER’S YEARNING
Director:
Sidse Torstholm Larsen, Sturla Pilsko
World Premiere:
CPH:DOX 2019
Select Festivals:
Margaret Mead, Reykjavik, DOXA, Open City Docs, Nordisk Panorama
About:
In Maniitsoq, Greenland, the US aluminum giant Alcoa Corporation has been planning to build a smelting plant for years, and, with it, the nation’s possible first steps towards economic renewal and political sovereignty.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
Coming to theatres today, Friday, July 22:
MY OLD SCHOOL
Director:
Jono McLeod
World Premiere:
Sundance 2022
Select Festivals:
Nantucket, Thessaloniki Doc, Docs Against Gravity
About:
The astonishing true story of Scotland’s most notorious imposter.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Film Festivals, Recommendations, Releases, Sundance
Coming to theatres today, Friday, July 22:
THE REVEREND
Director:
Nick Canfield
World Premiere:
DokuFest Kosovo 2021
Select Festivals:
DOC NYC, Doc’n Roll, Sound Unseen, DocuWest, Thin Line, deadCenter,
About:
A hard-rocking reverend finds faith and connection to community through his powerful revivalist style musical performances.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
Coming to HBO Max today, Thursday, July 21:
THE LAST MOVIE STARS
Director:
Ethan Hawke
World Premiere:
SXSW 2022
Select Festivals:
Cannes
About:
An epic 6-chapter film chronicling Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward’s iconic careers and decades-long partnership.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
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