Coming to HBO tomorrow, Thursday, December 20: PROJECT NIM
James Marsh’s acclaimed portrait of a young ape premiered at Sundance in 2011, where he picked up the Documentary Directing Award. The Oscar shortlisted doc played extensively on the festival circuit and enjoyed a theatrical release.
My pre-Sundance profile of the film may be found here.
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Like yesterday’s belated post on the New York Film Festival, this one plays catch up as well, offering brief thoughts on eight of the feature docs that screened as part of the third edition of NYC’s premier non-fiction festival, which wrapped up about a month ago. While on staff this year, I wasn’t able to see our entire feature lineup as I was busy with our shorts programming and Doc-A-Thon panel series, but here are those I did catch: Continue reading
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First things first, I realize this post is ridiculously late – the 50th edition of the NYFF wrapped up just over two months ago. Between responsibilities for Sundance and DOC NYC, time got away from me. For those same reasons, I also only managed to see a handful of the more than fifty documentaries in the lineup. Still, it’s worth noting my brief thoughts on those films before 2012 is a thing of the past: Continue reading
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The Beatles’ concert tours, revealed through never-before-seen footage, crowdsourced from the fans who were there.
Recognizing the lasting, global impact of the Beatles on music and culture, the production company One Voice One World is working on a project to assemble a multifaceted archival project on Beatlemania. Authorized by Apple Corps, they are crowdsourcing the discovery of rare and personal photos, film, audio recordings, and other ephemera of the Beatles made during their concert tours between October 1963 – the birth of Beatlemania – and August 29, 1966, their final concert at Candlestick Park. Submitted media, such as the concert a fan filmed in Forest Hills in 1964 (pictured), will be considered for inclusion in a planned feature doc exploring and celebrating Beatlemania. Continue reading
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Four additional titles were announced today for 2013’s Sundance feature line-up – one each in Documentary Premieres, Park City at Midnight, New Frontier, and From the Collection. For details, visit the Sundance site here.
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Coming to VOD next Tuesday, December 18: LAURA
Fellipe Barbosa’s portrait of a complex Brazilian woman in NYC’s nightlife made its premiere at the Hamptons last year, where it claimed the best doc award. It went on to screen at Hot Docs, Visions du Reel, Buenos Aires, and the Taiwan International Documentary Festival. FilmBuff is releasing the doc on iTunes, Amazon, YouTube, Cinemanow, and Vudu.
I included the film in my Hamptons roundup here.
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Coming to NYC’s Maysles Cinema as part of Filmwax’s Docularious series next Wednesday, December 19: JOAN RIVERS: A PIECE OF WORK
Ricki Stern and Annie Sundberg’s surprisingly honest profile of the acerbic comedienne premiered at Sundance in 2010, claiming an editing award. After a healthy festival run, the film performed very well upon theatrical release.
I previously wrote about the doc here.
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Coming to VOD today, Tuesday, December 11: KUMARÉ
Vikram Gandhi’s provocative indictment of false prophets took home an audience award at its premiere at SXSW last year. It went on to screen at Woodstock, Denver, Hot Docs, and Traverse City, among other festivals. It becomes available on Comcast, Time Warner, Cox, iTunes, Amazon, Xbox, Google Play, and Vudu today.
I previously wrote about the film out of SXSW here.
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Coming to VOD today, Tuesday, December 11: CONVENTO
Jarred Alterman’s profile of an unusual family and their unique home premiered at SXSW last year. Its screening circuit included Edinburgh, Camden, IFF Boston, and Rooftop Films, among others, as well as a limited theatrical run. The film becomes available on iTunes, Amazon, Vudu, and more today.
I included the film in my SXSW roundup here.
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Coming to theatres this Friday, May 18: BILL W.
Kevin Hanlon debuted his film about the troubled co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous at Thin Line in Denton TX. It also screened at Cleveland, where it picked up an award. The doc has been screening theatrically since May, and now comes to iTunes, Amazon, YouTube, Cinemanow, and Vudu via FilmBuff.
I previously wrote about the doc upon its theatrical release here.
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