Coming to HBO and HBO Max tomorrow, Thursday, November 25:
DMX: DON’T TRY TO UNDERSTAND
Director:
Christopher Frierson
Co-Director:
Clark Slater
World Premiere:
DOC NYC 2021
About:
Hip-hop icon DMX returns from a recent stint in prison determined to reignite his career, but his comeback proves ill-fated when faced with the mounting pressures of fatherhood, faith, and addiction.
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Coming to Discovery+ today, Wednesday, November 24:
KEEP SWEET
Director:
Don Argott
World Premiere:
Discovery+ (November 2021)
About:
A decade after the scandalous downfall of their religious leader, his followers attempt to rebuild their community.
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Coming to Disney+ beginning tomorrow, Thursday, November 25:
THE BEATLES: GET BACK
Director:
Peter Jackson
World Premiere:
Disney+ (November 2021)
About:
This three-part docuseries covers the making of the Beatles’ 1970 album LET IT BE, drawing from never-released footage shot in-studio for the album’s accompanying documentary feature.
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Coming to Disney+ today, Wednesday, November 24:
BECOMING COUSTEAU
Director:
Liz Garbus
World Premiere:
Telluride 2021
Select Festivals:
Toronto, Hamptons, Camden, BFI London, Mill Valley, Rome
About:
A portrait of the visionary explorer, activist and TV host.
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Coming to DVD today, Tuesday, November 23:
DEEP BLUES (1991)
Director:
Robert Mugge
Select Festivals:
Sundance
About:
A journey deep into the heart of the North Mississippi Hill Country and Mississippi Delta, exploring the rich musical history and vibrant contemporary performers of the region.
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Coming to VOD today, Tuesday, November 23:
THE VILLAGE DETECTIVE: A SONG CYCLE
Director:
Bill Morrison
World Premiere:
Moscow 2021
Select Festivals:
Rotterdam, Telluride, Melbourne, New Horizonz
About:
A Soviet film from 1969 is found in an Icelandic fisherman’s net, and the filmography of its leading actor offers a portal into a history that has endured on celluloid.
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Coming to DVD today, Tuesday, November 23:
CITIZEN HEARST
Director:
Amanda Pollak, Stephen Ives
World Premiere:
PBS broadcast (September 2021)
About:
An exploration of the life and career of the influential media mogul who inspired Orson Welles and Herman J Mankiewicz’s CITIZEN KANE.
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Coming to Showtime tonight, Monday, November 22:
JFK REVISITED: THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS
Director:
Oliver Stone
World Premiere:
Cannes 2021
About:
Thirty years after his film JFK, the filmmaker examines recently declassified evidence in the assassination of President Kennedy.
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Coming to VOD tomorrow, Tuesday, November 23:
CLERK
Director:
Malcolm Ingram
World Premiere:
SXSW 2021
Select Festivals:
Philadelphia
About:
The life and career of filmmaker Kevin Smith.
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Coming to PBS’s Independent Lens today, Monday, November 22:
DUTY FREE
Director:
Sian-Pierre Regis
World Premiere:
DOC NYC 2020
Select Festivals:
Big Sky, Miami, ACT Human Rights
About:
As his recently laid off mother struggles to find a new job at the age of 75, the filmmaker celebrates her lifetime of self-sacrifice.
I previously wrote about the doc here.
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