Category Archives: Documentary

Coming to “virtual theatrical,” partially benefitting Film Forum and other cinemas, this Friday, April 17:
WHAT SHE SAID: THE ART OF PAULINE KAEL

Director:
Rob Garver

World Premiere:
Telluride 2018

Select Festivals:
DOC NYC, Berlin, Edinburgh, Karlovy Vary, Thessaloniki Doc, Miami, Cleveland, Montclair, Seattle, Docs Against Gravity, Transilvania, New Zealand, Vancouver, Mumbai, Rio, Docaviv

About:
A portrait of controversial and influential film critic Pauline Kael.

I previously wrote about the doc here.

Coming to DVD today, Tuesday, April 14:
DISTANT CONSTELLATION

Director:
Shevaun Mizrahi

Premiere:
Locarno 2017

Select Festivals:
IDFA, True/False, Docpoint, DOK.fest Munich, RIDM, Jeonju, DOXA, EDOC, Beldocs, Docaviv, Goteborg, One World, London, Reykjavik, Vienna, Sarasota, BAMcinemaFest, Melbourne, Dokufest, Message to Man, Flahertiana, DocsMX

About:
A meditative film set in a Turkish retirement home.

I previously wrote about the doc here.

Coming to DVD today, Tuesday, April 14:
TALKING ABOUT ADULTERY

Director:
Bara Jichova Tyson

World Premiere:
Sheffield 2019

Select Festivals:
DOC NYC, Jihlava, Kerala

About:
An intimate exploration of marriage, sex, and infidelity.

The film screened as part of DOC NYC, for which our program notes read:
Husbands, wives, mistresses, and others vividly recount confessional stories about sex, love, friendship, and yearning in this provocative film exploring infidelity. As the camera lingers over familiar domestic spaces, it reveals landscapes of intimacy, desire, and monotony. Artist/filmmaker Bara Jichova Tyson adds intriguing personal layers through poignant live collage-making and the story of an affair unfolding through the course of making the film, providing a window into the inner tensions of modern marriage.

Coming to VOD today, Tuesday, April 14:
REFUGEE

Director:
Alexander J Farrell

World Premiere:
DOC NYC 2018

Select Festivals:
Windsor

About:
A Syrian refugee seeks to be reunited with her family.

The film screened as part of DOC NYC, for which our program notes read:
Raf’aa flees Syria in the midst of the war, leaving behind her husband, Nazem, and their two sons in order to seek asylum in Europe. The family plans to follow her to Germany, but by the time Nazem and the boys make it to Greece, they find the borders closed. Confined to the stark conditions of a refugee camp while Raf’aa copes with the trauma she experience on her own journey, will Nazem be able to safely reunite his family?

New to VOD this month:
WE BELIEVE IN DINOSAURS

Directors:
Clayton Brown and Monica Long Ross

World Premiere:
San Francisco 2019

Select Festivals:
DOC NYC, AFI Docs, St Louis, Hot Springs Doc, Woods Hole, Sidewalk, Southern Circuit, Rocky Mountain Women’s, Virginia

About:
An exploration of the influence of American creationism through Kentucky’s contentious Ark Encounter museum.

I previously wrote about the doc here.

Coming to DVD tomorrow, Tuesday, April 14:
EAST LAKE MEADOWS: A PUBLIC HOUSING STORY

Director:
Sarah Burns and David McMahon

World Premiere:
PBS broadcast (March 2020)

About:
The history of an Atlanta public housing community.

I previously wrote about the doc here.