Category Archives: In Brief

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 →

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 →

Following yesterday’s roundup of several of IDFA’s competition titles, today’s post wraps up my coverage of the 25th edition of the world’s largest documentary festival with a look at a number of films in IDFA’s non-competitive “Reflecting Images” sections. Continue reading →

Last week, I pointed w(n)td readers to my Indiewire coverage of IDFA, including buzz titles and highlights from the Forum. With the festival now wrapped, having announced the winners of its 25th edition this weekend, its time to take a more indepth look at the titles in this year’s lineup I’ve had a chance to see. This post covers films from the various competitions, while the next will address non-competitive programming. Continue reading →

Straight off of a hectic DOC NYC schedule, I’m in Amsterdam. My first dispatch for Indiewire was published on Monday, highlighting ten films that have been generating buzz in the first few days of the festival. The full article may be found here.

Last week’s post on Toronto docs covered my thoughts on THE ACT OF KILLING, CAMP 14, THE CENTRAL PARK FIVE, FIRST COMES LOVE, FREE ANGELA & ALL POLITICAL PRISONERS, THE GIRL FROM THE SOUTH, THE LAST WHITE KNIGHT, ROMAN POLANSKI: ODD MAN OUT, and SHEPARD & DARK. This round-up wraps up my Toronto coverage with a look at nine more titles. Continue reading →

Though the Toronto International Film Festival won’t wrap up until Sunday, I’m already back in NYC – and fairly exhausted from the five nights spent at one of the largest film events in the world. Still, it’s time to share my thoughts on the documentaries I managed to see – not quite half of the nearly fifty on offer. Sadly, scheduling didn’t permit me to see a number of titles that I was eagerly anticipating, such as Lucien Castaing-Taylor and Véréna Paravel’s LEVIATHAN, Seán Ó Cualáin’s MEN AT LUNCH, Dror Moreh’s THE GATEKEEPERS, and Sarah Polley’s STORIES WE TELL, but I’m sure I’ll have opportunities to catch up with these in the coming months.

Yesterday, Movieline published my article looking at various uses of re-enactments in a number of TIFF docs, including ones I also include below. Here at w(n)td, this post, and one on Monday, offer more general reactions, covering both the films in that article and others viewed during TIFF. Continue reading →