Coming to theatres this Friday, September 16: SHUT UP LITTLE MAN! AN AUDIO MISADVENTURE
Matthew Bate’s probe into a stranger than fiction pre-Internet viral phenomenon began its festival circuit at Sundance earlier this year. Tribeca Film has already released the film on demand and began bringing it to select theatres last month.
I wrote about the doc prior to its Sundance premiere here.
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Coming to POV tonight, Tuesday, September 13: IF A TREE FALLS: A STORY OF THE EARTH LIBERATION FRONT
Marshall Curry and Sam Cullman’s eye-opening exploration of the controversial radical environmental group took home the Best Documentary Editing jury prize at its premiere at Sundance. It picked up four more awards during its festival tour and had a limited theatrical run this summer.
My pre-Sundance profile of the doc may be found here.
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Together with what usually seems the entirety of the film industry, I’ll be headed up to Canada later this week for the Toronto International Film Festival, the event that, for me, marks the start of the new festival year (sadly I’ve never been to Telluride or Venice). For quite some time now, TIFF has been the pre-eminent North American launching pad for critically and commercially successful films, setting off awards buzz. Many of the titles premiering at the festival will be making their way to theatres before the end of the year, but industry and public audiences get an early, taste-making look at eventual Oscar nominees.
Of course, while trying to catch some of these hopefuls, my focus is on the festival’s non-fiction programming. This year, by my count, there are 38 feature-length documentaries, with the majority represented in the festival’s Real to Reel section, programmed by Thom Powers. Twelve additional docs are spread out among seven other sections. I’m going to do my best to see as many of these as possible within the six days I’m attending, and hope to catch ones I miss if they’re programmed at Powers’ DOC NYC and Stranger Than Fiction series.
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Coming to NYC’s Angelika this Friday, September 9 and to LA on Friday, September 16: WE WERE HERE
THE COCKETTES’ David Weissman and Bill Weber premiered their elegiac and inspiring look at the early days of AIDS at Sundance this year before taking it to Berlin and numerous LGBT film fests.
I profiled the film before its Sundance debut here.
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Coming to theatres next Friday, September 9 and on VOD Wednesday, September 14: THE BLACK POWER MIXTAPE 1967-1975
Göran Hugo Olsson’s provocative re-presentation of period Swedish footage of Black Power leaders had its premiere earlier this year at Sundance. Sundance Selects picked up the film for select theatrical engagements and VOD beginning next week.
I profiled the film before Sundance here.
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Now screening at NYC’s IFC Center (and at limited engagements elsewhere) and coming to DVD next Tuesday, September 6: REBIRTH
Jim Whitaker’s directorial debut premiered at this year’s Sundance, and follows the nearly decade-long journeys of five individuals personally affected by 9/11.
My pre-Sundance profile of the film may be found here.
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Coming to DVD tomorrow, Tuesday, August 30: IF A TREE FALLS: A STORY OF THE EARTH LIBERATION FRONT
After its successful premiere at Sundance, where it claimed the jury prize for Best Documentary Editing, Marshall Curry and Sam Cullman’s indepth look at the so-called eco-terrorist ELF traveled the festival circuit before having a limited theatrical release earlier this summer.
I profiled the film before its world premiere here.
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Coming to theatres next Friday, September 2: RESURRECT DEAD: THE MYSTERY OF THE TOYNBEE TILES
Jon Foy emerged as a director to watch after debuting his investigation into a decades long mystery earlier this year at Sundance – where he also picked up the jury award for best directing in a doc. The film has screened at numerous notable festivals in the months since and now comes to NYC’s IFC Center to begin its theatrical run.
My pre-Sundance profile of the film may be found here.
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Coming to cable as part of the Oprah Winfrey Network’s Documentary Club this Thursday, August 25: LIFE 2.0
I previously wrote about Jason Springarn-Koff’s documentary on Second Life, which world premiered at Sundace last year, here.
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Coming to DVD this Tuesday, August 23: POM WONDERFUL PRESENTS THE GREATEST MOVIE EVER SOLD
Morgan Spurlock’s latest film – a self-reflexive look at product placement – had its world premiere at this year’s Sundance, and made the rounds at numerous notable events since, including SXSW and Hot Docs, before its theatrical release this Spring.
I profiled the film before Sundance here.
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