Coming to NYC’s Rooftop Films’ “Films for the Occupation” series this Thursday, December 15: THE FLAW
David Sington’s in-depth analysis of the financial crisis premiered at Sheffield last year. It has its North American premiere in competition at Sundance earlier this year.
I profiled the film before Sundance here.
Note: University professor/author Louis Hyman, featured in the film, will be present for post-screening Q&A. The Rooftop Occupation screening series is free to the general public.
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Coming to VOD tomorrow, Tuesday, December 13: SENNA
Asif Kapadia’s doc on the legendary racer Ayrton Senna made its premiere stateside at the beginning of the year at Sundance, where it took home the World Cinema Audience Award. It enjoyed a theatrical release this past summer, and now comes to iTunes, Amazon VOD, CinemaNow, Sony Playstation, XBox & Zune Marketplace.
My pre-Sundance profile of the doc may be found here.
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Coming to DVD next Tuesday, December 13: THE BLACK POWER MIXTAPE 1967-1975
Göran Hugo Olsson’s look at the Black Power movement premiered at Sundance at the beginning of the year. The film had a limited theatrical and VOD release following additional festival screenings.
My pre-Sundance profile of the doc may be found here.
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The final pointer to the 2012 Sundance Film Festival wraps up this year’s lineup, revealing the Shorts selections here.
Last week: US and World Cinema Documentary and Dramatic Competitions and NEXT, Spotlight, Park City at Midnight, and New Frontier
Yesterday: Premieres and Documentary Premieres
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This third pointer wraps up the feature lineup for the 2012 Sundance Film Festival. Revealed today is the second of two releases on non-competition sections of the festival, including Premieres and Documentary Premieres, located here.
Coming tomorrow: Shorts.
Announced last week: US and World Cinema Documentary and Dramatic Competitions and NEXT, Spotlight, Park City at Midnight, and New Frontier.
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Coming to theatres this Friday, December 9: KNUCKLE
Ian Palmer’s twelve year profile of the Irish Traveller community premiered at Sundance earlier this year. After further festival exposure, the film opened in the UK and Ireland this past summer before its US run.
I wrote about the film pre-Sundance here.
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Now screening at NYC’s Quad Cinema as part of the African Diaspora International Film Festival: AN AFRICAN ELECTION
Director Jarreth Merz and co-director Kevin Merz’s engaging behind-the-scenes view of Ghana’s 2008 presidential election premiered at IDFA and came stateside for Sundance at the beginning of the year. Since then it won at the Atlanta Film Festival and at Visions Du Reel.
My pre-Sundance profile of the film may be found here.
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Coming to VOD next Friday, December 9: WE WERE HERE
David Weissman and Bill Weber premiered this look at San Francisco’s early response to AIDS at Sundance at the beginning of the year. The film is on the shortlist for the Academy Award for Best Documentary.
My pre-Sundance profile of the film is here.
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Here’s pointer #2 to an additional lineup announcement for the 2012 Sundance Film Festival. Up today, the first of two releases on non-competition sections of the festival, including NEXT, Spotlight, Park City at Midnight, and New Frontier, found here.
The remaining non-competition sections (Premieres and Documentary Premieres) will be unveiled on Monday, while Shorts will be announced on Tuesday.
If you missed yesterday’s announcement, US and World Cinema Documentary and Dramatic Competitions, click here.
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Coming to DVD next Tuesday, December 6: BOBBY FISCHER AGAINST THE WORLD
Liz Garbus premiered her biography of the chess wunderkind at this year’s Sundance. After screening at numerous additional festivals, it was broadcast on HBO this summer.
I profiled the film pre-Sundance here.
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