Category Archives: Sundance

Coming to theatres tomorrow, Friday, October 12:
THE SENTENCE

Director:
Rudy Valdez

Premiere:
Sundance 2018

Select Festivals:
Nantucket, DOC NYC, Locarno, Traverse City, Montclair, Sarasota, Urbanworld, Thin Line, Provincetown, LA Latino, Aspen Ideas, SF Jewish, Freep, GlobeDocs

About:
A filmmaker reveals the personal impact of mandatory minimum laws on his own family.

I profiled the doc before Sundance here.

Coming to DVD today, Tuesday, October 9:
DARK MONEY

Director:
Kimberly Reed

Premiere:
Sundance 2018

Select Festivals:
Nantucket, Big Sky, Full Frame, AFI Docs, Boulder, Martha’s Vineyard, Florida, Ashland, Cleveland, Freep, Montclair, Dallas, Nashville, Telluride Mountainfilm

About:
Montana serves as a case study for the dangerous impact of Citizens United on politics.

I profiled the doc before Sundance here.

New to DVD this week:
THE KING

Director:
Eugene Jarecki

Premiere:
Cannes 2017

Select Festivals:
Sundance, Nantucket, Nashville, Seattle, Martha’s Vineyard, London, Sarasota, Chicago DOC 10, Deauville, Zurich, Haifa

About:
A musical road trip across the US in Elvis Presley’s 1963 Rolls Royce explores the rise and fall of the American empire.

My pre-Sundance profile of the doc may be found here.

Coming to DVD and VOD today, Tuesday, October 2:
THREE IDENTICAL STRANGERS

Director:
Tim Wardle

Premiere:
Sundance 2018

Select Festivals:
Nantucket, Hot Docs, Miami, San Francisco, Sydney, Dallas, Montclair, Cleveland, Newport Beach

About:
The surprising, stranger than fiction tale of triplets separated at birth.

I profiled the doc before Sundance here.

Coming to PBS’s DARK MONEYPOV tonight, Monday, October 1:
DARK MONEY

Director:
Kimberly Reed

Premiere:
Sundance 2018

Select Festivals:
Nantucket, Big Sky, Full Frame, AFI Docs, Boulder, Martha’s Vineyard, Florida, Ashland, Cleveland, Freep, Montclair, Dallas, Nashville, Telluride Mountainfilm

About:
Montana serves as a case study for the dangerous impact of Citizens United on politics.

I profiled the doc before Sundance here.

Coming to theatres today, Friday, September 28:
MATANGI/MAYA/MIA

Director:
Stephen Loveridge

Premiere:
Sundance 2018

Select Festivals:
Berlin, True/False, CPH:DOX, New Directors/New Films, Docs Against Gravity, Biografilm, Sydney, New Zealand, Melbourne, Helsinki, Zurich, Seattle

About:
An insider perspective on the life and career of popular musician MIA.

My pre-Sundance profile of the doc may be found here.

Coming to theatres and to VOD tomorrow, Friday, September 28:
BAD REPUTATION

Director:
Kevin Kerslake

Premiere:
Sundance 2018

Select Festivals:
BFI London, Cleveland, San Francisco, Montclair, Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Outfest

About:
A portrait of the queen of rock ‘n’ roll, Joan Jett.

I profiled the doc before Sundance here.

Coming to theatres this Friday, September 28:
306 HOLLYWOOD

Directors:
Elan Bogarín and Jonathan Bogarín

Premiere:
Sundance 2018

Select Festivals:
Nantucket, Hot Docs, Full Frame, Cleveland, Sarasota, Montclair, Aspen Ideas, Atlanta, Berkshire, Woods Hole, San Francisco Jewish

About:
A magical realist archaeological exploration of the filmmakers’ late grandmother’s home and possessions.

I profiled the doc before Sundance here.