Category Archives: Film

September 15, 2022 · 2:12 PM

In Theatres & On VOD: RIOTSVILLE, USA

Coming to theatres and VOD tomorrow, Friday, September 16:
RIOTSVILLE, USA

Director:
Sierra Pettengill

World Premiere:
Sundance 2022

Select Festivals:
New Directors/New Films, True/False, CPH:DOX, Seattle, Freep, San Francisco, Traverse City

About:
Footage shot by the media and government of a fictional town built by the US military explores the militarization of the police and the reaction of a nation to the uprisings of the late 1960s, creating a counter-narrative to a critical moment in American history.

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September 15, 2022 · 1:31 PM

On TV: SCATTERING CJ

Coming to The WORLD Channel tomorrow, Friday, September 16:
SCATTERING CJ

Director:
Andrea Kalin

World Premiere:
Camden 2019

Select Festivals:
Rocky Mountain Women’s, Annapolis, Salem, ReelAbilities, DocUtah,

About:
A look at how a mother’s attempts to deal with the suicide of her son became a viral phenomenon.

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September 15, 2022 · 12:46 PM

Streaming: SEARCHING EVA

Coming to OVID tomorrow, Friday, September 16:
SEARCHING EVA

Director:
Pia Hellenthal

World Premiere:
Berlin 2019

Select Festivals:
CPH:DOX, IDFA, Hot Docs, Jeonju, Docs Against Gravity, Biografilm, AFI Fest,

About:
A portrait of a sex worker, model, and writer who explores sexual autonomy online.

I previously wrote about the doc here.

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September 15, 2022 · 12:01 PM

In Theatres: MOONAGE DAYDREAM

Coming to theatres tomorrow, Friday, September 16:
MOONAGE DAYDREAM

Director:
Brett Morgen

World Premiere:
Cannes 2022

Select Festivals:
Toronto, Karlovy Vary, Deauville, Jerusalem

About:
An artful and life-affirming journey through David Bowie’s creative life, grappling with spirituality, transience, isolation, creativity, and time to reveal the celebrated icon in his own voice.

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September 14, 2022 · 3:02 PM

Streaming: WE INTEND TO CAUSE HAVOC

Coming to OVID tomorrow, Thursday, September 15:
WE INTEND TO CAUSE HAVOC

Director:
Gio Arlotta

World Premiere:
Indielisboa 2019

Select Festivals:
Rotterdam, Warsaw, Doc’n Roll, One World

About:
An exploration of the history of Zambia’s most popular rock band in the 1970s, WITCH, and the fate of its vocalist, Jagari.

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September 14, 2022 · 2:12 PM

Streaming: SEX AND BROADCASTING: A FILM ABOUT WFMU

Coming to Ovid tomorrow, Thursday, September 15:
SEX AND BROADCASTING: A FILM ABOUT WFMU

Director:
Tim K Smith

World Premiere:
DOC NYC 2014

Select Festivals:
Rotterdam, Salem, Montclair

About:
A portrait of a maverick radio station.

I previously wrote about the film for DOC NYC’s program, saying:
New Jersey’s WFMU has occupied a unique position as an independent, commercial-free, listener-supported radio station since its inception in the late 1950s. At its heart is the dedicated station manager Ken Freedman, committed to an unstructured, free-form broadcasting model which has won WFMU acclaim as the best – and perhaps weirdest – radio station in the tristate area, if not the country. Facing a budget crisis, can Ken rally both his volunteer staff and his listeners to keep the station afloat?

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September 14, 2022 · 1:31 PM

On DVD: BLOOM UP: A SWINGER COUPLE STORY

New to DVD this week:
BLOOM UP: A SWINGER COUPLE STORY

Director:
Mauro Russo Rouge

World Premiere:
Hot Docs 2021

Select Festivals:
Biografilm, Mallorca

About:
An average middle-aged Italian couple by day, Hermes and Betta live out their unbridled sexual fantasies as swingers by night.

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September 14, 2022 · 12:46 PM

In Theatres: TERRA FEMME

Coming to NYC’s Anthology Film Archives tomorrow, Thursday, September 15:
TERRA FEMME

Director:
Courtney Stephens

World Premiere:
MoMA Doc Fortnight 2021

Select Festivals:
IDFA, Hot Docs, RIDM, DokuFest, Camden, Open City Docs, Sydney Underground, Indielisboa, Docaviv

About:
Archival material and home movies from the 1920s to the 1940s reveal the emancipatory power women found in newly available personal cameras, and the association this self-expression had with gender roles, the rise of a leisured, white middle class, and imperialism.

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September 14, 2022 · 12:01 PM

Streaming: HELL OF A CRUISE

Coming to Peacock today, Wednesday, September 14:
HELL OF A CRUISE

Director:
Nick Quested

World Premiere:
Peacock (September 2022)

About:
An exploration of the spread of COVID aboard a luxury Diamond Princess cruise ship in January 2020, and why, one week later, cruise ships were still sent out to sea.