Coming to DVD this coming Tuesday, January 7: INEQUALITY FOR ALL
Jacob Kornbluth’s exploration of America’s widening economic disparity debuted at Sundance last year, picking up a special jury prize. Its fest circuit has included Seattle, Traverse City, Los Angeles, San Francisco, AFI Docs, Zurich, and Deuville, among others.
My pre-Sundance profile of the doc may be found here.
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The sixteenth and final film in this year’s US Documentary Competition sees the return of a two-time Sundance alum: Edet Belzberg’s WATCHERS OF THE SKY, a far-ranging exploration of the world’s response to genocide.
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Coming to NYC’s Maysles Cinema today and tomorrow, Friday and Saturday, January 3-4: The Cinema Eye Honors Spotlight Film Series
The 7th annual Cinema Eye Honors, celebrating excellence in nonfiction film, will take place on January 8 ay the Museum of Moving Image. Thanks to filmmaker/occasional critic Robert Greene, the Maysles Cinema is offering New Yorkers a chance to view three of the criminally underseen nominees of this year’s Spotlight Award, which singles out films from the previous year that deserve more attention than perhaps they have received.
I’ve included links to my previous coverage of each of the films, together with their series screening date and time:
THE LAST STATION
Friday, January 3, 7pm
VALENTINE ROAD
Friday, January 3, 9pm
FUCK FOR FOREST
Saturday, January 4, 4pm (includes Q&A with director)
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The penultimate film in the 2014 Sundance US Documentary Competition closes out today’s doc profiles: Tracy Droz Tragos and Andrew Droz Palermo’s RICH HILL, a deeply humanistic look at the lives of three adolescents and their impoverished rural town.
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The US Documentary Competition heads into the homestretch: Cynthia Hill’s PRIVATE VIOLENCE, an intimate and powerful exploration of domestic violence.
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Coming to NYC’s IFC Center tomorrow Friday, January 3: LOS ANGELES PLAYS ITSELF
Andersen premiered his essay about the cinematic representation of Los Angeles at Toronto in 2003. It went on to have an extensive festival run, including slots at Sundance, Rotterdam, Marseille, Karlovy Vary, and CPH:DOX, among others. On the occasion of its 10th anniversary, it is being presented in a new, remastered and re-edited version.
I previously wrote about the film here.
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Resuming my film-by-film look at the docs of Sundance 2014: Jesse Moss’ US Documentary Competition title THE OVERNIGHTERS, in which a smalltown pastor’s desire to help the unfortunate threatens to turn his congregation against him.
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Coming to DVD next Tuesday, January 7: BIRTH OF THE LIVING DEAD
Rob Kuhns’ chronicle of the making of George A Romero’s seminal zombie film had its premiere at Tallgrass last year. Its fest run also included Florida, Cinequest, Big Sky, Woods Hole, Sitges, Woodstock, and the Southern Circuit, as well as limited theatrical engagements and a VOD release.
I previously wrote about the doc upon its theatrical release here.
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w(n)td is welcoming the new year by taking a break from regular posting until tomorrow, when the film-by-film profiles of the 2014 Sundance Film Festival documentary line-up will resume. The US Documentary Competition will wrap up later this week, and the World Cinema Documentary Competition will commence. If you missed any, the series starts here. Happy 2014!
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The last of my Sundance doc profiles before the New Year: Jeffrey Radice’s US Documentary Competition title NO NO: A DOCKUMENTARY, a tribute to the infamous baseball pitcher Dock Ellis.
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