Festival:
The 25th RIDM
Dates:
November 17-27
About:
Montreal’s premier nonfiction event showcases approximately 60 new and recent documentary features.
Category Archives: Recommendations
RIDM 2022 Overview
Filed under Documentary, Film, Film Festivals, Overviews, Recommendations
On TV & Streaming: MASTER OF LIGHT
Coming to HBO and HBO Max tomorrow, Wednesday, November 16:
MASTER OF LIGHT
Director:
Rosa Ruth Boesten
World Premiere:
SXSW 2022
Select Festivals:
San Francisco, DOC NYC
About:
George Anthony Morton, a classical painter who spent ten years in federal prison, travels to his hometown to paint his family members, forcing him to face his past in a quest to rewrite the script of his life.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Recommendations, Releases
On DVD/VOD: MOONAGE DAYDREAM
Coming to DVD and VOD tomorrow, Tuesday, November 15:
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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Streaming: FIRE OF LOVE
Coming to Disney+ today, Friday, November 11:
FIRE OF LOVE
Director:
Sara Dosa
World Premiere:
Sundance 2022
Select Festivals:
CPH:DOX, Hot Docs, True/False, SXSW, New Directors/New Films, Docaviv, Visions du Reel, Docville, Sydney, Seattle, San Francisco, Cleveland, Ashland, RiverRun, Sun Valley, Provincetown
About:
This story of the doomed love triangle between intrepid scientists and lovers Katia and Maurice Krafft and the volcanoes they captured in their explosive archival footage.
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In Theatres: NOTHING LASTS FOREVER
Coming to theatres this Friday, November 4:
NOTHING LASTS FOREVER
Director:
Jason Kohn
World Premiere:
Berlin 2022
Select Festivals:
IDFA, SXSW, CPH:DOX, Docs Against Gravity, Camden, Bergen, Philadelphia, BAMcinemaFest
About:
This thriller-like investigation into the disruptive infiltration of synthetic diamonds into the jewelry market turns into an inquiry of the universal themes of value, the real, and the symbolic.
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In Theatres: MIDWIVES
Coming to theatres this Friday, November 11:
MIDWIVES
Director:
Snow Hnin Ei Hlaing
World Premiere:
Sundance 2022
Select Festivals:
CPH:DOX, IDFA, Cleveland, San Francisco, Human Rights Watch, DMZ Docs, Docaviv, Zurich, Brisbane, Bergen, Cork
About:
Two midwives—one Buddhist, the other Muslim—work side-by-side in a makeshift clinic in Myanmar.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Film Festivals, Recommendations, Releases, Sundance
Streaming: WESTWOOD: PUNK, ICON, ACTIVIST
Coming to OVID tomorrow, Thursday, November 10:
WESTWOOD: PUNK, ICON, ACTIVIST
Director:
Lorna Tucker
Premiere:
Sundance 2018
Select Festivals:
True/False, CPH:DOX, BAFICI, Docs Against Gravity, Provincetown, Cleveland
About:
A candid profile of the uncompromising British designer.
I profiled the doc before Sundance here.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Film Festivals, Recommendations, Releases, Sundance
DOC NYC 2022 Overview
Festival:
The 13th DOC NYC
Dates:
November 9-27
About:
More than 100 new and recent features are presented by America’s largest documentary festival.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Film Festivals, Overviews, Recommendations
IDFA 2022 Overview
Festival:
The 35th IDFA
Dates:
November 9-20
About:
Nearly 150 new and recent documentary features make up the lineup of the largest nonfiction event in the world.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Film Festivals, Overviews, Recommendations
On DVD: DEAR SANTA
Coming to DVD today, Tuesday, November 8:
DEAR SANTA
Director:
Dana Nachman
World Premiere:
Heartland 2020
Select Festivals:
DOC NYC
About:
Volunteers for the USPS’s Operation Santa answer letters to Santa.
I previously wrote about the doc here.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Recommendations, Releases
