Category Archives: Recommendations

March 25, 2022 · 12:01 PM

On TV: WRITING WITH FIRE

Coming to PBS’s Independent Lens this coming Monday, March 28:
WRITING WITH FIRE

Director:
Rintu Thomas, Sushmit Ghosh

World Premiere:
Sundance 2021

Select Festivals:
DOC NYC, Nantucket, IDFA, CPH:DOX, Hot Docs, RIDM, BlackStar, Guadalajara, DocsMX, Double Exposure, Sydney, Yamagata Doc, Ambulante, Denver, San Diego Asian, Hawaii, Bergen, San Francisco, Krakow, Seattle, Thessaloniki Doc, One World, Shanghai

Notable Recognition:
The doc has been nominated for the Academy Awards.

About:
A chronicle of the trailblazing work of India’s only news outlet run by Dalit women–once known as “untouchable.”

I previously wrote about the doc before Sundance here.

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March 23, 2022 · 12:01 PM

CPH:DOX 2022 Overview

Festival:
The 19th CPH:DOX

Dates:
March 23-April 3

About:
More than 160 new and recent features are included in this first-class Danish nonfiction event.

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March 21, 2022 · 12:01 PM

On DVD: ROCK HUDSON’S HOME MOVIES

Coming to DVD in re-release tomorrow, Tuesday, March 22:
ROCK HUDSON’S HOME MOVIES

Director:
Mark Rappaport

World Premiere:
NYC theatrical release (June 1992)

Select Festivals:
Toronto, Thessaloniki, Busan

About:
A subversive essay film exploring the queer subtext in the oeuvre of the publicly closeted Hollywood icon.

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March 18, 2022 · 3:01 PM

Streaming: MORE THAN ROBOTS

Coming to Disney+ today, Friday, March 18:
MORE THAN ROBOTS

Director:
Gillian Jacobs

World Premiere:
SXSW 2022

About:
Four teams of teenagers from around the world prepare for the 2020 First Robotics Competition, but in a year like no other, the kids learn that there is more to the competition than just robots.

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March 18, 2022 · 1:31 PM

On VOD: MAU

Coming to VOD today, Friday, March 18:
MAU

Director:
Benji Bergmann, Jono Bergmann

World Premiere:
SXSW 2021

Select Festivals:
CPH:DOX, Hot Docs, Tallinn Black Nights

About:
The unlikely story of design visionary Bruce Mau and his ever-optimistic push for massive change.

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March 16, 2022 · 1:31 PM

Streaming: EL MAR LA MAR

Coming to OVID.tv tomorrow, Thursday, March 17:
EL MAR LA MAR

Directors:
Joshua Bonnetta and JP Sniadecki

World Premiere:
Berlin 2017

Select Festivals:
New York, London, IDFA, Indielisboa, Dokfest Munich, Docaviv, Docs Against Gravity, AFI Docs, Camden, Chicago, Vienna, AFI Fest, San Francisco, Hong Kong

About:
An immersive exploration of life and death in a desert along the US/Mexico border.

I previously wrote about the doc here.

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March 15, 2022 · 1:31 PM

Streaming: STEP UP TO THE PLATE

Coming to OVID.tv today, Tuesday, March 15:
STEP UP TO THE PLATE

Director:
Paul Lacoste

World Premiere:
Berlin 2012

Select Festivals:
Seattle, Silverdocs, San Francisco

About:
Following the slow passing of the torch of a three-Michelin-star restaurant from father to son. 

I previously wrote about the doc here.

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March 14, 2022 · 1:31 PM

On TV & Streaming: PHOENIX RISING

Courtesy of Sundance Institute

Coming to HBO and HBO Max in two parts beginning tomorrow, Tuesday, March 15:
PHOENIX RISING

Director:
Amy Berg

World Premiere:
Sundance 2022

About:
Actress and activist Evan Rachel Wood takes her experience as a survivor of domestic violence to pursue justice, heal generational trauma, and reclaim her story in a culture that instinctively blames women. The film intimately charts her journey as she moves toward naming her infamous abuser for the first time.

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March 14, 2022 · 12:01 PM

On DVD: ENEMIES OF THE STATE

Coming to DVD tomorrow, Tuesday, March 15:
ENEMIES OF THE STATE

Director:
Sonia Kennebeck

World Premiere:
Tribeca 2020 (unscreened)

Select Festivals:
DOC NYC, Toronto, CPH:DOX, Calgary, Glasgow

About:
Everything is not as it seems for an American family that flees to Canada to protect their hacker son from US government persecution.

I previously wrote about the doc here.

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March 10, 2022 · 12:01 PM

SXSW 2022: Documentary Overview

Festival:
The 29th SXSW Film Festival

Dates:
March 11-20

About:
This Austin event makes its in-person return with a lineup of more than 100 new features and episodics – with docs making up more than half that number.

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