Already available on iTunes and coming to DVD and VOD tomorrow, Tuesday, October 23: THE INVISIBLE WAR
Kirby Dick’s exposé on rape in the US military claimed an audience award at its premiere this year at Sundance. Its extensive festival run has included Full Frame, Dallas, Ashland, San Francisco, Human Rights Watch, Los Angeles, and Hot Docs, and it enjoyed a limited theatrical release this Summer.
My pre-Sundance profile of the film may be found here.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Film Festivals, Recommendations, Releases, Sundance
Coming to NYC’s Landmark Sunshine Cinema via Tugg tomorrow, Tuesday, October 23: 1/2 REVOLUTION
Omar Shargawi and Karim El Hakim’s direct experience of the beginnings of the uprising in Tahrir Square premiered in the Nordisk Panorama last year. It made its stateside debut at Sundance and also screened at Dubai, Thessaloniki Doc, True/False, and the Aljazeera Doc fest.
My pre-Sundance profile of the film may be found here.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Film Festivals, Recommendations, Sundance
Coming to NYC’s Stranger Than Fiction series at the IFC Center next Tuesday, October 23: THE ATOMIC STATES OF AMERICA
Don Argott and Sheena M Joyce’s exploration of nuclear power made its world premiere in competition at Sundance at the beginning of the year. Its festival run has included Dallas, the Hamptons, Heartland, and Newport Beach, among others.
My pre-Sundance profile of the film may be found here.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Film Festivals, Recommendations, Sundance
Coming to theatres tomorrow, Friday, October 19: WE ARE LEGION: THE STORY OF THE HACKTAVISTS
Brian Knappenberger’s exploration of the radical Anonymous hacker collective premiered at Slamdance at the beginning of the year. It went on to screen at SXSW, Independent Film Festival Boston, Hot Docs, Seattle, Sheffield, SilverDocs, Traverse City, and Fantasia, picking up an audience award at the latter.
I included the film in my SXSW coverage here.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Recommendations, Releases
Coming to theatres tomorrow, Friday, October 19: BROOKLYN CASTLE
Katie Dellamaggiore’s portrait of junior high school chess players won an audience award at its world premiere earlier this year at SXSW. Its festival circuit has included Dallas, Cleveland, Hot Docs, Newport Beach, and Silverdocs.
I included the film in my SXSW coverage here.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Recommendations, Releases
Coming to NYC’s Anthology Film Archives tomorrow, Friday, October 19: BESTIAIRE
Denis Côté’s look at how we view animals made its premiere at Sundance earlier this year. It went on to screen at Berlin, Cinema du Reel, New Horizons, and Toronto, among others.
My pre-Sundance profile of the film may be found here.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Film Festivals, Recommendations, Releases, Sundance
Available on DVD beginning this week: HER MASTER’S VOICE
Nina Conti’s surprisingly moving look at her ventriloquism career premiered at SXSW this year, winning an audience award. Its festival circuit included stops at Hot Docs, Atlanta, Woods Hole, and the London doc fest, as well as Rooftop Films.
I included the film in my Hot Docs coverage here.
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Coming to theatres this Friday, October 19: THE FLAT
Arnon Goldfinger’s exploration of his Jewish family’s strange connection to Germany’s Nazi past premiered at the Jerusalem Film Festival last year, where it won the best documentary director prize. Since then, it has also picked up awards at Tribeca, Traverse City, Documentary Edge, and Krakow, as well as from the Israeli Film Academy, among others.
I included the film in my Tribeca coverage here.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Recommendations, Releases
Coming to HBO this Thursday, October 18: ETHEL
Rory Kennedy’s profile of her mother made its world premiere at Sundance this January. It’s been warmly received on the festival circuit, screening at Full Frame, Hot Docs, San Francisco, Sarasota, Nantucket, Provincetown, Traverse City, and Ashland, among others, picking up multiple awards along the way.
I profiled the film before Sundance here.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Film Festivals, Recommendations, Sundance
Coming to DVD today, Tuesday, October 16: CHELY WRIGHT: WISH ME AWAY
Bobbie Birleffi and Beverly Kopf’s profile of the musician’s coming out premiered at the Los Angeles Film Festival last year. Additional stops on the festival circuit included Frameline, NewFest, Nashville, Palm Springs, and Atlanta’s Out on Film, among others.
I previously wrote about the film here.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Recommendations, Releases
