Category Archives: Recommendations

Now on AppleTV:
RED HEAVEN

Director:
Lauren DeFilippo, Katherine Gorringe

World Premiere:
SXSW 2020 (unscreened)

Select Festivals:
DOC NYC, Hot Docs, Big Sky Doc, Fargo, Thin Line

About:
In this prescient exploration of self-imposed quarantine, six volunteers embark on a one-year mission in a Mars simulation to further research for space exploration.

Coming to PBS’s POV today, Monday, October 18:
THINGS WE DARE NOT DO

Director:
Bruno Santamaría

World Premiere:
Hot Docs 2020

Select Festivals:
DOC NYC, IDFA, DocPoint, DMZ Docs, Lima, FICUNAM, BelDocs, Docs Againat Gravity, DOK.Fest München

About:
An ephemeral profile of a Mexican teenager on the cusp of adulthood, conflicted between the desire to express their true sexuality and the expectations of family.

Coming to theatres tomorrow, Friday, October 22:
BECOMING COUSTEAU

Director:
Liz Garbus

World Premiere:
Telluride 2021

Select Festivals:
Toronto, Hamptons, Camden, BFI London, Mill Valley, Rome

About:
A portrait of the visionary explorer, activist and TV host.

Coming to Discovery+ tomorrow, Thursday, October 21:
INTRODUCING, SELMA BLAIR

Director:
Rachel Fleit

World Premiere:
SXSW 2021

Select Festivals:
Hamptons

About:
In a quest to take control of her personal health after being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, actor Selma Blair adapts to new ways of living while pursuing an experimental medical procedure.

Coming to DVD tomorrow, Tuesday, October 19:
ON BROADWAY

Director:
Oren Jacoby

World Premiere:
Hamptons 2019

Select Festivals:
DOC NYC, New York Jewish, RiverRun, Atlanta Jewish, Miami Jewish, Sedona, Boulder Jewish

About:
A history of and love letter to Broadway.

I previously wrote about the doc here.

Coming to theatres today, Friday, October 15:
INTRODUCING, SELMA BLAIR

Director:
Rachel Fleit

World Premiere:
SXSW 2021

Select Festivals:
Hamptons

About:
In a quest to take control of her personal health after being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, actor Selma Blair adapts to new ways of living while pursuing an experimental medical procedure.

Coming to Discovery+ today, Thursday, October 14:
CRUTCH

Director:
Sachi Cunningham, Vayabobo

World Premiere:
DOC NYC 2020

Select Festivals:
Cleveland, ReelAbilities, Bentonville

About:
From angry skatepunk to international provocateur, the emotional story of a one-of-a-kind artist’s struggle to be understood.

The film previously screened at DOC NYC, for which our program notes read:
Dance, art, performance, and disability politics converge in this entertaining and enlightening portrait of Bill Shannon, an internationally renowned artist, break dancer, and skate punk, who wields his crutches as tools of expression and instruments for audience provocation. The film journeys through a decade of intimate access and a lifetime of archival footage that includes Shannon’s stage work for Cirque du Soleil, the Sydney Opera House, the Tate Modern, and the Chicago MOCA.