Coming to Film Movement Plus tomorrow, Friday, August 5:
THE NOTORIOUS MR BOUT
Director:
Tony Gerber, Maxim Pozdorovkin
World Premiere:
Sundance 2014
Select Festivals:
Nantucket, Hot Docs, True/False, Little Rock, Miami, BAMcinemaFest
About:
A portrait of an infamous Russian international arms smuggler.
I previously profiled the film before Sundance here.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Film Festivals, Recommendations, Releases, Sundance
New to DVD this week:
COW
Director:
Andrea Arnold
World Premiere:
Cannes 2021
Select Festivals:
DOC NYC, Telluride, IDFA, Busan, BFI London, Melbourne, Jerusalem, Beijing, Hamburg, Hamptons, Reykjavik, Mill Valley, Chicago, Jihlava, AFI Fest, Tokyo, Rio
About:
A close-up portrait of the daily lives of two cows.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Recommendations, Releases
New to VOD this week:
EXPOSING MUYBRIDGE
Director:
Marc Shaffer
World Premiere:
DOC NYC 2021
Select Festivals:
Sheffield, Palm Springs, Jerusalem, New Zealand, Boulder, Sonoma, Milwaukee, DocLands, Minneapolis-St Paul
About:
A complex look into the compelling life and times of the father of cinema: Eadweard Muybridge.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
Coming to NYC’s Rooftop Films tomorrow, Wednesday, August 3 and to theatres this Friday, August 5:
MIJA
Director:
Isabel Castro
World Premiere:
Sundance 2022
Select Festivals:
True/False, CPH:DOX, Hot Docs, Los Angeles Latino, Miami, Cleveland, RiverRun, Maryland, San Francisco
About:
When Doris, a young, ambitious music manager whose undocumented family depends on her ability to launch pop stars, loses her biggest client, she hustles to discover new talent and finds Jacks, another daughter of immigrants for whom “making it” isn’t just a dream: it’s a necessity.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Film Festivals, Recommendations, Releases, Sundance
Coming to DVD and streaming tomorrow, Tuesday, August 2:
FANNY: THE RIGHT TO ROCK
Director:
Bobbi Jo Hart
World Premiere:
Hot Docs 2021
Select Festivals:
DOC NYC, DOXA, Inside Out, Frameline, Outfest, Los Angeles Asian Pacific, Santa Barbara, Athena, Cleveland, In-Edit, Hawaii, Doc’n Roll, Woodstock, Florida
About:
Ferocious female rockers Fanny, who shattered glass ceilings in the ’70s, collecting fans like David Bowie before being buried in retro record bins, reunite fifty years later with a new record deal and a chance to rewrite history.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Recommendations, Releases
Coming to PBS’s POV today, Monday, August 1:
HE’S MY BROTHER
Director:
Cille Hannibal
World Premiere:
CPH:DOX 2021
Select Festivals:
DOK.Fest Munich, Thessaloniki Doc, Melbourne, Docs Against Gravity
About:
What does the world feel like with three senses?
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
Coming to theatres today, Friday, July 29:
BLUE ISLAND
Director:
Chan Tze Woon
World Premiere:
Rotterdam 2022
Select Festivals:
New Directors/New Films, Hot Docs, Taiwan Doc
About:
A docufiction exploring Hong Kong’s protest movement and ensuing crackdown in the context of its history of rebellion.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
Coming to theatres and VOD tomorrow, Friday, July 29:
MY TREE
Director:
Jason Sherman
World Premiere:
Hot Docs 2021
About:
Forty years after receiving a tree for his bar mitzvah, planted in Israel in his name, the filmmaker searches it out, discovering many uncomfortable truths stemming from his gift.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
New to DVD this week:
THE TORCH
Director:
Jim Farrell
World Premiere:
Chicago 2019
About:
Guitar icon Buddy Guy reflects on his legacy and passes along the blues lessons he himself received from legends Muddy Waters and Howlin’ Wolf to a phenom of the next generation.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
Coming to Netflix today, Wednesday, July 27:
THE MOST HATED MAN ON THE INTERNET
Director:
Rob Miller
World Premiere:
Netflix (July 2022)
About:
Determined to remove her daughter’s photos from a revenge porn website, a persistent mother launches an online crusade to shut down its cruel founder.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
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