Coming to theatres this Friday, July 29:
ONE MAN DIES A MILLION TIMES
Director:
Jessica Oreck
World Premiere:
SXSW 2019
Select Festivals:
Goteborg, Ashland, Sarasota, Montclair, Maryland, Woods Hole, Vancouver, Milwaukee, Kolkata, Cairo
About:
Part documentary, part legend, the true story of a Russian seed bank and the botanists who worked there throughout the Siege of Leningrad (1941–1944), transposed to a sci-fi-inflected future.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
New to VOD this week:
BEBA
Director:
Rebeca Huntt
World Premiere:
Toronto 2021
Select Festivals:
Berlin, CPH:DOX, Docaviv, Miami, Tribeca, Provincetown, Minneapolis-St Paul
About:
A raw, poetic self-portrait in which a young, NYC-born Afro-Latina filmmaker stares down historical, societal, and generational trauma.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Recommendations, Releases
Coming to HBO and HBO Max tomorrow, Wednesday, July 27:
WE MET IN VIRTUAL REALITY
Director:
Joe Hunting
World Premiere:
Sundance 2022
Select Festivals:
True/False, CPH:DOX, Maryland
About:
Filmed entirely inside the world of VR, this vérité documentary captures the excitement and surprising intimacy of a burgeoning cultural movement, demonstrating the power of online connection in an isolated world.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Film Festivals, Recommendations, Releases, Sundance
Coming to VOD today, Tuesday, July 26:
JAZZ FEST: A NEW ORLEANS STORY
Director:
Frank Marshall, Ryan Suffern
World Premiere:
SXSW 2021
About:
A soulful and heartfelt celebration of 50 years of the funky and fabulous New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival and the unique culture of the southern city.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
Coming to DVD tomorrow, Tuesday, July 26:
MARX CAN WAIT
Director:
Marco Bellocchio
World Premiere:
Cannes 2021
Select Festivals:
New York, Busan, BFI London, Taipei Golden Horse, Vienna, IDFA, BAFICI
About:
In his most achingly personal film to date, the legendary Italian filmmaker uses the occasion of a family reunion to excavate and discuss a traumatic event: the suicide of his twin brother Camillo.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
Coming to PBS’s POV today, Monday, July 25:
WINTER’S YEARNING
Director:
Sidse Torstholm Larsen, Sturla Pilsko
World Premiere:
CPH:DOX 2019
Select Festivals:
Margaret Mead, Reykjavik, DOXA, Open City Docs, Nordisk Panorama
About:
In Maniitsoq, Greenland, the US aluminum giant Alcoa Corporation has been planning to build a smelting plant for years, and, with it, the nation’s possible first steps towards economic renewal and political sovereignty.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
Coming to theatres today, Friday, July 22:
MY OLD SCHOOL
Director:
Jono McLeod
World Premiere:
Sundance 2022
Select Festivals:
Nantucket, Thessaloniki Doc, Docs Against Gravity
About:
The astonishing true story of Scotland’s most notorious imposter.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Film Festivals, Recommendations, Releases, Sundance
Coming to theatres today, Friday, July 22:
THE REVEREND
Director:
Nick Canfield
World Premiere:
DokuFest Kosovo 2021
Select Festivals:
DOC NYC, Doc’n Roll, Sound Unseen, DocuWest, Thin Line, deadCenter,
About:
A hard-rocking reverend finds faith and connection to community through his powerful revivalist style musical performances.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
Coming to HBO Max today, Thursday, July 21:
THE LAST MOVIE STARS
Director:
Ethan Hawke
World Premiere:
SXSW 2022
Select Festivals:
Cannes
About:
An epic 6-chapter film chronicling Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward’s iconic careers and decades-long partnership.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
Coming to DVD in re-release today, Tuesday, July 19:
THE SILVER SCREEN: COLOR ME LAVENDER
Director:
Mark Rappaport
World Premiere:
Locarno 1997
Select Festivals:
NewFest, Chicago Reeling
About:
An examination of the representation of homosexuality in Golden Age Hollywood cinema.
The film screened at NewFest, for which our program notes read:
If you thought you’d seen it all in THE CELLULOID CLOSET, think again! In this latest installment of queer film history, Mark Rappaport, the acclaimed director of ROCK HUDSON’S HOME MOVIES, enlists the talents of FRASIER co-star Dan Butler to take you on an ingenious and highly entertaining journey through the golden years of classic Hollywood cinema, highlighting the continual presence of some extremely queer characters on the silver screen. Through the skillful dissection of film clips, Rappaport offers astute and persuasive readings of particular male star personae, including Bob Hope, Danny Kaye, Cary Grant, Jerry Lewis, and Clifton Webb, to demonstrate how thoroughly ambiguous Hollywood masculinity really was.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Recommendations, Releases
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