Coming to DVD next Tuesday, January 22: BIRDERS: THE CENTRAL PARK EFFECT
Jeffrey Kimball’s film on the birds of NYC and those who love them premiered at SXSW last year. Its festival circuit included IFF Boston, Seattle, and DOC NYC, among others.
I previously wrote about the doc out of SXSW here.
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Coming to NYC’s Film Society of Lincoln Center’s Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center for a week run starting this Friday, January 18: HOW TO SURVIVE A PLAGUE, 5 BROKEN CAMERAS, and THE INVISIBLE WAR
In recognition of last week’s Academy Award nominations announcement, the Film Society of Lincoln Center is re-presenting three of the five films up for this year’s Oscar for Best Documentary Feature, all of which previously played as part of FSLC programming – PLAGUE and CAMERAS screened as part of New Directors/New Films, while WAR was part of the Human Rights Watch International Film Festival. If you’re in NYC, this will be another chance to catch all three on the big screen before the winner is announced on Sunday, February 24.
I previously wrote about all three prior to their debuts at Sundance a year ago:
HOW TO SURVIVE A PLAGUE
5 BROKEN CAMERAS
THE INVISIBLE WAR
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Coming to PBS’ Independent Lens next Monday, January 21 and to DVD next Tuesday, January 22: BEAUTY IS EMBARRASSING
Neil Berkeley premiered his film about artist Wayne White at SXSW last year. Its fest circuit has included Full Frame, Cleveland, Hot Docs, Boston, Nashville, and Silverdocs, among many others.
I wrote about the film out of Silverdocs here.
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Coming to DVD next Tuesday, January 22: SEARCHING FOR SUGAR MAN
Malik Bendjelloul’s investigation into an obscure musician with an unusual legacy premiered at Sundance last year, claiming two awards. It went on to screen extensively, including SXSW, Tribeca, Karlovy Vary, and IDFA, among others. Earlier this month, the doc was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature, and also picked up a Cinema Eye.
I wrote about the film pre-Sundance here.
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Coming to VOD next Tuesday, January 22: THE IMPOSTER
Bart Layton’s masterful portrait of a stranger than fiction impersonation premiered last year at Sundance. Its festival circuit included Seattle, BAMcinemafest, Edinburgh, and Miami, among many others. The doc was shortlisted for the Academy Award and picked up a Cinema Eye for Best Production earlier this month. FilmBuff releases the film on iTunes, Amazon, YouTube, and Vudu next week.
I wrote about the film before Sundance here.
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Coming to DVD via the Criterion Collection next Tuesday, January 22: PINA
Wim Wenders’ tribute to choreographer Pina Bausch made its premiere in Berlin in 2011. Its festival circuit included slots at Telluride, Toronto, and the New York Film Festival, among many others. It was shortlisted for the foreign Oscar and nominated for the documentary Oscar last year.
I previously wrote about the film here.
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Coming to VOD today, Tuesday, January 15: THE ATOMIC STATES OF AMERICA
Don Argott and Sheena M Joyce premiered their look at America’s nuclear power industry at Sundance a year ago. Since then the film has gone on to festival play at Dallas, the Hamptons, Seattle, Ashland, Montclair, and Heartland, among others. Today it becomes available on iTunes, Netflix Streaming, Sundance NOW, Hulu, Vudu, Sony Playstation, XBOX, Snag Films, Amazon Instant, and Google/YouTube.
My pre-Sundance profile of the doc may be found here.
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Coming to Brooklyn’s reRun Theater this Friday, January 18: OUR SCHOOL
Mona Nicoara and Miruna Coca-Cozma’s look at the attempts to integrate Roma into Romanian schools made its world premiere at Tribeca in 2011. Since then, it has screened extensively, including Visions du Reel, Thessaloniki Doc, United Nations Association, One World, Transylvania, and Silverdocs, picking up the grand jury prize at the latter.
I included the doc in my Tribeca coverage here.
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Coming to Hulu for free tomorrow, Tuesday, January 15: WE’RE NOT BROKE
Karin Hayes and Victoria Bruce’s incendiary exposé of corporate tax loopholes made its premiere a year ago at Sundance. Its festival circuit included Dallas, the Independent Film Festival Boston, DocAviv, and Montclair, among others. In recognition of the national dialogue around the fiscal cliff, the filmmakers have opted to release the doc for free on Hulu in conjunction with Sundance’s Artist Services program.
My pre-Sundance profile of the doc may be found here.
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Coming to DVD next Tuesday, January 15: CHINA HEAVYWEIGHT
Yung Chang’s look at China’s economic development through the lens of sports made its debut at Sundance a year ago. Since then it has screened at Hot Docs, Sheffield, and Silverdocs, among others, in addition to a limited theatrical release.
My pre-Sundance profile of the doc may be found here.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Film Festivals, Recommendations, Releases, Sundance
