Coming to VOD tomorrow, Tuesday, November 15: THE PIPE
Risteard Ó Domhnaill’s doc on the response of a small Irish village to a natural gas pipeline premiered at Toronto last year. It now comes to iTunes, Amazon VOD, Sony Playstation, Vudu, XBox & Zune Marketplace.
I wrote about the film out of Toronto here.
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Coming to Discovery ID this Saturday, November 12: GONE
Gretchen and John Morning’s film made its world premiere at Tribeca this Spring. It’s gone on to screen at Frameline, NewFest, and a number of other fests, picking up a Best Documentary award at NewFest.
I wrote about the film out of Tribeca here.
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Coming to PBS’ AMERICAN MASTERS and to DVD this Friday, November 11: A GOOD MAN
Gordon Quinn and Bob Hercules’s doc on choreographer Bill T Jones premiered at Full Frame, and went on to Silverdocs, Woods Hole, and DOXA. It had a limited theatrical release this Fall.
I included the film in my coverage of Silverdocs here.
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Coming to theatres this Friday, November 11: INTO THE ABYSS
The inimitable Werner Herzog brought his exploration of a Texan capital murder crime, subtitled “A Tale of Death, a Tale of Life,” to Telluride and Toronto this fall. The film also won Best Documentary at London, and opened DOC NYC last week. IFC Films brings it to theatres in NYC and LA this week.
I wrote about the doc out of Toronto here.
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Coming to POV this Thursday, November 10: WHERE SOLDIERS COME FROM
Heather Courtney premiered her doc about the homecoming of young veterans at SXSW earlier this year, where she picked up the Best Documentary Editing Award. Additional fest screenings included Full Frame, BAMcinemaFEST, and Silverdocs before its theatrical release this fall. Fittingly, POV’s broadcast comes just before Veterans Day.
I included the film in my SXSW coverage here.
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Coming to NYC’s Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center and LA’s Laemmle Royal today, Friday, November 4: PIANOMANIA
Lilian Franck and Robert Cibis’s doc, focused on the efforts of a piano tuner to match players with the perfect piano, has screened at major festivals since its premiere in 2009, including Locarno, IDFA, Sheffield, and San Francisco. It was nominated for Best Documentary in the European Film Awards, and won Best Sound at the German Film Awards.
Vienna-based Stefan Knüpfer is one of Steinway & Sons’ expert piano tuners. As the film’s subtitle suggests, he’s “in search of a perfect sound,” and the film chronicles this obsessive task with humor and tension as the beleaguered man tries to find the ideal blend between master pianist, instrument, and concert hall. While he is shown working with a number of players, the film is largely structured around his efforts to find the best concert grand piano for Pierre-Laurent Aimard to record Bach’s The Art of the Fugue. The latter is demanding and knows exactly what he wants, and it’s up to Knüpfer to figure out how to give it to him in his own self-effacing but fastidious way – and within the deadline. The result is a fascinating look at the little-seen behind-the-scenes world of sounds.
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Coming to HBO tonight, Thursday, November 3: MARATHON BOY
Gemma Atwal’s story of orphans, poverty, long-distance running, and controversy premiered at Sheffield last year. It went on to IDFA, True/False, Tribeca, and more than 30 other fests, where it picked up a number of awards, and now makes its US broadcast premiere tonight on HBO.
I wrote about the film after its appearance at Tribeca here.
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Coming to DVD next Tuesday, November 8: LIFE IN A DAY
Academy Award-winning director Kevin Macdonald combed through YouTube user-generated footage from July 24, 2010 to create a portrait of life during a single day. The film had its simultaneous world premiere at Sundance and online this past January and also had a theatrical engagement during the Summer.
My pre-Sundance profile of the film may be found here.
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Premiering on OWN as part of Oprah’s Documentary Club this Thursday, November 3: CRIME AFTER CRIME
Yoav Potash premiered his film about battered woman Deborah Peagler’s case at Sundance this year, and went on to claim awards at San Francisco and Washington DC. It had a limited theatrical release this summer and now comes to cable via Oprah.
My pre-Sundance profile of the film may be found here.
Support the OWN Documentary Club by tuning in Thursday at 9pm!
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Coming to theatres this Friday, November 4: DRAGONSLAYER
Tristan Patterson’s beautifully-lensed verité portrait of a skateboarder made its world premiere at SXSW earlier this year, where it picked up two jury awards. With indie legend Christine Vachon signed on as executive producer, the film expands from NYC beginning next week – additional theatrical engagements through the end of the year may be found here.
I wrote about the film out of SXSW
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