Coming to DVD today, Tuesday, November 1: MAGIC TRIP
Alex Gibney and Alison Ellwood’s doc on Ken Kesey’s LSD-fueled cross country bus trip doc premiered this year at Sundance. Magnolia brought the film out in theatres and on VOD this summer after additional festival appearances.
My pre-Sundance profile may be found
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Coming to NYC’s Film Forum this Wednesday, November 2 and LA’s Nuart this Friday, November 4: THE OTHER F WORD
Andrea Blaugrund Nevins premiered this look at what happens when anti-authority rockers become dads at SXSW this year. The film has been on the festival circuit since, including notable fests like Karlovy Vary and Woodstock. It continues its theatrical expansion next week, with additional engagements listed on the film’s website.
I included the doc in my SXSW round-up here.
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Coming to DVD tomorrow, Tuesday, November 1: TABLOID
Errol Morris debuted his take on an infamous UK scandal dubbed the “Mormon sex in chains case” at Telluride last year. It went on to screen at Toronto, DOC NYC, and numerous other festivals before IFC Films released it theatrically nationwide.
I wrote about the film upon its theatrical release this summer here.
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Out on DVD this week: OUT LATE
I included Beatrice Alda & Jennifer Brooke’s portrait of LGBT seniors in the lineup of my last year at NewFest back in 2008. It’s had a successful festival run, making appearances at both LGBT-specific and more general events since then, picking up a few awards along the way.
My notes for the film at NewFest were as follows:
As we see LGBT people coming out at ever-earlier ages as society changes its perceptions of sexuality, we may forget that it wasn’t always so easy. For the five subjects featured in the inspirational OUT LATE, various factors led them to wait until they were in their 50s, 60s, and even 70s to publicly state they were gay, lesbian, or transgender. Having spent a lifetime in denial of their true identities, they now face a second chance, experiencing both the joys and challenges of starting over, living their lives with newfound candor and pride.
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Coming to DVD next Tuesday, November 1: THE LAST MOUNTAIN
Bill Haney’s enraging exploration of the destructive impact of mountaintop coal removal in Appalachia had its world premiere back in January at Sundance. It had a limited theatrical run this past Summer.
I profiled the film before Sundance here.
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Now on DVD, released this week: FAMBUL TOK
Sara Terry’s film on grassroots truth and reconciliation in Sierra Leone made its world premiere at SXSW earlier this year. It went on to win festival awards at Nashville and elsewhere since.
I wrote about the film out of SXSW here.
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Coming to NYC’s IFC Center this Friday, October 28: URBANIZED
Gary Hustwit rounds out his design trilogy that also included HELVETICA and OBJECTIFIED with this look at city design and planning. The film made its world premiere at Toronto last month and has been traveling around the US (and even Ireland) since. Additional screenings and theatrical engagements may be found at the film’s website.
I wrote about the film out of Toronto here.
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Coming to DVD next Tuesday, November 1: HOT COFFEE
Attorney-turned-filmmaker Susan Saladoff brought her scathing exposé on how Americans have been misled into weakening their own ability to wage civil lawsuits to Sundance for its world premiere. It was picked up by HBO for broadcast this past Summer.
My pre-Sundance profile of the doc may be found here.
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Coming to DVD tomorrow, Tuesday, October 25: THE PEOPLE VS GEORGE LUCAS
Alexandre O Philippe premiered his look at STAR WARS fandom at SXSW last year, and made the rounds at numerous other fests since then. The doc had a limited theatrical release beginning this past May.
I wrote about the film upon its theatrical release
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Coming to NYC’s AMC Empire 25 tomorrow, Friday, October 21 (and expanding in November): ELEVATE
Anne Buford’s film focuses on the potential of basketball to change the lives of players in Senegal. The doc premiered at SXSW and went on to screen at notable fests like BAMcinemaFEST and Dallas, where I was on the jury that awarded it the Grand Jury Prize.
I wrote about the film out of Dallas here.
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