Coming to POV next Tuesday, June 21: KINGS OF PASTRY
Documentary masters Chris Hegedus and DA Pennebaker turn their attention to the most important pastry competition in the world in this film, which had a great fest run last fall and went on to a limited theatrical release.
I posted about this film on the eve of its theatrical release last fall here.
To find out more about the POV screening on PBS, click here.
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Coming to NYC’s Angelika Film Center and to the brand new Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center at the Film Society of Lincoln Center as its inaugural first-run release this Friday, June 17: PAGE ONE: INSIDE THE NEW YORK TIMES
Andrew Rossi premiered his behind-the-scenes look at our nation’s premiere newspaper this January at Sundance (with a slightly longer subtitle) and has taken it to a number of other festivals leading up to its theatrical release this week.
For my pre-Sundance profile on the film, click here.
The doc will expand to additional cities through the end of July – for additional locations and dates, click here.
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Coming to NYC’s IFC Center next Friday, June 17: BUCK
Having taken the festival circuit by storm since its world premiere at Sundance in January, where it took home the US Documentary Audience Award, Cindy Meehl’s profile of Buck Brannaman, the inspiration for the Horse Whisperer, comes to NYC for its theatrical run.
For my pre-Sundance take on the film, click here.
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A pair of films on the same unusual subject – the Colony Collapse Disorder plaguing bees – are coming to audiences this month:
Coming to NYC’s Cinema Village this Friday, June 10 and indieScreen on Friday, June 24: QUEEN OF THE SUN
Coming to VOD (including Amazon, iTunes, Vudu, Playstation, Cinemanow, and Xbox) on Tuesday, June 21: VANISHING OF THE BEES
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Coming to HBO for its cable premiere this Monday, June 13: A MATTER OF TASTE: SERVING UP PAUL LIEBRANDT
Sally Rowe made her feature directorial debut with this winning profile of the fall and rise of wunderkind chef Liebrandt. The film has screened at SXSW, Full Frame, and Tribeca in the last few months, prior to its cable premiere as part of the HBO Documentary Films Summer Series.
I wrote about the film when it premiered in competition at SXSW here.
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Premiering on OWN tonight as part of Oprah’s Documentary Club: SONS OF PERDITION
I wrote about Jennilyn Merten and Tyler Measom’s look at exiled Mormon fundamentalists a few weeks ago here.
Support the OWN Documentary Club by tuning in tonight at 9pm!
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Coming to NY and Washington DC Landmark cinemas next Friday, June 3: THE LAST MOUNTAIN
Director Bill Haney’s environmentally focused film zeroes in on controversial coal mining practices and the activists who are working to prevent them. Following its exclusive engagements in NY and DC, the doc is expanding to select cities through the rest of the summer. For my take on the film before its world premiere at Sundance, click here.
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Coming to NYC’s IFC Center next Wednesday, June 1: !WOMEN ART REVOLUTION
Lynn Hershman Leeson spent decades making this look at feminist art in the US, bringing the film to Toronto for its premiere last year, and to Sundance for its US premiere in January. I wrote about the film before Sundance here.
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Coming to DVD next Tuesday, May 24: A SMALL ACT
Since premiering it at last year’s Sundance, Jennifer Arnold has taken her film around the world, winning jury and audience awards while sharing the story of Hilde Back and Chris Mburu. After its successful festival, theatrical, and broadcast run, the doc will finally be available on DVD.
My thoughts on Arnold’s inspirational film can be found here.
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Coming to HBO for its cable premiere next Thursday, May 26: HOW TO DIE IN OREGON
Like his previous film, CLEAR CUT: THE STORY OF PHILOMATH, OREGON, director Peter D Richardson premiered his sophomore film at Sundance, where it won the Documentary Grand Jury Prize. It has since gone on to screen at SXSW and Hot Docs, and picked up additional awards at Full Frame and Ashland Independent.
I wrote about Richardson’s powerful, emotional film in the lead up to Sundance here.
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