Coming to DVD in re-release tomorrow, Tuesday, March 22:
ROCK HUDSON’S HOME MOVIES
Director:
Mark Rappaport
World Premiere:
NYC theatrical release (June 1992)
Select Festivals:
Toronto, Thessaloniki, Busan
About:
A subversive essay film exploring the queer subtext in the oeuvre of the publicly closeted Hollywood icon.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Recommendations, Releases
Coming to Disney+ today, Friday, March 18:
MORE THAN ROBOTS
Director:
Gillian Jacobs
World Premiere:
SXSW 2022
About:
Four teams of teenagers from around the world prepare for the 2020 First Robotics Competition, but in a year like no other, the kids learn that there is more to the competition than just robots.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Recommendations, Releases
Coming to VOD today, Friday, March 18:
MAU
Director:
Benji Bergmann, Jono Bergmann
World Premiere:
SXSW 2021
Select Festivals:
CPH:DOX, Hot Docs, Tallinn Black Nights
About:
The unlikely story of design visionary Bruce Mau and his ever-optimistic push for massive change.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Recommendations, Releases
Coming to theatres today, Friday, March 18:
JANE BY CHARLOTTE
Director:
Charlotte Gainsbourg
World Premiere:
Cannes 2021
Select Festivals:
New York, Deauville, Jerusalem, San Sebastian, Doclisboa, São Paulo, Warsaw, Jihlava, Tallinn Black Nights, Torino, Taipei Golden Horse, Stockholm
About:
The filmmaker makes a portrait of her famed mother Jane Birkin.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
New to VOD this week:
THE LAST TOURIST
Director:
Tyson Sadler
World Premiere:
Vancouver 2021
Select Festivals:
CPH:DOX, Santa Barbara, Edmonton
About:
On the downsides of tourism on local communities, animals, and the environment, and what can be done to make it more ethical and sustainable.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
Coming to theatres and VOD tomorrow, Friday, March 18:
THE TORCH
Director:
Jim Farrell
World Premiere:
Chicago 2019
About:
Guitar icon Buddy Guy reflects on his legacy and passes along the blues lessons he himself received from legends Muddy Waters and Howlin’ Wolf to a phenom of the next generation.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
Coming to OVID.tv tomorrow, Thursday, March 17:
EL MAR LA MAR
Directors:
Joshua Bonnetta and JP Sniadecki
World Premiere:
Berlin 2017
Select Festivals:
New York, London, IDFA, Indielisboa, Dokfest Munich, Docaviv, Docs Against Gravity, AFI Docs, Camden, Chicago, Vienna, AFI Fest, San Francisco, Hong Kong
About:
An immersive exploration of life and death in a desert along the US/Mexico border.
I previously wrote about the doc here.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Recommendations, Releases
Coming to OVID.tv today, Wednesday, March 16:
CHINESE PORTRAIT
Director:
Xiaoshuai Wang
World Premiere:
Busan 2018
Select Festivals:
IDFA, MoMA Documentary Fortnight, CPH:DOX, True/False, Hong Kong Asian, Thessaloniki Doc
About:
A look at modern China through a series of artfully composed long shots of its people.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
Coming to OVID.tv today, Tuesday, March 15:
STEP UP TO THE PLATE
Director:
Paul Lacoste
World Premiere:
Berlin 2012
Select Festivals:
Seattle, Silverdocs, San Francisco
About:
Following the slow passing of the torch of a three-Michelin-star restaurant from father to son.
I previously wrote about the doc here.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Recommendations, Releases
Coming to DVD today, Tuesday, March 15:
RIVETED: THE HISTORY OF JEANS
Director:
Anna Lee Strachan, Michael Bicks
World Premiere:
American Experience broadcast (February 2022)
About:
An exploration of the rich history of the iconic garment, the fabric on which the history of American culture and politics are writ large.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
what (not) to doc 