Coming to PBS’s Independent Lens today, Monday, November 22:
DUTY FREE
Director:
Sian-Pierre Regis
World Premiere:
DOC NYC 2020
Select Festivals:
Big Sky, Miami, ACT Human Rights
About:
As his recently laid off mother struggles to find a new job at the age of 75, the filmmaker celebrates her lifetime of self-sacrifice.
I previously wrote about the doc here.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Recommendations, Releases
Coming to CNN tomorrow, Saturday, November 20:
THE HUNT FOR PLANET B
Director:
Nathaniel Kahn
World Premiere:
SXSW 2021
About:
A behind-the-scenes look at NASA’s high-stakes James Webb Space Telescope, following a pioneering group of scientists—many of them women—on their quest to find another Earth among the stars.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Recommendations, Releases
Coming to theatres today, Friday, November 19:
THE REAL CHARLIE CHAPLIN
Director:
James Spinney, Peter Middleton
World Premiere:
Telluride 2021
Select Festivals:
BFI London, Camden, Zurich, Hamptons, AFI Fest
About:
The definitive story of cinema’s most iconic figure, from an impoverished childhood in London through a spectacular rise to fame, and onto the Hollywood limelight and a self-imposed exile.
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Coming to theatres and VOD today, Friday, November 19:
BRIAN WILSON: LONG PROMISED ROAD
Director:
Brent Wilson
World Premiere:
Tribeca 2021
About:
The Beach Boys’ lead songwriter takes a drive around Los Angeles with Rolling Stone editor and longtime friend Jason Fine in this nonlinear cinematic memoir, as vivid and multifaceted as his music.
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Coming to theatres today, Friday, November 19:
THE FIRST WAVE
Director:
Matthew Heineman
World Premiere:
Hamptons 2021
Select Festivals:
DOC NYC, BFI London, Busan, Hot Springs Doc, Philadelphia, Montclair, Savannah, AFI Fest
About:
A powerful look at the doctors, nurses, and patients on the frontlines during the “first wave” of COVID-19 in New York City from March to June 2020.
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Coming to TCM tomorrow, Friday, November 19:
DEAN MARTIN: KING OF COOL
Director:
Tom Donahue
World Premiere:
DOC NYC 2021
About:
An in-depth biography exploring Dean Martin’s varied career, including his complicated relationships with Jerry Lewis, Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr, and others.
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Coming to Netflix tomorrow, Friday, November 19:
PROCESSION
Director:
Robert Greene
World Premiere:
Telluride 2021
Select Festivals:
DOC NYC, Camden, Heartland, Montclair, Philadelphia, AFI Fest
About:
Six men, each abused by Catholic priests and, decades later, still in search of peace collaborate with the director and a team of therapists to create short films confronting their pasts.
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Coming to theatres and VOD tomorrow, Friday, November 19:
CAPTAINS OF ZAATARI
Director:
Ali El Arabi
World Premiere:
Sundance 2021
Select Festivals:
CPH:DOX, Visions du Reel, DMZ Docs, San Francisco, Seattle, Moscow, Melbourne, El Gouna, Docslisboa
About:
Teenage best friends share soccer dreams while living in the titular Syrian refugee camp.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Film Festivals, Recommendations, Releases, Sundance
Coming to theatres and VOD tomorrow, Friday, November 19:
KURT VONNEGUT: UNSTUCK IN TIME
Director:
Robert B Weide, Don Argott
World Premiere:
DOC NYC 2021
About:
Decades in the making, this biography of Kurt Vonnegut covers his years as a struggling writer to his eventual superstardom.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
Coming to OVID.tv today, Thursday, November 18:
THE LAST SEASON
Director:
Sara Dosa
World Premiere:
San Francisco 2014
Select Festivals:
New Orleans, Hot Docs, Mountainfilm, Big Sky, Sebastopol Doc, United Nations Association, Seattle Asian American
About:
A portrait of a mushroom foraging clan.
I previously wrote about the doc here.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Recommendations, Releases
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