Coming to Amazon Prime Video this Friday, December 30:
WILDCAT
Director:
Melissa Lesh, Trevor Beck Frost
World Premiere:
Telluride 2022
Select Festivals:
IDFA, Montclair, Heartland, St Louis, Hawai’i, AFI Fest
About:
A British war vet crippled by depression and PTSD attempts to find healing by raising an orphaned baby ocelot to maturity deep in the Peruvian jungle.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Recommendations, Releases
Coming to PBS’s American Masters tomorrow, Tuesday, December 27:
GROUCHO & CAVETT
Director:
Robert S Bader
World Premiere:
Hamptons 2022
About:
A portrait of the enduring friendship between television personality Dick Cavett and his mentor, iconic comedian Groucho Marx.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
New to VOD this week:
THE SUPER 8 YEARS
Director:
David Ernaux-Briot, Annie Ernaux
World Premiere:
Cannes 2022
Select Festivals:
New York, IDFA, Busan, Zurich, São Paulo, Rome, Ji.hlava
About:
Super 8 films, shot between 1972 and 1981, reveal not only a family archive but a testimony to the pastimes, lifestyle, and aspirations of a social class in the decade after 1968.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
New to DVD this week:
TAKEN HOSTAGE
Director:
Robert Stone
World Premiere:
PBS broadcast (November 2022)
About:
Unfolding like a political thriller, the story of the Iran hostage crisis, when 52 American diplomats, Marines and civilians were held hostage at the American Embassy in Tehran on November 4, 1979.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
New to DVD this week:
HARRIET TUBMAN: VISIONS OF FREEDOM
Director:
Stanley Nelson
World Premiere:
PBS broadcast (October 2022)
About:
A portrait of the inspiring woman who repeatedly risked her own life and freedom to liberate others from slavery.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
Coming to theatres tomorrow, Wednesday, December 21:
WILDCAT
Director:
Melissa Lesh, Trevor Beck Frost
World Premiere:
Telluride 2022
Select Festivals:
IDFA, Montclair, Heartland, St Louis, Hawai’i, AFI Fest
About:
A British war vet crippled by depression and PTSD attempts to find healing by raising an orphaned baby ocelot to maturity deep in the Peruvian jungle.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Recommendations, Releases
Coming to OVID today, Tuesday, December 20:
BALLETS RUSSES
Director:
Dan Geller, Dayna Goldfine
World Premiere:
Sundance 2005
Select Festivals:
Toronto, Bangkok, Hong Kong, Milwaukee
About:
An intimate portrait of a group of pioneering artists who gave birth to modern ballet.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Film Festivals, Recommendations, Releases, Sundance
Coming to VOD tomorrow, Tuesday, December 20:
BRAINWASHED: SEX-CAMERA-POWER
Director:
Nina Menkes
World Premiere:
Sundance 2022
Select Festivals:
Berlin, CPH:DOX, IDFA, Karlovy Vary, Thessaloniki Doc, BFI London, Jeonju, Istanbul, Beldocs, Docaviv, Frameline, Encounters, Bergen, Ambulante
About:
Based on Nina Menkes’ acclaimed talk “Sex & Power: The Visual Language of Cinema,” this is a mesmerizing journey into how shot design intersects with the twin epidemics of sexual abuse/assault and employment discrimination against women.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Film Festivals, Recommendations, Releases, Sundance
Coming to DVD tomorrow, Tuesday, December 20:
BECOMING FREDERICK DOUGLASS
Director:
Stanley Nelson
World Premiere:
PBS broadcast (October 2022)
About:
A profile of one of the most influential voices for democracy in American history, exploring how Frederick Douglass, born into slavery, played a role in securing the right to freedom for African Americans.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
Coming to theatres today, Friday, December 16:
THE SUPER 8 YEARS
Director:
David Ernaux-Briot, Annie Ernaux
World Premiere:
Cannes 2022
Select Festivals:
New York, IDFA, Busan, Zurich, São Paulo, Rome, Ji.hlava
About:
Super 8 films, shot between 1972 and 1981, reveal not only a family archive but a testimony to the pastimes, lifestyle, and aspirations of a social class in the decade after 1968.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
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