Coming to DVD and VOD today, Tuesday, February 7:
THE EAGLE HUNTRESS
Director:
Otto Bell
Premiere:
Sundance 2016
Select Festivals:
Toronto, Karlovy Vary, New Zealand, Melbourne, Warsaw, Hamptons, Mill Valley, Chicago, London, Aspen, Denver, Hawaii
Notable Recognition:
The doc was shortlisted for the Academy Awards.
About:
A young girl challenges ancient tradition to become Mongolia’s first distaff eagle hunter.
I profiled the film before Sundance here.
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New to DVD/VOD: ART HOUSE
Don Freeman’s exploration of a number of artists’ houses premiered at a standalone screening in New Jersey in 2014. Other screenings have included Palm Beach, Newport Beach, and the Milan Design fests.
Photographer turned filmmaker Freeman profiles nearly a dozen “handmade” homes, dwellings that reflect their artists’ or designers’ aesthetics and which were often slowly built over the course of several years, in contrast to industrialized, cookie-cutter assemblages. The well-shot film is meant to be a celebration of this inventive, individualized approach to architecture, but despite showcasing a range of often fascinating homes, including Frederic Church’s Olana, Paolo Soleri’s Cosanti, and Byrdcliffe Arts Colony, Freeman’s approach feels like a series of excruciatingly slow slideshows for Architectural Digest more than a holistic longform documentary, made even more challenging for general audiences to watch due to its intrusive, off-putting score.
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Today’s DOC NYC 2014 preview continues with the first of our two feature competitions: Viewfinders, showcasing films with with distinct directorial visions. Continue reading
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