Coming to theatres today, Friday, July 22:
MY OLD SCHOOL
Director:
Jono McLeod
World Premiere:
Sundance 2022
Select Festivals:
Nantucket, Thessaloniki Doc, Docs Against Gravity
About:
The astonishing true story of Scotland’s most notorious imposter.
In Theatres: MY OLD SCHOOL
Filed under Documentary, Film, Film Festivals, Recommendations, Releases, Sundance
In Theatres: THE REVEREND
Coming to theatres today, Friday, July 22:
THE REVEREND
Director:
Nick Canfield
World Premiere:
DokuFest Kosovo 2021
Select Festivals:
DOC NYC, Doc’n Roll, Sound Unseen, DocuWest, Thin Line, deadCenter,
About:
A hard-rocking reverend finds faith and connection to community through his powerful revivalist style musical performances.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
Streaming: THE LAST MOVIE STARS
Coming to HBO Max today, Thursday, July 21:
THE LAST MOVIE STARS
Director:
Ethan Hawke
World Premiere:
SXSW 2022
Select Festivals:
Cannes
About:
An epic 6-chapter film chronicling Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward’s iconic careers and decades-long partnership.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
Special Screening: WE MET IN VIRTUAL REALITY
Coming to NYC’s Rooftop Films tomorrow, Thursday, July 21:
WE MET IN VIRTUAL REALITY
Director:
Joe Hunting
World Premiere:
Sundance 2022
Select Festivals:
True/False, CPH:DOX, Maryland
About:
Filmed entirely inside the world of VR, this vérité documentary captures the excitement and surprising intimacy of a burgeoning cultural movement, demonstrating the power of online connection in an isolated world.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Film Festivals, Recommendations, Sundance
On DVD: THE SILVER SCREEN: COLOR ME LAVENDER
Coming to DVD in re-release today, Tuesday, July 19:
THE SILVER SCREEN: COLOR ME LAVENDER
Director:
Mark Rappaport
World Premiere:
Locarno 1997
Select Festivals:
NewFest, Chicago Reeling
About:
An examination of the representation of homosexuality in Golden Age Hollywood cinema.
The film screened at NewFest, for which our program notes read:
If you thought you’d seen it all in THE CELLULOID CLOSET, think again! In this latest installment of queer film history, Mark Rappaport, the acclaimed director of ROCK HUDSON’S HOME MOVIES, enlists the talents of FRASIER co-star Dan Butler to take you on an ingenious and highly entertaining journey through the golden years of classic Hollywood cinema, highlighting the continual presence of some extremely queer characters on the silver screen. Through the skillful dissection of film clips, Rappaport offers astute and persuasive readings of particular male star personae, including Bob Hope, Danny Kaye, Cary Grant, Jerry Lewis, and Clifton Webb, to demonstrate how thoroughly ambiguous Hollywood masculinity really was.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Recommendations, Releases
Streaming: AFTERSHOCK
Coming to Hulu tomorrow, Tuesday, July 19:
AFTERSHOCK
Director:
Paula Eiselt, Tonya Lewis Lee
World Premiere:
Sundance 2022
Select Festivals:
BlackStar, Full Frame, Hot Docs, DC/Dox, SXSW, Martha’s Vineyard African American, BAMcinemaFest, Essence Fest, American Black
About:
Following the preventable deaths of their partners due to childbirth complications, two bereaved fathers galvanize activists, birth-workers, and physicians to reckon with one of the most pressing American crises of our time – the US maternal health crisis.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Film Festivals, Recommendations, Releases, Sundance
On TV: MANZANAR, DIVERTED: WHEN WATER BECOMES DUST
Coming to PBS’s POV today, Monday, July 18:
MANZANAR, DIVERTED: WHEN WATER BECOMES DUST
Director:
Ann Kaneko
World Premiere:
Bog Sky Doc 2021
Select Festivals:
New Orleans, CAAMFest, DOXA, BlackStar, Portland, Los Angeles Asian Pacific, Harlem, Toronto Reel Asian, Martha’s Vineyard, San Diego Asian, Hawaii
About:
Native Americans, Japanese-American WWII incarcerees, and environmentalists form an unexpected alliance to defend their land and water from Los Angeles.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
In Theatres: FROM WHERE THEY STOOD
Coming to theatres today, Friday, July 15:
FROM WHERE THEY STOOD
Director:
Christophe Cognet
World Premiere:
Berlin 2021
Select Festivals:
Jihlava, Thessaloniki Doc, FID Marseille, Jerusalem, Indielisboa, Open City Doc
About:
A handful of prisoners in WWII camps risked their lives to take clandestine photographs and document the hell the Nazis were hiding from the world. In the vestiges of the camps, director Christophe Cognet retraces the footsteps of these courageous men and women in a quest to unearth the circumstances and the stories behind their photographs.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
In Theatres: GABBY GIFFORDS WON’T BACK DOWN
Coming to theatres today, Friday, July 15:
GABBY GIFFORDS WON’T BACK DOWN
Director:
Julie Cohen, Betsy West
World Premiere:
SXSW 2022
Select Festivals:
Minneapolis-St Paul
About:
A gunman ended her skyrocketing political career, but didn’t stop Congresswoman Gabby Giffords.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
In Theatres: THE LAST MOVIE STARS
Coming to NYC’s Film Forum tomorrow, Friday, July 15:
THE LAST MOVIE STARS
Director:
Ethan Hawke
World Premiere:
SXSW 2022
Select Festivals:
Cannes
About:
An epic 6-chapter film chronicling Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward’s iconic careers and decades-long partnership.
Filed under Documentary, Film, Releases
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