DOC NYC (November 10-17): Documentary film festival lineup and schedule now online
That time of year is almost upon New York. I’m talking about DOC NYC, America’s largest documentary/non-fiction film festival. Now in its seventh ...
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DOC NYC Review: Weiner
Weiner is an appropriate film to review on Election Day, and not just because it’s one of the best political documentaries of the ...
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DOC NYC Review: O.J.: Made in America
[This review is part of Flixist’s coverage of DOC NYC, the largest documentary film festival in America. This year’s festival ...
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Review: The B-Side: Elsa Dorfman’s Portrait Photography
The B-Side is an atypical Errol Morris documentary. He doesn’t use the Interrotron at all, his tool that allows interviewees to stare directly ...
Review: Abacus: Small Enough to Jail
Steve James may be incapable of directing a bad documentary. His films includes Hoop Dreams, The Interrupters, and Life Itself. With Abacus: Small Enough ...
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Review: Fire at Sea
Sometimes I’ll see a movie and that makes me shake my head and say, “Okay, yeah, I get it”. These sorts of movies ...
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DOC NYC Review: 13TH
13TH feels like a culmination of Ava DuVernay’s career to this point. The documentary brings together the racial and social history of Selma, ...
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Review: Gimme Danger
Iggy Pop and Jim Jarmusch sound like an unlikely pairing. One’s the primal frontman of proto-punk legends The Stooges, the other’s a mellow, ...
NYC: Metrograph has marathon OJ: Made in America screenings, director Ezra Edelman Q&A
O.J.: Made in America is the crowning achievement of ESPN’s 30 for 30 documentaries. Director Ezra Edelman’s five-part, seven-and-a-half hour film is an ...
Trailer: Morgan Spurlock’s new documentary Rats looks like an intense horror thriller
Rats are the worst. Like, seriously guys, the worst. There’s this vacant building next to my apartment that’s rife with them and the ...
Jackie Chan and Frederick Wiseman will receive honorary Oscars
Action icon Jackie Chan and influential documentary filmmaker Frederick Wiseman (Titticut Follies, High School) will both receive honorary Oscars from the Academy of ...