First Trailer for Sundance Audience Award Winner Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution
At last year's Sundance Film Festival I saw what would go on to be one of the year's best documentaries, American Factory, an intimate look at the clash of cap...
Festivals
SXSW Review: Coded Bias is an Alarming Look at How False Algorithms are Impeding Civil Rights
Starting with the work of Joy Buolamwini of the MIT Media Lab, Shalini Kantayya’s Coded Bias is an alarming look at the imperfections of technology trusted to ...
SXSW Review: US Kids is Most Affecting as a Powerful Character Study
Emotionally affecting if somewhat unfocused at times, Kim A. Snyder’s US Kids is an often inspirational documentary capturing the energy and personalities behi...
Berlin Review: DAU. Degeneration Offers the First Epic of Ilya Khrzhanovsky’s Frightening Totalitarian Nightmare
When DAU. Natasha premiered at the Berlinale less than a moon cycle ago it was unprecedented and an entirely unique film. We now have precedent for the DAU mov...
SXSW Review: Good Ol Girl is a Warm, Intimate Look at the Modern Cowgirl
Directed by Sarah Brennan Kolb, Good Ol Girl is an evocative look at three women working their way up the hierarchy of Texas cattle ranching, featuring self-s...
The Ross Brothers on Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets and Breaking Documentary Boundaries
In 2007, the Ross brothers left a life in Hollywood (Bill was an editor of blockbuster trailers; Turner worked in set design) to make a movie in their hometown...
The Best Films from the 2020 Berlin International Film
The 70th edition of the Berlin International Film Festival is now in the books. The jury, featuring Jeremy Irons, Bérénice Bejo, Bettina Brokemper, Annemarie J...
Tribeca Film Festival Unveils 2020 Lineup
Entering its 19th edition this year, Tribeca Film Festival has announced its feature film lineup, including a number of anticipated titles as well as festival ...
Berlin Review: Gunda is a Spell-Binding Take on Animal Sentience
In 2018, Victor Kossakovsky set out to shoot Aquarela, a survey-symphony that took the Russian documentarian around the world to capture glaciers, waterfalls, ...
Berlin Review: Days of Cannibalism is a Harrowing, Profound Look at the Culture Wars in Lesotho
Two cultures clash as a wave of anti-immigrant rhetoric spreads over a country in Teboho Edkins’ profound documentary Days of Cannibalism, which focalizes the ...