Written by Jenna Belhumeur In Where to Invade Next, Oscar-winning director Michael Moore’s first film in six years, Moore takes viewers on a journey to various countries to plant the American flag while simultaneously making a profound and yet somehow simple point to his fellow countrymen: We are not the best. And we don’t […]
Written by Laura Dattaro When the curtains rose for the US premiere of Miss Sharon Jones! to kick off the 2015 DOCNYC Festival on Thursday night, the people in the audience knew what they were going to get. IFC Center Director John Vanco called it “perhaps the greatest opening-night film yet” in DOCNYC’s six-year […]
DOC NYC artistic director Thom Powers discusses the unique preservation issues facing documentary films.
Written by Krystal Grow Welcome to the world of The Yes Men- a place of hi stakes hijinx and heartfelt calls to action. A pair of pranksters who stage outlandish performances in an effort to raise awarness around big issues, The Yes Men tackle their biggest challenge yet in Laura Nix’s documentary The […]
Written by Jacob Appet On the final night of the festival, DOC NYC screened Gracie Otto’s star-studded documentary The Last Impresario, an incisive and entertaining bio-doc that explores the life of British theater and film producer Michael White, who is depicted in the film as possibly the most famous person who isn’t actually famous. Stars like […]
Written by Megan Scanlon On the closing night of DOC NYC, Bela Fleck fans at the NYC premiere of How To Write A Banjo Concerto had the opportunity to hear the celebrated banjoist perform before an animated Q&A. With no shortage of questions and appreciation, Fleck expanded on his journey in crafting a never-been-done-before concerto […]
Written by Megan Scanlon If what The Salt of the Earth co-director Wim Wenders says is true, in his softly spirited, yet buoyant and grounded narration, that “a photographer is literally someone drawing with light,” then the texture, grain, and tension of photographer Sebastiao Salgado’s photographs profoundly illuminate and uncover the human condition and the natural […]
Written by Laura Dattaro When audience members at the New York premiere of Matt Shepard Is a Friend of Mine were invited to ask questions after the screening, at first, no one had much to say. What do you say to the parents and close friend of a college student who was brutally murdered […]
Written by Laura Dattaro Some days, the stars of David Iverson’s documentary Capturing Grace can’t walk, or tie their shoes. But over the course of a year, they show up to a studio in Brooklyn and dance, learning choreography and improvisation to prepare for their first public performance. If it weren’t for the fact […]
Written by Maggie Glass Tales of the Grim Sleeper, the latest film from director Nick Broomfield, reveals not only the inner workings of an infamous Los Angeles serial killer, but also the voices and lives of young black women, who are often ignored or persecuted by the police and society at large. Broomfield, […]