This post was written by STF blogger Audrey Evrard Director David Turnley, center, along with guests at the DOC NYC screening of SHENANDOAH. Nestled in the hills of the Shenandoah Valley, the coal-mining town of Shenandoah looks as if it has been reduced to the ghostly version of what it once was. The industrial middle-class–many […]
Director Lian Lunson, left, and Martha Wainwright share a laugh at the screening of SING ME THE SONGS THAT SAY I LOVE YOU at DOC NYC. The love that friends and family had (and still have) for the late musician Kate McGarrigle is in full evidence in director Lian Lunson’s concert documentary-cum-tribute SING ME THE […]
This post was written by DOC NYC blogger Carrie Nelson From left, Damien Echols, Lorri Davis, Henry Rollins and Amy Berg at the DOC NYC screening of WEST OF MEMPHIS. When filmmaker Peter Jackson and his wife Fran Walsh saw Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky’s PARADISE LOST: THE CHILD MURDERS AT ROBIN HOOD HILLS, they […]
This post was written by DOC NYC blogger Beyza Boyacioglu FAR OUT ISN’T FAR ENOUGH: THE TOMI UNGERER STORY editor Rick Cikowski, left, and director Brad Bernstein at DOC NYC. Director Brad Bernstein’s FAR OUT ISN’T FAR ENOUGH tells the story of the illustrator Tomi Ungerer, whose life is spread across two continents and whose work jumps […]
This post was written by DOC NYC blogger Sandy Roupioz Director Jonathan Demme at the DOC NYC screening of his film. In the category of music documentaries, DOC NYC 2012 welcomed Jonathan Demme’s latest production, ENZO AVITABILE MUSIC LIFE, a tribute to Enzo Avitabile, the saxophonist and songwriter who hails from from Napoli, Italy. Demme […]
This post was written by DOC NYC blogger Carrie Nelson Wednesday’s snowstorm prevented director Jorge Hinojosa and producer Ice-T from traveling to New York for the US premiere of ICEBERG SLIM: PORTRAIT OF A PIMP. But through remarks given by DOC NYC’s Artistic Director, Thom Powers, they were still able to convey their thanks and […]
This post was written by DOC NYC blogger Iva Radivojevic The Police guitarist Andy Summers at the DOC NYC screening of CAN’T STAND LOSING YOU. Friday night marked a nostalgic look back at The Police through the World Premiere of directors Andy Grieve and Lauren Lazin’s film CAN’T STAND LOSING YOU, a musical journey into the life […]
This post was written by DOC NYC blogger Carrie Nelson ETHEL director Rory Kennedy, right, at the screening of her film with DOC NYC Artistic Director Thom Powers. Much media has been produced about Robert F. Kennedy’s professional legacies and impact. Fewer stories, however, have been told about his personal life and family members. ETHEL is distinct […]
DOC NYC programmer Basil Tsiokos demonstrated incredible texting fortitude on Friday by live-tweeting the Doc-A-Thon panel Get The Money all day. What follows can easily be considered the epic of Storified live-tweets about documentary (at least thus far). Click here for the Twitter goodness.
This post was written by DOC NYC blogger Maggie Glass. Director Kevin Schleck speaks at the screening of his film Persistence of Vision. Photo by Simon Luethi. Early on in Kevin Schreck’s PERSISTENCE OF VISION, legendary animator Richard Williams lays out plainly, but exquisitely, the value of animation: “It is capable of doing anything.” As […]