Written by Susan Keyloun “It doesn’t take much to rile up the “outrage mob” these days. If you’re a comedian, there might be calls for your shows to be cancelled if someone takes offense at your joke. You might have to kiss your big, new gig good-bye. You could get fired. You could […]
By Tomás Salazar “I wouldn’t have called the film ‘Lucha Mexico’, I would had called it ‘The Shocker’s film.’” This statement was made by no one else but the “1000% Guapo” Shocker, the Luchador and main character of the film Lucha Mexico. While the film follows some of the stars of the Mexican Lucha […]
Former concert pianist Seymour Bernstein and actor/director/writer Ethan Hawke visited DOC NYC to present Seymour: An Introduction. More photos of the duo are available here.
This afternoon, the World Premiere of The Melting Family screens at 1:45PM at the IFC Center with director Nicole Groton in appearance. Watch as she tells the story of her family’s seven marriages and divorces and redefines our idea of the “broken family” in the process. Later in the afternoon, Ben Powell’s visually striking documentary Barge screens […]
By Susan Keyloun “Museums are tombs, and it looks like everything is turning into a museum.” – Robert Smithson Troublemakers: The Story of Land Art depicts the explorations of a group of 1960’s & 1970’s artists, considered renegades for their time, who abandoned the confines and limitations of New York museum and gallery space […]
Written by Tomás Salazar Thank You For Your Service shows the most dangerous aspect of the long-term wars in Afghanistan and Iraq: suicide. For every soldier that dies in the field, about 24 veterans commit suicide. Director Tom Donahue interviewed dozens of people, including many veterans and mental health specialists, in more than 50 […]
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 […]
Today’s documentaries features a funny and outspoken Aussie everyman Dayne Pratzky who becomes an accidental activist over fracking. Director Richard Todd will be in attendance to introduce this screening of Frackman (US Premiere) at 11:45PM at the SVA theatre. Next at the IFC Center, director Hillevi Loven, producers Chris Talbott and Samara Levenstein and subject Cole Ray […]
An overview of this week-end’s Masterclasses: On Saturday, November 14, Image Nation Abu Dhabi‘s Danielle Perrissi (He Named Me Malala), producer Julie Goldman (Best of Enemies) and HBO Documentary Films’ Nancy Abraham discuss the challenges faced by filmmakers as they try to balance the needs of different international funders in our International Co-Production Masterclass. Co-presented by Image Nation Abu Dhabi, the Masterclass is followed by a reception from […]
Executive Producer of Brendan Hearne’s Curt (pictured above), Beau Willimon (showrunner/writer of Netflix’s “House of Cards”) will be in-person at the Sunday, November 15th screening of his short, and will participate in a post-screening Q&A. Noted artist and subject of the short Bernice, Faith Ringgold will be in-person at the Saturday, November 14th screening along with the title subject Bernice Steinbaum […]