SFIFF 2022: Director Daniel Roher on Navalny, Master of Russian Politics
Director Daniel Roher met face-to-face with the intensely intelligent and deeply motivated Alexei Navalny and together created a film that compels global political action.
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Olivia Rodrigo’s ‘driving home 2 u’ Is More than a Road Trip
Doubling down on her songwriter image, Olivia Rodrigo makes a pop star rite of passage of her own with driving home 2 u.
True/False Film Festival 2022: Docs, Drinks, and Deep Dives
Ten highlights from True/False Film Festival 2022, where festival-goers enter theaters to sounds of live music from eclectic buskers, meet to discuss films over pints of beer, and hit late-night concert revues.
Director Andrea Arnold on Making ‘Cow’ and the Sensual in Cinema
Director Andrea Arnold talks with PopMatters about sensing the feelings of Luma, a dairy cow, in her documentary feature debut, Cow.
What to Make of Kremlin-Defying Alexei Navalny?
Daniel Roher’s compelling documentary Navalny intimately reveals the consequences of challenging Vladimir Putin’s autocratic Russia.
Kishi Bashi and Justin Taylor Smith Discuss Their Uplifting ‘Song Film’ Documentary ‘Omoiyari’
“Omoiyari” was the guiding light for Kishi Bashi and Justin Taylor Smith in creating their documentary about Executive Order 9066 and Asian American identity.
Pro-Choice ‘The Janes’ Documents the Women Who Worked for Safe Abortions
An important film to see as Roe v. Wade is under threat, the ‘The Janes’ shows the danger that women on the frontlines of safe abortions were up against.
Sundance 2022: ‘Descendant’ and the Americans Who Refuse to Be Forgotten
Descendant films the stories from the progeny of the slaves of the Clotilda. The result is a testament to the spirit of a community that refuses to disappear.
Sundance 2022: ‘Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power’ Indicts Hollywood’s Male Gaze
In Brainwashed, Nina Menkes intersperses film clips and candid interviews to open our eyes to the myopic viewpoint present in our most cherished Hollywood films.
Sundance 2022: The American Dream In Ramin Bahrani’s ‘2nd Chance’ Is Riddled with Bullets
Defiant, charming, and clearly deluded, Richard Davis of Ramin Bahrani’s documentary, 2nd Chance, never met an accusation he couldn’t dodge.
Alonso Ruizpalacios ‘A Cop Movie’ Walks a Thin Genre Line
Alonso Ruizpalacios’ sort of documentary, ‘A Cop Movie’ (Una película de policías), takes on the challenge of presenting what real-life policing looks like.
The Beatles: Get Back, The Long and Riveting Epic
What is revealed with The Beatles: Get Back is a set of cumulative portraits that shed light not only on John, Paul, George, and Ringo but on all of us.