The Sorrow of a Nation and Sergei Loznitsa’s State Funeral
The Soviet people feel so close in Sergei Loznitsa’s State Funeral, it’s as if you ask via whisper if they ever lost a family member to a show trial or gulag.
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Director Lisa Immordino Vreeland on ‘Truman & Tennessee: An Intimate Conversation’
Director Lisa Immordino Vreeland talks with PopMatters about her documentary about two great American writers, Truman Capote and Tennesee Williams.
Tribeca 2021: ‘Larry Flynt for President’ Is Provocative and Prescient
Nadia Szold’s found-footage documentary Larry Flynt for President looks back at the Hustler publisher’s 1983 run for the White House.
Tribeca 2021: ‘The Scars of Ali Boulala’ Peers Through Too Tight an Aperture
Max Eriksson’s documentary on the tragic life of a professional skateboarder, The Scars of Ali Boulala, will only interest fans of the sport.
Tribeca 2021: ‘The Kids’ Is a Damning Portrait of Cinematic Exploitation
Eddie Martin’s documentary The Kids explores the aftereffects of the controversial 1995 indie film Kids on the lives of its young cast.
What Is Real in the Norval Morrisseau Documentary ‘There Are No Fakes’
Forgeries of Anishinaabe artist Norval Morrisseau’s art are but a symptom of a greater injustice in Jamie Kastner’s documentary, There Are No Fakes.
‘Cured’ Co-Director Bennett Singer on Social Issue Filmmaking and LGBTQ Activism
Co-director Bennett Singer talks with PopMatters about the early gay rights documentary, ‘Cured’, and the cruelty of ongoing conversion therapy.
Frank Stallone Is Far from Over
Songwriter Frank Stallone has always had one little problem — or a little problem in a big, muscular, multi-million dollar frame: Sylvester.
The Dizzying Montage of Fragments in Adam Curtis’ Excellent Docu-Series ‘Can’t Get You Out of My Head’
Adam Curtis’ Can’t Get You Out of My Head is an ambitious and, at times, overwhelming documentary series that charts the ‘emotional history of the modern world.’
Bing Liu’s Skateboarding Documentary, ‘Minding the Gap’, Is a Manifesto of Youth Delivered by the Young
Some people never grow up but in skateboarding documentary, ‘Minding the Gap’, no one ever stops growing.
‘Minding the Gap’ Skateboarding Documentary Mines Surviving Domestic Violence
For those who proclaim that people are solely responsible for their life's choices, Bing Liu's, Minding the Gap shows what costs come with attempting to break cycles of violence, poverty, and addiction.
‘Finding Yingying’ Raises the Bar on True Crime Films
First-time director Jiayan "Jenny" Shi highlights the reverberating effects of trauma with breathtaking tact in Finding Yingying.