January 8, 2019
Autumn has passed into winter in the San Francisco Bay Area. We notice this when it starts raining, but also when loads of documentaries slow to a
Docs about Artists
October 22, 2018
For 14 years, the fall season has meant, for me, the Camden International Film Festival (CIFF) in Camden, Rockport and Rockland, Maine—three
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In addition to being a pioneer of New German Cinema and an accomplished photographer, playwright, and author, Wim Wenders has directed some of the most pivotal artist profile documentaries of our time. Buena Vista Social Club helped resurrect the careers of Cuban musicians nearly lost to the...
July 16, 2018
Marina Zenovich is a documentary filmmaker known for her sensitive handling of the life stories of high-profile—some might say, controversial—
June 6, 2018
"For somebody who went on television 50 years ago, and who's been dead for 15 years, I feel like it's the most contemporary subject I've ever worked
May 10, 2018
Leon Vitali has spent his entire working life devoted to a single cause: the cinematic vision of Stanley Kubrick. After landing the role of Lord
March 30, 2018
Now in its 17th year, the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)'s Doc Fortnight 2018 showcased "outstanding and innovative nonfiction film from around the
March 20, 2018
Why would a filmmaker go to SXSW, the annual mega film/music/tech conference in "keepin' it weird" Austin? a. The documentary films b. Panels on film
March 14, 2018
Rebecca Miller was 21 years old when she realized that she wanted to be a filmmaker. Noticing that her father—distinguished Pulitzer Prize-winning
March 8, 2018
Back in 2001, audiences were mesmerized by the ephemeral creations made of ice, twigs or leaves, captured poetically in Thomas Riedelsheimer's Rivers