February 10, 2021 Doc Star of the Month: Ollie Lucks, 'There Is No "I" in Threesome' There Is No "I" in Threesome is certainly a doc I would not have predicted to have world-premiered at the WarnerMedia Lodge at this year’s Sundance Read more
October 14, 2020 'Dick Johnson Is Dead': Kirsten Johnson Stages Her Dad's Demise In 2016, Kirsten Johnson, who was then most known for her work as a cinematographer on some of the most challenging and acclaimed documentaries of Read more
September 7, 2020 The Feedback: Judith Helfand's 'Love & Stuff' One of filmmaker Judith Helfand’s earliest works, the Peabody Award-winning A Healthy Baby Girl , documents her diagnosis with cervical cancer—the Read more
February 26, 2019 Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Jonas Editor’s Note: Jonas Mekas, dubbed by many as “the godfather of avant-garde cinema,” was this and many more: As an archivist and exhibitor, he co- Read more
October 19, 2018 A Space for Contemplation: "Creative Courage in Nonfiction Storytelling" at Getting Real Alain Resnais said about Night and Fog , "I want to address the viewer in a critical state…to create a space for contemplation." In the Getting Real Read more
October 17, 2018 Doc Stars of the Month: Rudy Valdez and Cindy Shank, The Sentence Part home movie, part activist doc, Rudy Valdez's The Sentence is that rare film that can bring even the most jaded filmgoer (yes, that would be me) Read more
March 14, 2018 All About My Father: Rebecca Miller's Intimate Portrait of a Great American Artist Rebecca Miller was 21 years old when she realized that she wanted to be a filmmaker. Noticing that her father—distinguished Pulitzer Prize-winning Read more
January 26, 2018 Doc Star of the Month: Traveling Philosopher Dylan Olsen, Nanfu Wang's 'I Am Another You' For this column at least, January has become what I'll call "mental differentness" (as opposed to "illness" or "disability") month—a chance to Read more
November 7, 2017 IDA Emerging Documentary Filmmaker Award: From Gatekeeper to Storyteller - Yance Ford Strong Island is Yance Ford's cinematic nonfiction exploration of racial injustice in the Long Island suburbs, told through the murder of the Read more
October 13, 2017 Life's Too Short: Mariam Jobrani's Journey with Cancer in 'Everything Must Change' Filmmaker Mariam Jobrani had a reasonably thriving career in documentary and reality TV. Then in April 2010, everything changed: She received a Read more