February 10, 2021
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
Personal Docs
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October 14, 2020In 2016, Kirsten Johnson, who was then most known for her work as a cinematographer on some of the most challenging and acclaimed documentaries of
September 7, 2020One of filmmaker Judith Helfand’s earliest works, the Peabody Award-winning A Healthy Baby Girl , documents her diagnosis with cervical cancer—the
February 26, 2019Editor’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-
October 19, 2018Alain 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
October 17, 2018Part 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)
March 14, 2018Rebecca Miller was 21 years old when she realized that she wanted to be a filmmaker. Noticing that her father—distinguished Pulitzer Prize-winning
January 26, 2018For this column at least, January has become what I'll call "mental differentness" (as opposed to "illness" or "disability") month—a chance to
November 7, 2017Strong Island is Yance Ford's cinematic nonfiction exploration of racial injustice in the Long Island suburbs, told through the murder of the
October 13, 2017Filmmaker Mariam Jobrani had a reasonably thriving career in documentary and reality TV. Then in April 2010, everything changed: She received a