June 3, 2014
Midway through Jeff Malmberg's Marwencol , I was sitting on the edge of my seat. My chin was in my hand and my mouth was slightly open. Also, I
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October 17, 2013Courtesy of Roadside Attractions While shooting my documentary Kings Point, I once said to a subject,"Just try to pretend I'm not here." Her response
April 1, 2013Agnes Varda's The Beaches of Agnes. Courtesy of The Cinema Guild Sometimes a documentary not only inspires you, but also gives you courage. I was
February 1, 2013"You're late ." The bus driver, normally easy-going in his cowboy boots, is furious. For the past two years, he has faithfully carted my daughter to
January 12, 2013I first saw Heddy Honigmann's film Crazy at a retrospective of her work at New York's Museum of Modern Art. I went into the screening expecting a war
August 15, 2012One year into making my first documentary, Clear Cut: The Story of Philomath, Oregon , I lost everything. Not in the literal sense; I still had a
March 14, 2012In the fall of 1971, my friends and I gathered in our college dorm to listen to the radio as our draft lottery numbers were drawn. Since the Vietnam
February 22, 2012In 1980, I had pimples and braces. The teachers at Kellogg Middle School in Seattle occasionally said something interesting, but mostly the classroom
February 12, 2012When I first saw documentaries, I made two exciting discoveries: Men and women were making movies about the people I was curious about, but with whom
February 28, 2011I saw Crumb , Terry Zwigoff's portrait of the artist R. Crumb, in 1994 at a packed New York Film Festival press screening where the only seat