July 2, 2003 Leon Gast's 'When We Were Kings' I was recently with a group of friends when my husband introduced a seemingly simple question: Can you create your list of top ten films of all time Read more
June 2, 2003 Albert and David Maysles and Charlotte Zwerin's Gimme Shelter (1970) by George Butler In late 1974, I published a book, with writer Charles Gaines, called Pumping Iron: The Art of Bodybuilding . I thought this could be Read more
May 26, 2003 Playback: Errol Morris' 'The Thin Blue Line' There are countless ways to use the camera and the editing room to get at the truth. But I like best the nonfiction movies that open up the Read more
May 2, 2003 Playback: Errol Morris' 'The Thin Blue Line' Courtesy by Mark Lipson I was a freshman in college when a friend asked me one night if I was interested in seeing a documentary film. "The director Read more
May 2, 2003 Remembering the POWs of 'Berga': Guggenheim's Final Film Celebrates His Army Unit Berga: Soldiers of Another War is an elegy in two senses. The personal "what might have been" aspect of the story haunted and motivated Charles Read more
March 3, 2003 Playback: Dziga Vertov's 'Man with a Movie Camera' When it comes to the important things in life, there's a "first time" only once. I wish I could say I recall the first film I ever saw, but that Read more
February 2, 2003 Playback: Mike Rubbo's 'Sad Song of Yellow Skin' I was an undergraduate when I saw Mike Rubbo's Sad Song of Yellow Skin and decided to become a documentary filmmaker. I felt as if a truck had Read more
December 1, 2002 Peter Davis' Hearts and Minds I read a front-page article in The New York Times recently that stated that the US is currently buying millions of barrels of oil a year from Iraq. Read more
November 1, 2002 Willard Van Dyke's 'Valley Town' In the 1960s, when I had just arrived in New York City, I spent a year as an assistant to Willard Van Dyke, the renowned social documentary filmmaker Read more
October 1, 2002 Rob Epstein and Richard Schienchen's The Times of Harvey Milk Every time I watch The Times of Harvey Milk , directed by Rob Epstein and produced by Richard Schmienchen, I am overcome with emotion. Call me a Read more