documentary
The Seasons in Quincy is a series of four essays that each paint a portrait of the late John Berger, an extraordinary and versatile artist.
Cameraperson interweaves many distinct stories brought to the screen by Kirsten Johnson; it is an unwavering work and truly worth your time.
We talked with Katrina Parks about her documentaries about the history of women of the west, and her upcoming film, The Women On The Mother Road.
With Hitchc*ck/Truffaut, Kent Jones has created a meticulous and perceptive work in which essay, commentary and conversation overlap, charting the strange synthesis of reverie and technique which constitutes the art of filmmaking.
The documentary Off The Rails tells the unusual story of a man with Asperger’s whose extreme love for transit has landed him in jail 32 times.
With the spectre of white nationalism once again rearing its ugly head in the guise of the so-called ‘Alt-Right’, Matthew Ornstein’s profile of the musician, author, actor and lecturer Daryl Davis, Accidental Courtesy: Daryl Davis, Race & America couldn’t be more relevant. Davis has an unusual hobby for a black man:
The New Man is a fascinating insight into modern fatherhood, male identity, cultural expectation and the torturous path of late parenthood.
The humor in Capture is one of its best qualities. This isn’t the humor that comes from telling a good joke, but rather from the spontaneous situations that the people find themselves in.
From director Brian J. Terwilliger comes the National Geographic documentary short, Living in the Age of Airplanes. It was an easy sell for me, as I’ve enjoyed numerous aviation and spaceflight documentaries tailored for “edutainment”.
The brave Rwandan women and the inspiring conclusion of The Uncondemned make it a heartbreaking, human, and empowering watch, and it reveals an important part of forgotten history.
How can an unconventional documentary lasting 134 minutes and consisting entirely of the juxtaposition of naturalistic scenes be a compelling and rewarding cinematic journey capable of matching the most innovative 3D IMAX movie for sheer scale, awe and engagement?
Amy Adrion shared her insights on gender inequality in the film industry and how we can create change for women in Hollywood.
Saving Mes Aynak’s central figure, Qadir Temori, is an Afghan archaeologist more Don Quixote than Indiana Jones, fighting forces from all sides threatening to wrench from his country what is deemed the most significant find of the century.
Imagine waking up from a coma and finding out that one of the nominees in the 2016 presidential election was a thin skinned egomaniac, with a penchant for airing his racist, misogynist and ableist views (and a platform that allows for homophobic views to boot). Imagine if you found out that he’d already set a precedent for his appalling behaviour, yet he was still inexplicably marching towards success, planning to grab the American electorate by the pussy. Having this news broken to you as your comatose body reanimates and prepares for a life in a new, quasi-dystopian future, is the only way you are likely to be shocked by any of Donald Trump’s antics.
Ice Guardians will broaden everyone’s view on the disparaged enforcers, framing itself as a plea to those who have sided against the bruisers without giving it much thought. After all, the lumbering men are just that, men, and Ice Guardians captures them and their role in all its complicated glory.