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CASSANDRO Trailer: Gael García Bernal Stars In Roger Ross Williams’ Flamboyant Luchador Biopic

M.J. O'Toole — Tue, 22 Aug 2023 17:17:49 +0000

Oscar-winning documentarian Roger Ross Williams (Life, Animated) has been on a roll this year with a Donna Summer doc as well as his upcoming TIFF selection Stamped From The Beginning. But he certainly made quite the impression back at Sundance […]

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TIFF 2023 DOCUMENTARY LINEUP: New Films From Roger Ross Williams, Frederick Wiseman, Lucy Walker, & More

M.J. O'Toole — Wed, 26 Jul 2023 15:35:10 +0000

Only a few days after announcing the Galas and Special Presentations slate, the Toronto International Film Festival has announced the lineup for their Documentary section. TIFF Docs’ opening night film will be Rachel Ramsay and James Erskine’s Copa 71 which […]

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HTN’S 20 MOST ANTICIPATED FILMS OF SUNDANCE 2023

The Editorial Staff — Tue, 17 Jan 2023 19:22:20 +0000

With well over 100 feature films in this year’s program—close to a third of which are by first-time feature directors–this year’s Sundance Film Festival promises a slate full of a great variety both international and domestic (and that’s not counting […]

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SUNDANCE 2023 LINEUP: New Films From Nicole Holofcener, Brandon Cronenberg, & More Premiering at Park City

M.J. O'Toole — Wed, 07 Dec 2022 18:32:22 +0000

The Sundance Institute has just announced the lineup for the 2023 Sundance Film Festival, which is making its in-person return to Park City, Utah. The section for this year includes Competition titles (Narrative & Documentary), the Premiere section, and Midnight […]

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#OSCARS SO RIGHT: WHY “BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE” IS THE PRIZE TO KEEP AN EYE ON

Sat, 23 Feb 2019 18:43:27 +0000

Recently, Vanity Fair ran a piece declaring the Best Documentary Feature category of the Academy Awards a “haven for female filmmakers.” Indeed it’s true that, as the article stated, just in the past decade “women have directed or co-directed more […]

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Chris Reed’s AFI DOCS Wrap-Up

Christopher Reed — Fri, 15 Jul 2016 21:08:12 +0000

The American Film Institute (AFI) was founded in 1967 “as a national arts organization to train filmmakers and preserve America’s vanishing film heritage.” As such, it has been a wonderful archivist of, and proselytizer for, great American contributions to global […]

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BAMcinemaFest 2013 — An Overview

Michael Tully — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:30:03 +0000

Are you ready, New York City movie lovers, for the finest American independent film festival showcase your monstrous city has to offer? If so, then good, because BAMcinemaFest is back. This year’s edition runs from Wednesday, June 19th, through Friday, […]

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