The Times of Bill Cunningham director Mark Bozek discusses his process of covering the extensive life and career of fashion photographer Bill Cunningham, combing through the archives, and being played by Bradley Cooper.
MoMA's 2020 Doc Fortnight showcased projects from 38 countries, and featured 12 World, 16 North American and 14 U.S. premieres, as well as top prize winners from Sundance, Locarno, Berlin and Cannes.
Philippe Falardeau opens the 70th Berlin International Film Festival with the world premiere of his coming-of-age film My Salinger Year — “based on a true story,” a recurring disclaimer on Berlinale screens.
Your Turn [Espero tua ( Re )volta] (Brazil, 93 min.) Dir. Eliza Capai If Petra Costa took audiences to the edge of democracy with her Oscar-nominated portrait of Brazilian politics, then Eliza Capai throws viewers into the thick of the storm with Your Turn. This dizzying political doc offers a participatory glimpse at the student movements that
What will and should win on Oscar night? The POV team breaks down their picks and predictions between American Factory, The Cave, The Edge of Democracy, For Sama, and Honeyland.
Powerful forces are at work in this new batch of documentaries, seen and reviewed at the Sundance Film Festival. Backward-looking binaries are dismantled, where art, hope and optimism remain triumphant in the face of conflict and confinement. The past is coveted and truffles are eaten while the lines between fiction and reality are blurred.
There’s something about documentary that’s always drawn female artists. But how much progress is the industry actually making on its commitments to gender parity and advancing opportunities for women in key creative roles. Women in the field offer their perspectives.
Beyond Moving (Canada, 84 min.) Dir. Vikram Dasgupta The story of Siphe November has been likened to that of Billy Elliot. While Billy Elliot grew up in a small town of Northern England where young boys were expected to become coal miners and not ballet dancers, Siphe November’s tale is also one of an unlikely ballet