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Maciek Hamela on Being in the Driver’s Seat for In the Rearview

by Jason Gorber
May 21, 2023August 29, 2023
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In the Rearview's Maciek Hamela documents Ukrainian refugees' stories amid a crisis.

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Cannes Review: Liv Ullmann – A Road Less Travelled Celebrates A Screen Icon

by Pat Mullen
May 21, 2023June 6, 2023
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Liv Ullmann: A Road Less Travelled gives the Norwegian actor and director her due in a three-part documentary that explores her remarkable life and career.

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Cannes Review: Four Daughters Is a Family Hybrid Unlike Any Other

by Jason Gorber
May 20, 2023
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Kaouther Ben Hani's hybrid drama Four Daughters (Les filles d'Olfa) offers a unique exploration of family tragedy through performance.

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Jerry Lee Lewis: Trouble in Mind Review: A Whole Lotta Shakin’

by Jason Gorber
June 1, 2022
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Ethan Coen makes his documentary debut with Jerry Lee Lewis: Trouble in Mind, a somewhat conventional music doc that celebrates the Killer and his prolific output.

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All That Breathes Wins l’Œil d’or at Cannes Film Festival

by Pat Mullen
May 28, 2022
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All That Breathes wins the l’Œil d’or at the Cannes Film Festival. The documentary by Shaunak Sen observes a New Delhi bird clinic.

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Moonage Daydream Review: David Bowie Doc A Burst of Sound and Light

by Jason Gorber
May 27, 2022
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Brett Morgen's portrait of David Bowie, Moonage Daydream is a stellar music doc that embodies the constellation of the rocker's legacy.

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Mariupolis 2 Review: Fragments of a Film

by Jason Gorber
May 20, 2022
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Mantas Kvedaravičius's Mariupolis 2, presented at the Cannes Film Festival mere weeks after the director's death, is a collection of the rough footage he left behind.

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Cow Is Udderly Terrible

by Jason Gorber
July 27, 2021April 6, 2022
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Cow is an empty attempt to engender an emotional response to some farm animals via nauseating camera work and repetitive, banal shots of bovines.

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Cannes 2021- Bigger Than Us, clumsy as it is, will inspire young activists

by Jason Gorber
July 27, 2021July 28, 2021
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As part of the 2021 festival, Cannes dedicated a sidebar to “Cinema for the climate.” This group of mostly non-fiction films tackled various storylines that somehow relate to environmental causes. This, combined

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Cannes 2021: Todd Haynes’ Velvet Underground Is a Definitive Portrait

by Jason Gorber
July 25, 2021October 16, 2021
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Haynes’ film is quite simply one of the best of the breed. This is easily a definitive portrait of the band that feels like the Velvets’ last testament.

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