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Strand, Levitt, and Parks

by Vincenzo Pietropaolo
December 28, 2021
Photography

A look back at three pioneering photographer-filmmakers: Paul Strand, Helen Levitt, and Gordon Parks and their contribution to documentary.

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All the Streets Are Silent Review: The City That Never Sleeps

by Marc Glassman
July 22, 2021August 7, 2021
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Trust a Canadian to make a documentary even if he’s miles from home. Montreal born and bred Jeremy Elkin identified with New York as a youth and, in particular, the amazing street

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Wojnarowicz: Work of Wonder

by Pat Mullen
March 19, 2021August 8, 2021
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Portrait of artist provocative artist David Wojnarowicz conveys the necessity of going all in.

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Martha: A Picture Story Review: Subway Art, Revisited

by Pat Mullen
March 4, 2021August 8, 2021
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Upbeat doc Martha: A Picture Story gives street photographer Martha Cooper her due.

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Pretend It’s a City Review: A Lebowitz Love Letter to Urban Life

by Pat Mullen
January 7, 2021August 17, 2021
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On one hand, Pretend It’s a City is an engaging portrait of Fran Lebowitz, but on the other, it’s an essential time capsule of pre-COVID city life. I haven’t laughed so heartily

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Review: Philippe Falardeau Opens Berlinale with ‘My Salinger Year’

by Jutta Brendemuhl
February 21, 2020August 23, 2021
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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.

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Nearly 30 Years On, ‘Paris’ Still Burns Bright

by Pat Mullen
June 17, 2019August 22, 2021
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If there’s a bucket list of documentaries everyone needs to see to understand the art form, Paris is Burning deserves a spot in the canon. Jennie Livingston’s film took audiences inside

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‘The World Before Your Feet’ and the Sidewalks of New York

by Marc Glassman
February 8, 2019August 28, 2021
Reviews

The World Before Your Feet (USA, 95 min._ Dir. Jeremy Workman Not many documentaries out there can offer the in-the-moment perspective The World Before Your Feet can. Matt Green, the curious subject of this

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‘The World Before Your Feet’: Experience NYC in the Moment

by Tara Hakim
February 8, 2019August 28, 2021
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The World Before Your Feet (USA, 95 min._ Dir. Jeremy Workman Not many documentaries out there can offer the in-the-moment perspective The World Before Your Feet can. Matt Green, the curious subject of this

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TIFF Review: ‘Carmine Street Guitars’

by Pat Mullen
September 13, 2018August 28, 2021
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Carmine Street Guitars (Canada, 80 min.) Dir. Ron Mann Programme: TIFF Docs (North American Premiere) There’s a great scene in Michael McGowan’s 2012 drama Still Mine in which James Cromwell sits at the family dinner table

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