Category: Documentary
32 Sounds Wins Top Prize at Cinema Eye Honors
Sam Green’s 32 Sounds has taken out the top prize for Outstanding Nonfiction Feature at the 17th Annual Cinema Eye Honors. The film also picked…
Femme Film Fest 23 Review: Knock Down the House (Rachel Lears)
The initials AOC have certainly trended on numerous occasions on Twitter over the last 5 years or so. And even those of us not fully…
All That Breathes Wins Top Prize at Cinema Eye Honors
Shaunak Sen’s All That Breathes has taken out the top prize for Outstanding Nonfiction Feature at the 16th Annual Cinema Eye Honors. The film also…
All That Breathes Named Best Feature by International Documentary Association
Shaunak Sen’s All That Breathes has been named Best Feature by the International Documentary Association at the 38th Annual IDA Documentary Awards. The film also…
Documentary Review: Still Working 9 to 5 (2022)
If you are a woman, it is highly probable that one has endured one or more unfortunate conditions of a patriarchal workforce: Sexual harassment, office…
Film Review: Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time (2021)
The title is ironic. Have you ever seen the episode of Friends where Phoebe plays some inappropriate songs to a group of little kids? Later…
FemmeFilmFest21 Interview: Kate Novack, the woman behind Hysterical Girl
What an insightful chat I had with filmmaker Kate Novack as she discussed the inspiration behind and the technical aspects of her short documentary film…
1988 in Film: Jane B by Agnes V
Actress Jane Birkin exists in multitudes. From Rivettian chess piece in Love on the Ground and La Belle Noiseuse to unsteady androgynous lover in La…
Hot Docs 21 Review: I’m Wanita (Matthew Walker)
The documentary chronicles Wanita Bahtiyar’s journey in to record her musically diverse album in Nashville, New Orleans, and Memphis. Wanita is a binge-drinker, cigarette smoker,…
Hot Docs 21 Review: Bank Job (Daniel Edelstyn, Hilary Powell)
One of the most important documentaries you could see this year explores the relationship between everyday people and the banking industry. The system is meant…
Documentary Review: American Factory
Here in the UK there’s a view from some floating in the wind about, say, the Polish coming over to England and taking our jobs….
IDA Winners from the International Documentary Association
The International Documentary Association last night announced their IDA Awards winners. The likes of For Sama, Honeyland and American Factory all came away with prizes….
7 Documentary Titles Nominated for the Producers Guild Awards
The Producers Guild of America announced the nominees for the documentary motion pictures for 2020. The remaining nominees for the 2020 Producers Guild Awards will…
Documentary Review: Knock Down the House
The initials AOC have certainly trended on numerous occasions on Twitter over the last eighteen months or so. And even those of us not fully…