Tag: documentary
Fire of Love Leads Critics Choice Documentary Award Nominations
Sara Dosa’s Fire of Love leads the nominations for the 7th Critics Choice Documentary Awards with seven nods including Best Documentary Feature, Best Director, and…
FemmeFilmFest7 Interview: Planet Prescription Creator Dayna Reggero Speaks to Filmotomy
Dayna Reggero is a passionate and infectious soul. Her documentaries and projects outside of film show a genuine concern for the human beings and the…
FemmeFilmFest7 Review: All This Panic (Jenny Gage)
Now, I’m no teenage girl. Never have been. But stories on film about adolescent girls is a fairly common thread. And a soaring trend, the…
FemmeFilmFest7 Review: Stray (Elizabeth Lo)
Back in 2020 (remember that momentous year?), ample praise was been put upon the governing bodies in Turkey by their own residents. The country’s largest…
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…
Sundance 2022 Review: The Princess (Ed Perkins)
The Princess of Wales. Lady Di. The People’s Princess. Regardless of her title, Diana Spencer was a phenomenon during her life and still continues to…
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…
Summer of Soul Leads IDA Documentary Awards Nominations
Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson’s Summer of Soul leads the way at the nominations for the 37th Annual IDA Documentary Awards with four nods including Best Feature and…
Summer of Soul Dominates Critics Choice Documentary Awards
Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson’s Summer Of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) has swept the 6th Critics Choice Documentary Awards with six wins from…
1988 in Film: The 50 Greatest Movies of the Year
Well, you voted, and then you waited for the results. You dug deep into your memories of 1988 in Film, as others desperately flocked to…
Ascension and Summer of Soul Lead Critics Choice Documentary Award Nominations
Jessica Kingdon’s Ascension and Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson’s Summer Of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) lead the way at the nominations for the 6th Critics…
‘Becoming Cousteau’, ‘Julia’, ‘Jagged’ – TIFF 2021 Review
TIFF usually has several biographical documentaries, and this year was no different, with films about Julia Child, Alanis Morissette, Oscar Peterson, Kenny G, and Jacques…
FemmeFilmFest21 Review: Hysterical Girl (Kate Novack)
That opening news report-esque splatter of the remarkable Hysterical Girl kicks open the door of urgency and relevance . The 13 minute short film ends…
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…
