Dheeraj Akolkar – Liv & Ingmar (2012)
SynopsisThis feature documentary is an affectionate yet truthful account of the 42 years and 12 films long relationship between legendary actress Liv Ullmann and master film maker Ingmar Bergman. Told...
View ArticleSylvain George – Vers Madrid (The Burning Bright!) (2013)
The indignados movement, known also as 15M, represents a unique phenomenon for our times: a transversal, transnational, transhistorical. It has brought back concepts and ideas that seemed to have been...
View ArticleFredrik Horn Akselsen – The Exorcist in the 21st Century (2012)
The Exorcist in the 21st Century takes the viewer into the unknown and sinister world of exorcism in the Catholic Church. We meet one of the few exorcists in Europe, the Vatican approved Jos? Antonio...
View ArticleMichael Apted – The Up Series – 28 Up! (1985)
‘7 UP’/’28,’ BRITISH DOCUMENTARIESTHE twin documentaries ”7 Up” and ”28 Up,” which were shown last night at the New York Film Festival (and which open at the Film Forum 1 on Oct. 16), constitute as...
View ArticleAndrea Bussmann – Fausto (2018)
On the Oaxacan coast of Mexico, rumblings of previous times are never far from the surface. Tales of shapeshifting, telepathy and dealings with the Devil are embedded in the colonization and...
View ArticleZhangke Jia – Gong gong chang suo aka in public (2001)
Quote:sensesofcinema article :—–(…)the 1990s have witnessed the unprecedented development and modernization of the South Korean film industry, encouraged by multi-faceted efforts from the government....
View ArticleEdda Baumann von Broen – Durch die Nacht mit… John Landis & Terry Gilliam (2012)
(from arte.tv)Quote:Gilliam war der kreativste Kopf der unvergleichlichen Komikertruppe Monty Python, bevor er als Regisseur Meisterwerke wie “Brazil” und “12 Monkeys” schuf – aber auch ebenso große...
View ArticleChad Friedrichs – Jandek On Corwood (2003)
Quote:“The longest-running, weirdest, loneliest enigma is popular music is a guy from Texas who calls himself Jandek.” (Dougals Wolk, Providence Phoenix) 25 years, 35 albums and not a single live show...
View ArticleGeorge Stevens – Nazi Concentration Camps (1945)
Compilation footage of Nazi concentration camps in the immediate aftermath of World War II. The footage was gathered by the US Department of Defense as part of the effort to conduct war crimes trials....
View ArticleFrank H. Woodward – Men in Suits (2012)
from imdb:Godzilla, Predator, Robby the Robot, the Gill Man – these are some of the most iconic characters in cinema, but many people still don’t know about the incredible actors who bring these...
View ArticleMichael Apted – The Up Series – 21 Up! (1977)
Description :Starting in 1964 with Seven Up, renowned director Michael Apted has explored this Jesuit maxim. The original concept was to interview 14 children from diverse backgrounds from all over...
View ArticleMichael Apted – The Up Series – 42 Up! (1998)
Description :Starting in 1964 with Seven Up, renowned director Michael Apted has explored this Jesuit maxim. The original concept was to interview 14 children from diverse backgrounds from all over...
View ArticlePeter Lennon – Rocky Road to Dublin (1968)
wikipedia wrote:Rocky Road to Dublin is a 1968 documentary film by Irish-born journalist Peter Lennon and French cinematographer Raoul Coutard, examining the contemporary state of the Republic of...
View ArticleGuillaume Massart & Julien Meunier – Decouverte d un principe en case 3 AKA...
Quote:Twenty comic books creators are gathered for the Pierre Feuille Ciseaux residence, in which they have to comply to precise narrative and graphic constraints, in order to reveal the diversity and...
View ArticleWilliam Friedkin – The People vs. Paul Crump (1962)
Quote:A very young William Friedkin produced and directed this documentary for television in 1962 when Paul Crump had been in prison for nine years, waiting on death row. Crump was convicted for the...
View ArticleChris Marker – La solitude du chanteur de fond AKA The Loneliness of the...
In 1974, Marker made La solitude du chanteur de fond, which follows Yves Montand as heprepares a benefit concert for Chilean refugees. That Montand had not performed live in manyyears made his...
View ArticleDouglas Wilson – Linotype: The Film (2012)
Linotype: The Film is a feature-length documentary centred around the Linotype typecasting machine. Called the “Eighth Wonder of the World” by Thomas Edison, it revolutionized printing and society....
View ArticleRichard Kerr – Last Days of Contrition (1986)
Richard was coming back into town and we set up a gig for him at the local co-op. He was bringing along his new, tough, beautiful, hard-won movie called The Last Days of Contrition. It showed just...
View ArticleManuel Correa – #artoffline (2015)
Quote:What happens to art in the Internet age? The philosophers, artists and exhibition makers in this documentary believe that endless reproduction liberates art from a muddled art market and an...
View ArticleWilliam Van Der Veer, Joe Rucker [Cinematographers] – With Byrd at the South...
Winner of the 3rd Academy Award for Best Cinematography Quote:With Byrd at the South Pole (1930)With Byrd at the South Pole is one of the earliest and most captivating film documentaries. A deserving...
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