Monday Memo: THE KILL TEAM Bows at Theaters
This week the doc THE KILL TEAM from director Dan Krauss reached theaters. At New York Magazine’s Vulture blog, David Edelstein reviewed the film, while Jordan M. Smith did the same at Ion Cinema....
View ArticleMonday Memo: THE LOOK OF SILENCE Hits Venice, Telluride, Toronto Fests
THE LOOK OF SILENCE, director Joshua Oppenheimer’s highly anticipated follow up to THE ACT OF KILLING, screened last week at the Venice International Film Festival, the Telluride Film Festival and the...
View ArticleMonday Memo: TIFF Docs Make Waves
This week TIFF dominated documentary news. Scott Feinberg of The Hollywood Reporter wrote on the screening of THE LOOK OF SILENCE, director Joshua Oppenheimer’s follow up to THE ACT OF KILLING. Manori...
View ArticleMonday Memo: News and Documentary Emmy Winners Announced
This week the news and documentary Emmy awards were announced. Craig Phillips of the Independent Lens blog noted that its show took home three Emmys, while POV garnered one, according to its website....
View ArticleMonday Memo: Crystal Moselle Unleashes THE WOLFPACK
Crystal Moselle’s unbelievable Sundance Grand Jury Prize winner THE WOLFPACK is undeniably the most talked about doc of the year thus far. Hitting theaters this past weekend, the film was not only...
View ArticleMonday Memo: Joshua Oppenheimer’s THE LOOK OF SILENCE Arrives In Theaters
After an extensive festival run that garnered a unanimous flood of exultant praise, Joshua Oppenheimer’s THE LOOK OF SILENCE is just finally reaching domestic theaters. The New York Times ran a trio of...
View ArticleMonday Memo: Emmy Nominees Announced, WHITE PEOPLE & A GAY GIRL IN DAMASCUS...
It’s now midway through the year and awards season is already looming large. On Wednesday of last week, the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences announced their nominations for the 36th...
View ArticleMonday Memo: Sundance! Oscar! IDA Awards & More!
Barely a week into December and the holiday/award season goodies are already being handed out in mass! While both the Los Angeles Film Critics Association and the National Board of Review named AMY the...
View ArticleMonday Memo: 2015 Winds Down, Best of Lists Stack Up
While this past week we saw the Dubai International Film Festival kick off with Basil Tsiokos writing a preview of the doc offerings screening both in competition and out at his What (not) To Doc blog...
View ArticleMonday Memo: Cinema Eye Honors Awarded, Oscar Noms Named
I’m in agreement with indieWIRE’s Eric Kohn who proclaimed that the best awards event this week wasn’t the Oscar nominations. Last Wednesday night, the 9th annual Cinema Eye Honors celebrated the best...
View ArticleMonday Memo: THE LOOK OF SILENCE Wins Best Doc At Spirit Awards, Snubbed at...
Finally, the glitz and glam of award season has settled and despite the avalanche of awards thrown at the feet of Joshua Oppenheimer for his second monolithic work of non-fiction in two years – Cinema...
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