documentary

Tribeca Film Festival: From Documentary to Fiction, This One Covers It All
Tribeca Reviews: From Documentary to Fiction, This One Covers It All

Stephanie Archer gives a roundup of some of her experiences at Tribeca Film Festival, including a sci-fi, documentaries, shorts, and more.

95 AND 6 TO GO: A Personal Documentation Of Transgenerational Memory
95 AND 6 TO GO: A Personal Documentation Of Transgenerational Memory

95 And 6 To Go follows the Takesues in a one-of-a-kind document; exploring the family’s innately meaningful transgenerational memories.

RBG Trailer
RBG: Supremely Courting My Affection

Supreme Court justices are probably the least known about relative to their immense significance, and RBG helps to humanize one of the nine most powerful people in America.

Tribeca Reviews: Small Community-Focused Documentaries: PHANTOM COWBOYS and ISLAND OF THE HUNGRY GHOSTS
Tribeca Reviews: Small Community-Focused Documentaries: PHANTOM COWBOYS & ISLAND OF THE HUNGRY GHOSTS

Both Phantom Cowboys and Island of the Hungry Ghosts are finely wrought documentaries which also touch on universal themes. Though taking place in isolated communities, they reflect on the struggle for happiness inherent in the human condition itself.

Interview With RBG Directors Julie Cohen & Betsy West
“We Never Wanted to Shy Away From the Fact That You’re Seeing a Story About a Very Active Now 85 Year Old.” Interview With RBG Directors Julie Cohen & Betsy West

Arlin Golden had the opportunity to speak with directors Julie Cohen & Betsy West, who created the beautiful biopic of the “Notorious RBG”, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

Tribeca Film Festival Reviews: Around The World In Three Docs
Tribeca Film Festival Reviews: Around The World In Three Docs

Lee Jutton reviews three documentaries from all over the world: Tanzania Transit directed by Jeroen van Velzen, Studio 54 by Matt Tyrnauer and Kaiser: The Greatest Footballer Never to Play Football by Louis Myles.

SKID ROW MARATHON: Positively Life-Affirming Documentary Gem
SKID ROW MARATHON: Positively Life-Affirming Documentary Gem

It is always a breath of fresh air when a documentary like Skid Row Marathon comes along, which is so heartwarming and heartfelt that you can’t help but be moved emotionally.

San Francisco International Film Festival Week 2 Roundup
San Francisco International Film Festival Week 2 Roundup

Arlin Golden does a roundup for his second week at San Francisco International Film Festival, including Bo Burnham’s Eighth Grade, Boots Riley’s Sorry to Bother You, lesser-known documentaries, and more.

GRACE JONES: BLOODLIGHT AND BAMI: Portrait Of The Artist As An Uncompromising Queen
GRACE JONES: BLOODLIGHT AND BAMI: Portrait Of The Artist As An Uncompromising Queen

Grace Jones: Bloodlight and Bami highlights the unique life of the legendary singer, delving into her personal background and daily activities, and of course showcasing several of her mighty performances.

WON'T YOU BE MY NEIGHBOR? Trailer
San Francisco International Film Festival Week 1 Roundup

In our report of week 1 of San Francisco International Film Festival, we cover films like Generation Wealth, City of Sun, First Reformed, Hal and many more!

SXSW Interview: The Lagralane Group
SXSW Interview: Executive Producers of Oscar-Winning Doc ICARUS – The Lagralane Group

We sat down with documentary producers Yvonne Huff Lee and Jason Delane Lee of the Lagralane Group and chatted about their journey into film finance, their favorite past productions, what they have coming up next.

Miss Kiet's Children: Meet Your New Favorite Class
MISS KIET’S CHILDREN: Meet Your New Favorite Class

Prepare to be charmed by Peter Lataster and Petra Lataster-Czisch’s documentary Miss Kiet’s Children, a heartwarming ode to the power of education, and the reality of the refugee crisis on European shores.

Portrait of Mike Ott from the 2017 Champs-Elysees Film Festival in France. Photo by Julien Labrosse
Interview With CALIFORNIA DREAMS Director Mike Ott: “It Was My Own Kind Of Dream Come True”

We had the chance to talk with Mike Ott, director of fiction/non-fiction blend CALIFORNIA DREAMS, about documentary filmmaking and about the fine line between fiction and reality.

WILDE SALOMÉ & SALOMÉ: Pacino's Passion Project Finally Sees The Light Of Day
WILDE SALOMÉ & SALOMÉ: Pacino’s Passion Project Finally Sees The Light Of Day

Oscar Wilde enthusiasts won’t get too much out of Al Pacino’s Salomé films, though Jessica Chastain fans will want to check them out to see her first performance on the big screen.

CALIFORNIA DREAMS: I Don't Know What I Just Watched & I Don't Care
CALIFORNIA DREAMS: I Don’t Know What I Just Watched & I Don’t Care

California Dreams blurs the line between fact and fiction, focusing on a young man aspiring to make it in the movies and achieve the American Dream.