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Articles by Dan Schindel

A concrete truck is seen parked on a concrete parking lot, with two white men, one in a suit, standing right by it
Solid Foundation: Filmmaker John Wilson Talks About Shooting Solo and the Many Plot Threads That Make Up His Feature Debut, ‘The History of Concrete’
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A middle-aged white woman in a black jacket and a grey wool hat stands in front of a protest holding a mic speaking into a camera
“We Wanted More Than a One-Day Release”: Directors Tia Lessin and Carl Dean on Building The Box Office Success of ‘Steal This Story, Please!’
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Two large men wear nothing but sneakers and diapers. One is decorated in tattoos, including a skull and crossbones and text which reads "BORN 2 DIE." Nine men and one woman stand behind the two in matching white suits. The ensemble appears in a sterile, grey room with futuristic, circular white lights
“We Don’t Want Mom’s Approval”: ‘Jackass: Best and Last’ Director Jeff Tremaine Talks Stunts, Digital Cameras, and the Infamous MTV Series at 25
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An older women with glasses sitting in a truck at night wields a knife at the camera
Wild Nights: Xander Robin on Capturing the Chaos in the Everglades at the Heart of His Florida-set Doc, ‘The Python Hunt’
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An older white man with thinning black hair and a bit of stubble, wears a dark blue shirt and dark pants as he sits staring at the camera as a white and black cat sits on his lap
“The Truth Behind the Artifice”: ‘Crumb’ Filmmaker Terry Zwigoff Looks Back on Learning to be a Director on the Fly
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A middle-aged white man with slicked back black hair and five o'clock shadow sits in front of a camera as a white woman with shoulder-length brown hair holds a clacker that reads "Marc Jacobs" in front of him
Sofia Coppola Unwittingly Goes Back to Her 90s Scrapbook Sensibility in Her Feature Doc, ‘Marc by Sofia’
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Two printed photos of a middle-aged white woman with short spiky auburn hair making two different expressions
Barbara, Continuing: Brydie O’Connor on Following ‘Love, Barbara’ With ‘Barbara Forever’
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In a living room, a woman and a man wearing lavalier mics sit on a gray couch.
“The Art Creates the Man”: Rebecca Miller on Documenting Martin Scorsese’s Life and Work in ‘Mr. Scorsese’
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A mountain rises in the distance of ruins.
“My Films Do Not Talk With Words”: Viktor Kossakovsky Discusses His Latest Nonhuman Subject in ‘Architecton’
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Snow tumbles over a cliff edge in Zion National Park.
The Explainer: Why Is Calm Content Taking Over TV and Digital Platforms?
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In a bright green room, three figures are pictured: A woman in a red sweater resting her hand on a man playing a violin's shoulder, as next to them a boy in a plaid shirt plays guitar.
“The Racism Was So Thick, You Could Cut It With a Pair of Scissors”: Alanis Obomsawin on Her Life Works and Purpose
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Against a gorgeous sunset, two figures stand silhouetted.
The World’s a Stage: An Introduction to ‘Grand Theft Hamlet’ and Other Documentaries Made in Video Games
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With blurry votive candles in the foreground, an image of a photograph of a young man.
“Acutis Was Extremely Close to the Heart of Pope Francis”: Tim Moriarty Discusses ‘Carlos Acutis: Roadmap to Reality’
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A young woman wearing a head scarf and a keffiyeh patterned scarf stands in the middle of a crowd of reporters holding microphones to her face.
“Part of a Peace Movement”: ‘The Encampments’ Co-Director Kei Pritsker on Correcting the Historical Record and Breaking a Box Office Record
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In red italics, "Give It Back" text overlays a painting of stereotypical Native Americans in a forested area.
Doc Fortnight 2025: Archival Emergence
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A lo-fi image of two young people sitting on a plaid couch, looking at a small TV.
“This Bandit Art Collective”: Jeremy Workman Strikes Gold With ‘Secret Mall Apartment’
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An empty room that has been bombed with fabrics, chairs strewn around and windows open.
Screen Time, Winter 2024/2025
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In a nondescript office, one woman cries into her hands as another one leans over her desk.
“The Nature of the Institution Will Have Changed”: Frederick Wiseman Describes the 4K Restoration of 33 Features
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Photo of the outside of a theater, with a lit up marquee of the 40th IDA Documentary Awards' pink and purple graphics.
The More Things Change: A History of Documentary Film Through the First 40 Years of IDA’s Documentary Awards
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In a crowd of protestors, a woman in a pink coat speaks into a microphone while raising her right arm.
“Changing, Ebbing, Flowing”: Amber Fares’s ‘Coexistence, My Ass!’ Features Israeli Comedian Noam Shuster Eliassi
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Lo-res still image of a man in a green jacket being handcuffed by a man wearing a "KBI" shirt. There is another man with a large digital video camera filming the face of the man being arrested, and a sliver of a boom pole in another corner of the image.
“Emotional Ping-Pong”: David Osit’s ‘Predators’ Moves Beyond True Crime Binaries
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In a car interior, a white woman with short-cropped silver hair looks archly at the camera.
Robinson Devor Discusses ‘Suburban Fury’
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A Black woman sits cross-legged on her bed.
The Feedback: Jessica Chaney and Amanda Willoughby Reframe Mental Health Challenges in ‘I Am’
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A white man sits behind some camera equipment in a dressing room.
“Cat and Mouse”: Cullen Hoback Confronts the Bitcoin Creator Mystery in ‘Money Electric’
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Three young people sit on a mattress on the ground.
“I’m Part of This”: Martha Coolidge Discusses Her Early Metacinema ‘Not a Pretty Picture’
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An over-the-shoulder of a pair of hands holding a small, white disc, the sacramental bread of the Eucharist.
“How Reality Is Structured”: ‘Jesus Thirsts’ and Director Tim Moriarity Turn Theology Into Box Office Gold
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A grainy image displaying a neon sign reading “The Afterlight”.
Lost and Found: Charlie Shackleton’s Found Footage 35mm Film ‘The Afterlight’ Disappeared for Weeks
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“Harvesting Artifice”: Lance Oppenheim Heightens Reality in HBO Series ‘Ren Faire’
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Still image from 'Ryuichi Sakamoto | Opus' depicting Sakamoto, an elderly Asian man wearing tortoiseshell glasses and with a fall of white hair over his forehead.
“More Interesting to Keep the Mistake”: Neo Sora Discusses ‘Ryuichi Sakamoto | Opus’
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A film still with holographic colors shows a figure in a field.
“I Think Linearity Is a Trap”: Deborah Stratman Discusses ‘Last Things’
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“A Psychic Ledger”: Soda Jerk Discusses ‘Hello Dankness’
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Two people lying on the floor in an office with dark brown hard wood floors, dark brown wooden chairs. One person is wearing long dark pants with a tan short sleeve button up shirt. The other person is wearing a dark plaid skirt with a white shirt sleeve top, ankles socks, with dark brown shoes.
“It’s Also a Love Story”: Steve James Discusses ‘A Compassionate Spy’
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