On 'This Filthy World,' a performance documentary featuring John Waters, directed by Jeff Garlin.
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Blogs from Tamara Krinsky, Sarah Jo Marks and Tom White at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival.
From Cynthia Wade's documentary short Freeheld, which earned a Special Jury Prize in the shorts category at the Sundance Film Festival It's been said that the Sundance Film Festival is the most important festival for American independent cinema. Unlike other fests that really promote fiction and have a documentary sidebar, or just plain downplay the non-celebrity-driven films, Sundance puts nonfiction on equal footing with fiction. Sundance is on the lookout for both the next big thing and the under-the-radar discovery film. Any way you swing it, Sundance has a way of setting the tone for an
Until we become parents, our own parents are those mythical, mystical authority figures whom we have only known as authority figures.
DocuWeeks Vets 'Killing in the Name' and 'Sun Come Up' Among Contenders
The motion picture world has witnessed many passings of late, as has the documentary world, which lost three individuals who quietly made a difference in making this world better. Gordon R. Hitchens, a noted international film journalist and founding editor of Film Comment magazine, passed away on Saturday, August 7, at the Carillon Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation in Huntington Long Island. He was 85 years old. Gordon Hitchens began his studies at Columbia University, where he received his bachelor's degree in English Literature and two graduate degrees, one in cinematography and the
'The Kids Grow Up' airs on Father's Day, June 19, on HBO.
Independent Feature Project's (IFP) 32 nd Independent Film Week took place September 19 to 23 in New York City. The annual event (formerly known as the IFP Market) focuses on celebrating, advocating and introducing new voices on the independent scene. While the landscape of independent film has radically changed over the three decades of its existence, IFP continues to evolve and respond to the shifting tides. Left to right: IFP Senior Programmer Milton Tabbot, IFP Executive Director Joana Vicente, and HBO’s Nancy Abraham at the HBO Documentary Films Reception. Photo: Ingrid Kopp. Courtesy of
'Inside Job,' an Academy Award nominee for Best Documentary Feature, screens at DocuDay LA and DocuDays NY.
Alex Gibney's 'Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer' opens November 5 through Magnolia Pictures.