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Portrait of a Film Critic: Remembering Roger Ebert in 'Life Itself'
'Life Itself' Opens July 4 through Magnolia Pictures.
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Rock Star: Matty Wishnow Talks About ‘The Last Critic,’ His Portrait of Trailblazing Music Writer Robert Christgau
In this interview, first-time doc filmmaker Matty Wishnow talks about directing The Last Critic, a portrait of trailblazing music writer Robert
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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’
In this interview, Sofia Coppola looks back at her scrappy ’90s TV project, Hi Octane, and portraying friend Marc Jacobs in her first doc, Marc by
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Personal Effects: Berlinale 2026 Prizes Personal Docs With a Hands-on or Handmade Form
The 76th edition of the European festival prized personal docs as well as projects that put accountability front and center
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“Some Have Called This a Documentary”: How ‘Melania’ Bends Documentary to Serve the Rich and Powerful
How Melania serves its titular subject, its filmmakers, and its financier by invoking documentary’s authenticity but not its accountability
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The Feedback: Kimberlee Bassford Describes the Unexpected Developments that Continue to Shift the Structure of ‘Before the Moon Falls’
Kimberlee Bassford looks back on the unexpected developments that continue to shift the structure of her Sia Figiel doc Before the Moon Falls
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Exclusive: Theatrical Trailer for ‘A Body to Live In’ Ahead of U.S. Theatrical Release
Debuting the theatrical trailer for Angelo Madsen’s feature documentary A Body to Live In, an exploration of body modification and the life of
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Sinéad O’Shea Talks Capturing Fergie Chambers’s Many Contradictions in ‘All About the Money’
Sinéad O’Shea talks about the challenges of capturing Fergie Chambers’s many contradictions in All About the Money
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“Not Just Art, But Also Play”: William David Caballero on ‘TheyDream’
In this interview, TheyDream director William David Caballero talks about his Sundance-premiering doc and his decade-long project of documenting his
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The Synthesis: Raoul Peck on Using AI to Critique Authoritarianism in ‘Orwell: 2+2=5’
In this interview, Raoul Peck reflects on deploying AI-generated imagery to illuminate Orwell’s insights about linguistic manipulation
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