Tag: All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
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‘Painkiller’ and ‘Dopesick’s Story Is Explored in This Documentary
In the past two years, two limited-run series have been released about the attempt to force some kind of justice onto the Sackler family, the billionaires who own Purdue Pharma. Both Dopesick, released in 2021 on Hulu, and Painkiller, released just last month on Netflix, tell the story of Richard Sackler’s aggressive and dishonest marketing…
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Jane Campion, Laura Poitras, Martin McDonagh Set for Venice Film Festival Jury Duty
Jane Campion, Laura Poitras, Martin McDonagh and Mia Hansen-Løve have joined the main jury of the upcoming Venice Film Festival.The prominent directors, most of whom are Venice regulars – Poitras last year scored the Golden Lion with documentary “All the Beauty and the Bloodshed” – will be joined by fellow jury members including Palestinian actor…
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‘Parties, Sexual Exploration, Doubts and Depression’: ‘I’m Not Everything I Want to Be’ Portrays the ‘Nan Goldin of Czechoslovakia’
Photographer Libuše Jarcovjáková – no stranger to Prague’s nightlife in the 1970s and 80s, as depicted in upcoming documentary “I’m Not Everything I Want to Be” – has already earned comparisons to a certain American icon.“Libuše had this big exhibition in France in 2019 and on the radio they said: ‘She is like Nan Goldin…
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Bette Gordon’s ‘Variety’ restoration to be released in UK and Ireland (exclusive)
The 1983 underground hit follows a woman who works at a pornographic cinema.UK distributor Other Parties has acquired UK and Ireland rights to the 2k restoration of Bette Gordon’s 1983 underground hit Variety.The film will have a theatrical release in August this year, followed by a Blu-ray release.Variety centres around a young woman whose job…
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Documentary Nominees ‘Navalny,’ ‘All the Beauty and the Bloodshed’ and More Send Powerful Messages About the State of the World
After narrowing down 144 eligible documentary features to a remarkably strong shortlist of 15 docs, the Academy’s nonfiction branch whittled down that batch to five nominees: “All That Breathes,” “All the Beauty and the Bloodshed,” “Fire of Love,” “A House Made of Splinters,” and “Navalny.”It’s a quintuplet of powerful films from five formidable helmers. It’s…
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‘All the Beauty and the Bloodshed’: Inside the Process of Assembling the Best Edited Film of 2022
In the early days of filming “All the Beauty and the Bloodshed,” nonfiction filmmaker Laura Poitras didn’t have a clear grasp on what the shape of her latest documentary would be, but she was clear what her portrait of famed artist and activist Nan Goldin wouldn’t be.“We weren’t gonna make a biography,” Poitras told IndieWire’s…
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‘All That Breathes’ Wins Best Feature at the IDA Awards
The International Documentary Association (IDA) announced the winners in 18 categories at the 38th annual IDA Documentary Awards Ceremony on December 10, 2022 at the Paramount Theater in Los Angeles. Hosted by Jenny Yang, the show was live-streamed on IDA’s YouTube channel.Shaunak Sen’s Indian eco-documentary “All That Breathes” won Best Director, Editing, Feature Film, and…
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‘All the Beauty and the Bloodshed,‘ ’Decision to Leave’ Among British Independent Film Awards Nominations Longlist
The British Independent Film Awards (BIFAs) have revealed the nomination longlists for Best Feature Documentary and Best International Independent Film categories. In addition, BIFA’s Raindance Discovery Award longlist has also been unveiled.Of the 15 films longlisted for Best Feature Documentary, eight are directed by women. The 17 films longlisted for Best International Independent Film have…
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Laura Poitras’ opioids-crisis documentary wins Golden Lion at Venice film festival
Golden Lion goes to film about photographer Nan Goldin’s campaign against the Sackler familyAll the Beauty and the Bloodshed, Laura Poitras’ epic documentary about photographer Nan Goldin and her activism against the Sackler family and their art connections, has been awarded the Golden Lion for best film at the 79th Venice international film festival.Poitras, the…
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‘All the Beauty and the Bloodshed’ Review: Nan Goldin’s Remarkable Life Gets a Towering Film Befitting It
That title. Even before it screened, “All the Beauty and the Bloodshed” cast a shiver across the Venice Film Festival competition, sounding more like a line from a Yeats poem than the latest documentary from the director of “Citizenfour.” The big news: the film lives up to it. Already a robust director, Laura Poitras has…