Tag: Dick Johnson Is Dead
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Guillermo Del Toro’s Pinocchio Is Coming To Criterion – Why That’s One Of The Coolest Things To Happen In 2023
People often refer to a film being “dumped on Netflix” as a pejorative, despite the fact the landscape of entertainment has evolved well beyond a non-theatrical release being a sign of lesser quality. The streamer has distributed some genuinely incredible films, many of which have already been deemed worthy of a physical release treatment by…
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Kristen Stewart Will Play Susan Sontag In Kirsten Johnson’s Upcoming Meta Documentary, Which Starts Filming At Berlin 2023
Kristen Stewart is no stranger to biopics, with “Seberg” in 2019 and “Spencer” in 2021. Now she has another to add to her upcoming projects, but this one has a meta twist. Variety reports (via Screen Daily) that Stewart will star as the writer and intellectual Susan Sontag in Kirsten Johnson‘s next film, the director’s…
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Emmy, Sundance Winner Kirsten Johnson on Cinema as a Collective Endeavor
Opening her masterclass at doc film festival Visions du Réel in Switzerland, cinematographer and filmmaker Kirsten Johnson – an Emmy and Sundance award winner for “Dick Johnson Is Dead” – started by naming each and every member of the technical crew on set.“What I often find upsetting with cinema is that we forget to acknowledge…
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Cinema Eye Honors Go to Non-Fiction Oscar Contenders ‘Collective’ and ‘Boys State’
The documentary film community gathered virtually on Facebook Tuesday night to chat and cheer each other on at the annual Cinema Eye Honors Awards. Oscar ballots are due Wednesday at 5pm Pt, and many documentary branch voters were on the livestream.At the start of the evening, as we waited for the pre-taped presentation to begin,…
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‘Crip Camp’ Wins Best Feature at IDA Documentary Awards – Full Winner’s List
The International Documentary Association has announced the winners of the 36th annual IDA Documentary Awards, with “Crip Camp” taking home the top prize.The ceremony was hosted by actor Willie Garson, with musical entertainment from Ruby Ibarra, who performed the theme from “A Thousand Cuts.”Directed by Nicole Newnham and Jim LeBrecht, “Crip Camp” received the best…
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Mother review – a heartbreaking inquiry into the cost of dementia
Kristof Bilsen stunning doc assesses the disease’s toll on patients and carers trapped in the international care-marketShakespeare’s line about “second childishness and mere oblivion” – the last of the seven ages of man bleakly proclaimed by Jacques in As You Like It – might come back to you watching this. But it doesn’t do justice…
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Netflix’s ‘Crip Camp’ Leads International Documentary Association Awards Nominations
Leading the International Documentary Association Documentary Awards nominees with five nominations is “Crip Camp,” Netflix’s look back at an influential activist summer camp for the disabled, followed by Garrett Bradley’s poetic black-and-white “Time” (Amazon Studios) and Sam Pollard’s 60s archival dive “MLK/FBI” (IFC Films) with four noms each.“The Truffle Hunters” (Sony Pictures Classics) scored three…
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Streaming: joyous explorations of death and the afterlife
Kirsten Johnson’s extraordinary documentary about her father joins a small set of films playfully exploring ageing and mortalityIn a normal year, last January would already feel quite distant by the time the autumn chill of October announces itself. This year, it feels more like an entire age ago, with most films I saw at festivals…