Tag: Hoop Dreams
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‘A Compassionate Spy’ Director Compares Ted Hall to Edward Snowden
Following the release of Christopher Nolan’s smash hit Oppenheimer, another smaller film looks to explore another controversial figure aboard the Manhattan Project. A Compassionate Spy from Academy Award-nominated Hoop Dreams director Steve James is a documentary about Theodore Hall, a young physicist who fears a future of nuclear annihilation and begins passing information to the…
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‘A Compassionate Spy’ Director Explains ‘Oppenheimer’ Connection
Though the massive event that was the opening weekend of Barbenheimer is now behind us, there is another film that would serve as a rather fitting accompaniment to Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer. A Compassionate Spy, the latest documentary from director Steve James who previously made the 1994 documentary Hoop Dreams, takes a look at a man…
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Judd Apatow Moderates a Conversation with Steve James — Watch NatGeo ‘City So Real’ Panel
A top contender for the Primetime Emmy for Best Documentary or Nonfiction Series this year is “City So Real,” “Hoop Dreams” and “Abacus: Small Enough to Jail” filmmaker Steve James’ exploration of the 2019 mayoral race in Chicago. Below and exclusive to IndieWire, check out a conversation with Steve James as moderated by filmmaker Judd…
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Boys State review – amazing study of teenagers running for pretend office
The gloves and training wheels come off as a group of smart, poignantly naive and utterly insufferable Texas boys get together to simulate governmentIt’s not clear to me if this is a heartwarming study in young people’s idealism or a Lord of the Flies bloodbath with smug feral demons in white T-shirts. It’s not clear…
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Streaming: great basketball films to watch after The Last Dance
Ben Affleck’s Finding the Way Back is the latest in Us cinema’s rich tradition of basketball films, from Hoop Dreams to He Got GameHaving skidded far off the rails, a former star basketball player finds renewed purpose in life by coaching a team of bright-eyed young talents: some films start with a script, but Finding…
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Steve James Creates Incredible Character-Driven Documentaries by Building On-Camera Relationships – Toolkit Podcast
Ever since changing the documentary landscape with “Hoop Dreams” in 1994, Steve James has introduced audiences to some of nonfiction film’s most memorable characters. On his latest film, “Abacus: Small Enough to Jail” – James’ first Oscar nomination – the filmmaker invites the viewer to experience the story of an ordinary family up against powerful…