Mary Harron's feature debut I SHOT ANDY WARHOL screens Monday at Nitehawk Williamsburg in the conclusion of THE CLASS OF '96
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Absolutely loved this show! And now determined to see some of the architecture in person.
New York Magazine@nymag.com · 5d agoAn ambitious show at MoMA argues that architecture after independence could be a tool for freedom, focusing on the modernist buildings that were built in seven countries in Western Africa.
THE most important part of making a documentary!!! @dctvny.bsky.social has a class on how to get access to participants and the moral obligations that come with capturing people’s lives on film. (There are many!) www.dctvny.org/s/workshop/a...
Saw this again last month and it's amazing in so many ways. Lili Taylor's performance + New York before the Bloomberg years "cleaned it up!!!"
Nitehawk Cinema@nitehawkcinema.bsky.social · last wk.Mary Harron's feature debut I SHOT ANDY WARHOL screens Monday at Nitehawk Williamsburg in the conclusion of THE CLASS OF '96
A doc about the Nan Goldin of the Czech Republic is leaving @metrographnyc.bsky.social tomorrow. Hurry! Libuše Jarcovjáková chronicled after-dark Prague in the 1970s + ’80s, giving a picture of communist-era Czechoslovakia very different from the official one. watch.metrograph.com/videos/im-no...
Two great new documentaries at @dctvny.bsky.social And the Firehouse is an amazing theatre w GREAT sound! mailchi.mp/dctvny.org/3...
WILD INSIDE still at @ifccenter.bsky.social until the 30th! www.ifccenter.com/films/wild-i...
IFC Center - Wild Inside
Sunday, August 30: Q&A with director Penny Lane after the 3:00 show! Saturday, August 22: Q&A with director Penny Lane moderated by filmmaker Matt Wolf after the 1:50 show! Sunday, August 23: Q&A with director Penny Lane moderated by filmmaker Judith Helfand after the 1:50 show! Join educator and wildlife rehabilitator Suzanne Highland for a [...]
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We are currently on an extended time away in Nicaragua. But we’re paying attention. Sort of..
Today we celebrate Robert Redford’s birthday and reflect on the remarkable legacy of an artist, advocate, and founder whose belief in independent voices changed cinema forever.
Don’t miss the @docnycfest.bsky.social MONDAY MEMO if you know what’s good for you. @locarno.bsky.social winners, The Hot List and a mountain more: mailchi.mp/docnyc.net/m...
Monday Memo: Paramount-WBD Merger Has Doc Filmmakers on Edge, Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting's Role in Shaping Doc Filmmaking
Your weekly rundown of all the latest documentary news from the festival circuit, awards season commentators, new releases and beyond.
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Years ago, I was blown away by Robb Moss's documentary THE SAME RIVER TWICE, which followed a group of friends who'd been river guides in their youth and now were trying to contend with middle-age. Moss's follow-up, THE BEND IN THE RIVER, opens today at Film Forum. www.vulture.com/article/revi...
The Bend in the River Is a Poignant, Profound Look at a Changing World
Director Robb Moss chronicles his friends’ lives from the glories of youth to the consolations of old age.
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“American Doctor,” directed by Poh Si Teng, follows three U.S. medical professionals who travel to Gaza to provide emergency care and later speak out about what they witnessed. Premiered at the 2026 Sundance Film Festival. Now playing in NYC and opens in LA next Friday. sndnc.org/4gbF59s
Thanks to Field of Vision + the Freedom of Press Foundation, you can learn how to turn off AI functionality while creating documentaries. www.indiewire.com/news/busines... Check out the Digital Security for Filmmakers website: www.digitalsecurity.film
A New Free Seminar Teaches Documentary Filmmakers When and How to Opt Out of AI
Field of Vision and Freedom of the Press are launching the sixth edition of their Digital Security Clinic, this time teaching filmmakers about AI.
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Saw this at the fest - highly recommend!!
DOC NYC Fest@docnycfest.bsky.social · last mo.Opening night: THE BIG CHEESE is now playing at @ifccenter.bsky.social. Sara Joe Wolansky's documentary takes you inside the high-stakes, surprisingly cutthroat world of competitive cheese -- and the people who've devoted their lives to it. Get your tickets: www.ifccenter.com/films/the-bi...
Recently watched this for the millionth time. So many funny lines!!!!!
Nitehawk Cinema@nitehawkcinema.bsky.social · 4w agoIn 1996, Robin Williams taught us that men smear 🧈🍞 Williams & Nathan Lane star in Mike Nichols’ THE BIRDCAGE, screening 8/15 & 8/16 at brunch at Nitehawk Williamsburg. Part of THE CLASS OF ’96.
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McSweeney's@mcsweeneys.net · last mo."MOM: I’m going to the front desk. I want to embarrass our adult children. DAD: I was just there to do exactly that by getting a ridiculous number of washcloths that we won’t use. MOM: Perfect. I’ll ask for a problematic number of towels and a pillow with impossible attributes."
The latest from acclaimed documentarian Penny Lane (NUTS!, HAIL SATAN?) follows the story of Flaco, the celebrity Eurasian Eagle-Owl who escaped the Central Park Zoo and captured the city’s heart. WILD INSIDE is now playing! www.ifccenter.com/films/wild-i...
Feast your eyes on this gorgeous footage!
Tico Romao@tico-romao.bsky.social · last mo.The World Documentary Repository: O is for Old New Mexico (1940). A Technicolour MGM Traveltalks short directed by James A. FitzPatrick, highlighting the historic architecture, native Pueblo cultures, and Spanish colonial heritage of Santa Fe and Taos and captures the Southwest's scenic landscapes.
15 years ago today, Alison Ellwood & Alex Gibney's 'Magic Trip: Ken Kesey’s Search For A Kool Place' was released in theaters. We just republished our review of the documentary, which is now available on Tubi, Kanopy, Fandango at Home, and YouTube: www.nonfics.com/p/magic-trip...
WILD INSIDE is now playing, and birders are already flocking to the cinema to see the tale of a Eurasian Eagle-Owl named Flaco who escapes from the Central Park Zoo and sets off on a magical odyssey through the island of Manhattan. www.ifccenter.com/films/wild-i...
Tickets are now on sale for our screening of Steve Buscemi’s directorial debut TREES LOUNGE, part of our August series THE CLASS OF ’96! And following the movie, Steve Buscemi will be here for a Q&A! Thursday 8/20 at Nitehawk Prospect Park
If he ever goes off the air, I'm throwing myself into the reflecting pool!!!!
The Hollywood Reporter@thr.com · last mo.John Oliver Talks New “Prospective Business Daddies” and Colbert Support Group and Reveals HBO Contract Extension (Exclusive)
. @filmforumnyc.bsky.social showing DREAD BEAT AN BLOOD - a 1979 documentary about Linton Kwesi Johnson.
BEND is having a pass sale. Having been a screener and judge in the past, I can vouch for what a GREAT festival it is!!!!
Huge congrats to these @womenmakemovies.bsky.social filmmakers for making it onto @pbs.org POV this season! Don't forget to watch!!!
The question is: can you stand to watch him for that long?
The Hollywood Reporter@thr.com · 2mo agoAlex Gibney’s Elon Musk Documentary to Premiere in Venice — With a Nearly Four-Hour Runtime