Messages have been pouring in to pay tribute to Jess Search, producer and co-founder of U.K.’s Doc Society, who died Monday from brain cancer at the age of 54.
Search was a founding director of Doc Society, the mission of which is to “unleash the transformational power of documentary film to address the two critical and intertwined issues of climate change and democracies in crisis.”
Before that, she was a commissioning editor at Channel 4 and a founder of Shooting People, the online filmmakers network. She was also a board member of the U.K. think tank Ippr. She moderated panel discussions for IDFA, the Skoll World Forum, the Trust Women conference, and Doc Society’s Good Pitch.
Search was nominated for an Emmy for “Virunga.” Her recent executive producer credits included “F@ck This Job,” “Welcome to Chechnya” and “Cold Case Hammarskjöld.”
British Film Institute CEO Ben Roberts said:...
Search was a founding director of Doc Society, the mission of which is to “unleash the transformational power of documentary film to address the two critical and intertwined issues of climate change and democracies in crisis.”
Before that, she was a commissioning editor at Channel 4 and a founder of Shooting People, the online filmmakers network. She was also a board member of the U.K. think tank Ippr. She moderated panel discussions for IDFA, the Skoll World Forum, the Trust Women conference, and Doc Society’s Good Pitch.
Search was nominated for an Emmy for “Virunga.” Her recent executive producer credits included “F@ck This Job,” “Welcome to Chechnya” and “Cold Case Hammarskjöld.”
British Film Institute CEO Ben Roberts said:...
- 8/3/2023
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Lucy Walker, the British filmmaker behind Oscar-nominated docs Waste Land and The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom, has lined up her latest feature doc.
Walker is directing Of Night and Light: The Story of Iboga and Ibogaine and the film has landed a secret slot at the Tribeca Film Festival.
Of Night and Light: The Story of Iboga and Ibogaine tells the astounding unknown story of what might be the aha scientific breakthrough moment of our generation.
Back in 1962 a teenage psychonaut in New York City named Howard Lotsof experimented with an obscure psychedelic from the root bark of a West African shrub and recognized its unique therapeutic potential. Together with his African-American wife Norma, a pair of outsider NYU film students, they dedicated their lives to getting science and government to research it, convinced that it would be of great medicinal benefit, despite it sounding too good to be true,...
Walker is directing Of Night and Light: The Story of Iboga and Ibogaine and the film has landed a secret slot at the Tribeca Film Festival.
Of Night and Light: The Story of Iboga and Ibogaine tells the astounding unknown story of what might be the aha scientific breakthrough moment of our generation.
Back in 1962 a teenage psychonaut in New York City named Howard Lotsof experimented with an obscure psychedelic from the root bark of a West African shrub and recognized its unique therapeutic potential. Together with his African-American wife Norma, a pair of outsider NYU film students, they dedicated their lives to getting science and government to research it, convinced that it would be of great medicinal benefit, despite it sounding too good to be true,...
- 5/10/2023
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: The Tribeca Film Institute and ESPN have awarded three grants in their annual Short Documentary Program.
This year’s recipients are Jessie Adler for The Boxers of Brule, Matt Kay for Little Miss Sumo and Taylor Hess and Erin Sanger for Mack Wrestles. All three of the 2018 grantees showcase athletes as fighters overcoming battles of various kinds both in and out of the ring.
Each filmmaking team chosen will receive a grant ranging from $15,000 to $20,000 to use towards the development, production, or post-production of their film, as well as receive year-round consultation and mentorship.
Academy Award-winning documentary filmmaker Roger Ross Williams, whose credits include Life, Animated and God Loves Uganda, will mentor Kay for Little Miss Sumo. Editor David Teague will mentor Adler for Boxers of Brule. Mack Wrestles’ mentor will be selected this summer.
“Opportunities for young filmmakers to receive this level of mentorship are rare,...
This year’s recipients are Jessie Adler for The Boxers of Brule, Matt Kay for Little Miss Sumo and Taylor Hess and Erin Sanger for Mack Wrestles. All three of the 2018 grantees showcase athletes as fighters overcoming battles of various kinds both in and out of the ring.
Each filmmaking team chosen will receive a grant ranging from $15,000 to $20,000 to use towards the development, production, or post-production of their film, as well as receive year-round consultation and mentorship.
Academy Award-winning documentary filmmaker Roger Ross Williams, whose credits include Life, Animated and God Loves Uganda, will mentor Kay for Little Miss Sumo. Editor David Teague will mentor Adler for Boxers of Brule. Mack Wrestles’ mentor will be selected this summer.
“Opportunities for young filmmakers to receive this level of mentorship are rare,...
- 6/7/2018
- by Dade Hayes
- Deadline Film + TV
When director/producer Bryan Fogel first set out to make “Icarus,” it was to investigate his hypothesis that “the global anti-doping system in sports was a fraud.” An avid cyclist, he was intrigued by the fact that seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong “had managed to evade ever testing positive on over 500 drug tests throughout his career,” despite his long-term use of performance-enhancing drugs. Deciding to use himself as a guinea pig in what was meant to be a “Super Size Me”-style documentary about how to game the Olympics, he sought out Grigory Rodchenkov, former head of the Anti-Doping Center in Moscow, and that’s when things took a bizarre turn. Watch our exclusive video interview with Fogel and producer Dan Cogan above.
See Best Documentary Feature Oscar predictions: Can ‘Icarus’ get an Olympics-sized boost?
It turns out that Rodchenkov was in charge of a state-sponsored effort to...
See Best Documentary Feature Oscar predictions: Can ‘Icarus’ get an Olympics-sized boost?
It turns out that Rodchenkov was in charge of a state-sponsored effort to...
- 2/9/2018
- by Zach Laws
- Gold Derby
Months after being pulled from the Sundance Film Festival, Lucy Walker’s Buena Vista Social Club documentary has both a title and a release date. “Buena Vista Social Club: Adios” is due in theaters on May 26 via Broad Green Pictures, the distributor confirmed.
Uncertainty and controversy have surrounded the film since the unexpected cancelation of its Park City premiere.
Read More: Broad Green Pictures Is Missing Release Dates and Angering Filmmakers. Here’s Why.
“We at Broad Green are disappointed that we will not be able to premiere this compelling documentary at this year’s Sundance Film Festival,” the company wrote in a statement at the time. “The film’s post production process has taken longer than expected and thus the decision was made to wait to introduce the film to audiences until it can be presented in its best possible iteration.”
IndieWire’s Anne Thompson and Graham Winfrey...
Uncertainty and controversy have surrounded the film since the unexpected cancelation of its Park City premiere.
Read More: Broad Green Pictures Is Missing Release Dates and Angering Filmmakers. Here’s Why.
“We at Broad Green are disappointed that we will not be able to premiere this compelling documentary at this year’s Sundance Film Festival,” the company wrote in a statement at the time. “The film’s post production process has taken longer than expected and thus the decision was made to wait to introduce the film to audiences until it can be presented in its best possible iteration.”
IndieWire’s Anne Thompson and Graham Winfrey...
- 4/22/2017
- by Michael Nordine
- Indiewire
Lydia Lassila and Katie Bender.
Katie Bender's documentary about aerial skier Lydia Lassila premiered last Tuesday.
The event was organised by Bender herself, a former teammate of Lassila.
"One of the biggest nightmares [of being independent] is not having a marketing team, doing events, managing the event sponsors", said Bender. "It takes up so much time".
In the making since 2012, The Will to Fly was rejected by Australian distributors as a niche film about aerial skiing.
After the film was locked, it was picked up by Hoyts this month..
Bender also had a preexisting relationship with Rebel Sport, and the two have now joined forces.
"Hoyts is now placing this film in all of the big malls around Australia that have Rebel stores and a Hoyts, so they can do cross-promotions together", Bender said.
The filmmaker has also enlisted Kpmg, who "are taking my film, similar to the educational study guide, and...
Katie Bender's documentary about aerial skier Lydia Lassila premiered last Tuesday.
The event was organised by Bender herself, a former teammate of Lassila.
"One of the biggest nightmares [of being independent] is not having a marketing team, doing events, managing the event sponsors", said Bender. "It takes up so much time".
In the making since 2012, The Will to Fly was rejected by Australian distributors as a niche film about aerial skiing.
After the film was locked, it was picked up by Hoyts this month..
Bender also had a preexisting relationship with Rebel Sport, and the two have now joined forces.
"Hoyts is now placing this film in all of the big malls around Australia that have Rebel stores and a Hoyts, so they can do cross-promotions together", Bender said.
The filmmaker has also enlisted Kpmg, who "are taking my film, similar to the educational study guide, and...
- 3/14/2016
- by Harry Windsor
- IF.com.au
Read More: 14 Films We Cannot Wait to See at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival "O.J.: Made in America" is a 7-hour documentary series from Espn that will screen in its entirety (in two parts) at this year's Sundance Film Festival. Cinematographer Nick Higgins is a doc veteran who previously collaborated on a number of films with two-time Academy Award nominee Lucy Walker, including "The Crash Reel," "The Lions Mouth Opens" and "Countdown."What camera and lens did you use? Canon C300 with the Canon Ef 50mm f1.2, Zeiss Super Speed 35mm CP2 T1.5 and ZeissSuper Speed 85mm CP2 T1.5. Why was this the right camera kit for the job? My knee-jerk answer to why I opt for the C300 is that, for my handheld observational documentary work, I really appreciate the small form factor of the C300. I love the fact that I can carry an entire working camera...
- 1/23/2016
- by Chris O'Falt
- Indiewire
Vimeo is vowing to help female video creators and filmmakers in 2016. The video hosting and Svod platform has launched a program dubbed “Share the Screen,” which highlights female-led projects through three different initiatives.
The first part of Vimeo’s “Share the Screen” program kicks off February 18, 2016 with the release of the short Darby Forever, written by and starring Saturday Night Live’s Aidy Bryant. Bryant plays the titular character Darby, a woman who works at a fabric store in a quirky small town and daydreams about her customers and finding love with deliveryman Nick (played by Luka Jones). Darby Forever also stars Retta (Parks and Recreation) and Natasha Lyonne (Orange Is the New Black) and is available for pre-order by visiting vimeo.com/darbyforever.
Vimeo will also financially support the development and production of at least five female-led projects throughout 2016 as part of its “Share the Screen” program (which is...
The first part of Vimeo’s “Share the Screen” program kicks off February 18, 2016 with the release of the short Darby Forever, written by and starring Saturday Night Live’s Aidy Bryant. Bryant plays the titular character Darby, a woman who works at a fabric store in a quirky small town and daydreams about her customers and finding love with deliveryman Nick (played by Luka Jones). Darby Forever also stars Retta (Parks and Recreation) and Natasha Lyonne (Orange Is the New Black) and is available for pre-order by visiting vimeo.com/darbyforever.
Vimeo will also financially support the development and production of at least five female-led projects throughout 2016 as part of its “Share the Screen” program (which is...
- 1/21/2016
- by Bree Brouwer
- Tubefilter.com
A couple of years back, we highlighted a number of documentary filmmakers to follow on Twitter, but given that we are living in what seems to be the heyday of nonfiction filmmaking, we felt it was high time for an updated list. It's an eclectic and impressive group responsible for some of our favorite documentaries, including "The Crash Reel," "The Act of Killing" and the "Paradise Lost" series. Note that this isn't a comprehensive or ranked list, but that all of these filmmakers are active in documentary discussions on Twitter -- and whether they're promoting their own projects or debating the merits of various documentary techniques, these cinematic rabble-rousers are consistently informative, entertaining and engaging. Also note that when we say this is a list of filmmakers, we're not just talking about directors. This list also includes producers and documentary funders. If you're looking for tips about which festivals are best for documentaries or.
- 10/2/2015
- by Paula Bernstein
- Indiewire
Huntington’s disease is an incurable hereditary degenerative brain disorder that results in the progressive loss of mental faculties and physical control. Huntington’s disease is an autosomal dominant disorder, which means that a person needs only one copy of the defective gene to develop the disorder.No treatments can alter the course of Huntington’s disease.HBO Documentary features a deeply personal tale of discovery for one woman who may or may not have Huntington’s Disease. Told by two-time Academy Award® nominee Lucy Walker (HBO’s Emmy®-winning “The Crash Reel”) this film “The Lion’s Mouth Opens” chronicles one woman’s decision to face her demons and receive […]...
- 5/14/2015
- by April Neale
- Monsters and Critics
The falling leaves are a sure sign it’s now the beginning of awards season, with Oscar short lists starting to leak out, Ida Awards prepping their program and the Emmy’s already handing out golden statues. Also, on the festival circuit this month we have a whole host of big lineup announcements coming from a hefty set of acronym loving non-fiction fests the world over, from Cph:dox and Doc NYC, to Idfa and Ridm. Best of Fests Docs is a monthly snapshot of the films and filmmakers that are the make-up of the docu film festival and awards circuit. Check out the full rundown below:
Cph:dox - Denmark – November 6th-16th
The festival, also known as Copenhagen International Documentary Festival , has announced its 2014 lineup, which was guest curated this year by Citizenfour director Laura Poitras. Over 200 films (with the likes of Robert Greene’s Actress, Joshua Oppenheimer’s The Look of Silence,...
Cph:dox - Denmark – November 6th-16th
The festival, also known as Copenhagen International Documentary Festival , has announced its 2014 lineup, which was guest curated this year by Citizenfour director Laura Poitras. Over 200 films (with the likes of Robert Greene’s Actress, Joshua Oppenheimer’s The Look of Silence,...
- 10/28/2014
- by Jordan M. Smith
- IONCINEMA.com
Documentary filmmakers take note: Sundance Institute invites you to its inaugural day-long ShortsLab in Los Angeles. The program is slated for September 13 at La's independent rep house Cinefamily, and will focus on short-form documentary films. This intensive seminar will host screenings, discussions and insight into the world of short-form documentary storytelling, production and exhibition. Attendees include acclaimed filmmakers Rodney Ascher ("Room 237"), Kirby Dick ("The Invisible War"), Lauren Greenfield ("The Queen of Versailles"), Aj Schnack ("Kurt Cobain: About a Son") and Oscar nominee Lucy Walker ("The Crash Reel"). Sundance's Documentary Film Program director Tabitha Jackson will be there, as will programmers from the Sundance Film Festival. Among the Sundance Institute alumni documentarians who work in the short form are Lauren Greenfield, Albert Maysles, Ondi Timoner, Monika Treut, Ava DuVernay, Errol Morris, Werner...
- 8/14/2014
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Thompson on Hollywood
Lucy Walker reintroduced audiences to the perils of board sports last year in The Crash Reel, documenting the successes and traumas of snowboarder Kevin Pearce. While Walker’s film showed literal recovery from Pearce’s disastrous injury, Eddie Martin’s new film All This Mayhem tells of a completely different type of healing. In the late 80s/early 90s, Martin used to skate with Tas and Ben Pappas – at the time complete newbies on the vert skating scene in Melbourne – but who would go on to compete against Tony Hawk in the Us and ultimately strip him of his World No.1 titles. However, to call this a documentary about skateboarding is a misstep: instead this is an explosively compelling story of two lives at full-tilt.
From the splintered skate-parks of Australia to the Espn-branded ramps of California, Martin travels equally so from the heartlands of Tas and Ben’s upbringing,...
From the splintered skate-parks of Australia to the Espn-branded ramps of California, Martin travels equally so from the heartlands of Tas and Ben’s upbringing,...
- 6/17/2014
- by Andrew Latimer
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
1. Documentary Filmmaking Tips: During the "Let's Talk Docs" session at the 2014 Cine Gear Expo in Los Angeles, non-fiction cinematographers Nicola Marsh ("20 Feet From Stardom," "Burn"), Rick Rowley ("Dirty Wars"), Nick Higgins ("The Crash Reel," "The Lion's Mouth") and Jerry Ricciotti (HBO’s "Vice") shared stories from the front line and provided good advice for their audience of (mostly) other filmmakers. Read their top tips here. 2. How to Pitch: Not sure how to pitch your next project? Read about how indie director Josh Boone pitched "The Fault in Their Stories" to Fox and got the gig here. 3. Shoot Cool Stuff. Get Paid.: "Maybe you're an independent filmmaker with hard drives full of unpublished footage. Maybe you're a dedicated hobbyist who takes video on your travels and adventures, or around your own city with friends. Maybe you film professionally for digital agencies or production companies and have a pile of unused 'B-roll' in your archives.
- 6/9/2014
- by Paula Bernstein
- Indiewire
At the Canon-sponsored panel “Let’s Talk Docs” session at the 2014 Cine Gear Expo in Los Angeles, non-fiction cinematographers Nicola Marsh ("20 Feet From Stardom," "Burn"), Rick Rowley ("Dirty Wars"), Nick Higgins ("The Crash Reel," "The Lion's Mouth") and Jerry Ricciotti (HBO’s "Vice") shared stories from the frontlines. Even though each had a different approach to how they work in the typically run-and-gun atmosphere of documentary filmmaking, they all had good advice to disperse to the audience mostly full of other filmmakers. Here are their top tips: 1. Your gear should help, not hinder you -- and the best camera might not be the most expensive one. "The first thing I think about is how long the camera is going to be on my shoulder. It’s nice to shoot on a Pl lens, but I can’t have that on my shoulder all day. I don’t want to have...
- 6/9/2014
- by Valentina I. Valentini
- Indiewire
Finalists for the music and sound design awards also include The World’s End, The Crash Reel and I Am Nasrine.
The official list of finalists has been released for the third Music+Sound Awards. The awards recognise and celebrate the role that music and sound design play in UK visual media.
More than 50 industry figures including James Bond composer David Arnold and music supervisors Liz Gallacher of Velvet Ears (Elysium) and Abi Leland of Leland Music (Touching The Void, Last King of Scotland) selected the line-up of finalists.
A full list, including all credits, can be viewed at www.masawards.com/uk
Awards will be presented for Best Original Composition, Best Sound Design and Best Use of Existing Music in film at a ceremony on Feb 27 at the Troxy cinema in London.
Acts performing on the night include comedian Rob Deering, band The Family Rain and DJ David Holmes.
The official list of finalists has been released for the third Music+Sound Awards. The awards recognise and celebrate the role that music and sound design play in UK visual media.
More than 50 industry figures including James Bond composer David Arnold and music supervisors Liz Gallacher of Velvet Ears (Elysium) and Abi Leland of Leland Music (Touching The Void, Last King of Scotland) selected the line-up of finalists.
A full list, including all credits, can be viewed at www.masawards.com/uk
Awards will be presented for Best Original Composition, Best Sound Design and Best Use of Existing Music in film at a ceremony on Feb 27 at the Troxy cinema in London.
Acts performing on the night include comedian Rob Deering, band The Family Rain and DJ David Holmes.
- 2/18/2014
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
The Full Frame Documentary Film Festival, which takes place every spring in Durham, North Carolina, will honor Emmy-winning director Steve James ("Hoop Dreams" and Sundance hit "Life Itself") and Lucy Walker ("The Crash Reel," "Waste Land") at their 17th annual festival. James' work will be celebrated as part of the Full Frame Tribute, while Walker will curate a series of films focusing on subject in documentary as part of the Thematic Program. “I've always enjoyed Full Frame's Thematic Program, and credit it with introducing me to films I'd never seen on the big screen before,” said Walker. "The documentaries I most enjoy all have memorable characters, and in my own work, I've gravitated towards character-led stories. I'm thrilled and honored to guest curate a selection of films for the Thematic Program that have unforgettable personalities at their heart and center." The 17th Annual Full Frame Documentary Film Festival will be...
- 2/12/2014
- by Eric Eidelstein
- Indiewire
1. "The Crash Reel:" "The Crash Reel" BitTorrent Bundle has been downloaded 3.4 million times, BitTorrent announced today. The Bundle supports "The Crash Reel," Lucy Walker's documentary about champion snowboarder Kevin Pearce and his incredible recovery from a severe brain injury. Read more about BitTorrent's Bundles here. 2. Low-Budget Effects: Sure, the special effects in "Gravity" are incredible, but not exactly feasible for an indie filmmaker to adopt. That's where Joey Shanks comes in. The self-taught filmmaker, who produces a weekly series for PBS Digital Series about Diy special effects for low-budget productions, highlights the illusion of space flight in his latest video. Check it out here. 3. "Karama Has No Walls:" Yemen's first Oscar-nominated film, "Karama Has No Walls," a gripping-eyewitness account to a tragic day that changed the course of the revolution in Yemen, will be released on iTunes on February 18, 2014. Released by Cinema Guild, the film has been...
- 2/11/2014
- by Paula Bernstein
- Indiewire
What’s new, what’s hot, and what you may have missed, now available to stream.
streaming now, while it’s still in theaters
After the Dark (formerly The Philosophers: a thrilling combination of drama, near-science-fiction, suspense, coming-of-age agita, and intellectual exploration of ideas — pity it derails itself [my review] [at Amazon Instant Video] A Field in England: Ben Wheatley’s head-scratcher about a band of English Civil War soldiers is an arty muddle [at Amazon Instant Video]
streaming now, before it’s on dvd
The Crash Reel: dazzling documentary portrait of a charismatic young man pushing himself to his limits, and challenging us to consider our own [my review] [at Amazon Instant Video] Gravity: stunningly accomplished space survival adventure: heartstopping and heartbreaking; the best film of 2013; just don’t call it science fiction [my review] [at Amazon Instant Video]
new to stream
How I Live Now: intense, grim teen adventure; Saoirse Ronan is amazing as an American girl struggling to survive in a Britain under martial law after...
streaming now, while it’s still in theaters
After the Dark (formerly The Philosophers: a thrilling combination of drama, near-science-fiction, suspense, coming-of-age agita, and intellectual exploration of ideas — pity it derails itself [my review] [at Amazon Instant Video] A Field in England: Ben Wheatley’s head-scratcher about a band of English Civil War soldiers is an arty muddle [at Amazon Instant Video]
streaming now, before it’s on dvd
The Crash Reel: dazzling documentary portrait of a charismatic young man pushing himself to his limits, and challenging us to consider our own [my review] [at Amazon Instant Video] Gravity: stunningly accomplished space survival adventure: heartstopping and heartbreaking; the best film of 2013; just don’t call it science fiction [my review] [at Amazon Instant Video]
new to stream
How I Live Now: intense, grim teen adventure; Saoirse Ronan is amazing as an American girl struggling to survive in a Britain under martial law after...
- 2/11/2014
- by MaryAnn Johanson
- www.flickfilosopher.com
SundanceNOW and their Doc Club program have released the full video of last week’s Spotlight on Women Directors panel out of the Sundance Film Festival.
Moderated by Indiewire’s Anne Thompson (@akstanwyck), the panel of talented women filmmakers included Rory Kennedy (Last Days in Vietnam), Shola Lynch (Free Angela and All Political Prisoners), Judith Helfand (Cooked), and Lucy Walker (The Crash Reel).
Curated by Thom Powers (@ThomPowers), January focused on the amazing women directors currently working in documentary filmmaking.
Click here to access the rest of January’s program: http://www.sundancenow.com/doc-club/spotlight-on-women-directors/35. Join Doc Club to access the 8 films highlighted. Sign up now and get your first month free.
SundanceNOW, the digital sister to Sundance Selects, is an online destination where independent film fans can download, watch instantly and discuss a broad range of independent films from around the globe. Offering the option to stream, download...
Moderated by Indiewire’s Anne Thompson (@akstanwyck), the panel of talented women filmmakers included Rory Kennedy (Last Days in Vietnam), Shola Lynch (Free Angela and All Political Prisoners), Judith Helfand (Cooked), and Lucy Walker (The Crash Reel).
Curated by Thom Powers (@ThomPowers), January focused on the amazing women directors currently working in documentary filmmaking.
Click here to access the rest of January’s program: http://www.sundancenow.com/doc-club/spotlight-on-women-directors/35. Join Doc Club to access the 8 films highlighted. Sign up now and get your first month free.
SundanceNOW, the digital sister to Sundance Selects, is an online destination where independent film fans can download, watch instantly and discuss a broad range of independent films from around the globe. Offering the option to stream, download...
- 1/28/2014
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Woot woot! My pick to win Best Director at the Oscars took home the Feature Film trophy at the recently concluded Directors Guild of America awards. And it's truly deserving! Cuaron defied gravity, yes pun intended, to create "Gravity," a movie grounded in sci-fi realism that many directors before him (including James Cameron) were saying that it would be hard to do. But Cuaron did it, and did it extremely well! So hats off to "Gravity" and Cuaron's direction!
Here's the complete list of winners of the DGA awards and right after the jump, check out my interview with Cuaron for "Gravity" that we conducted back in October. Oh, and take a look at my interview with the lovely Sandra Bullock as well.
Feature Film:
Winner: Alfonso Cuaron ("Gravity")
Paul Greengrass ("Captain Phillips")
Steve McQueen ("12 Years a Slave")
David O. Russell ("American Hustle")
Martin Scorsese ("The Wolf of Wall Street...
Here's the complete list of winners of the DGA awards and right after the jump, check out my interview with Cuaron for "Gravity" that we conducted back in October. Oh, and take a look at my interview with the lovely Sandra Bullock as well.
Feature Film:
Winner: Alfonso Cuaron ("Gravity")
Paul Greengrass ("Captain Phillips")
Steve McQueen ("12 Years a Slave")
David O. Russell ("American Hustle")
Martin Scorsese ("The Wolf of Wall Street...
- 1/27/2014
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
The 66th edition of these kudos took place on Saturday, Jan. 25, at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza. Jane Lynch ("Glee") once again hosted and the following prevailed. Film Awards Feature Film X -- Alfonso Cuarón – "Gravity" Paul Greengrass – "Captain Phillips" Steve McQueen – "12 Years a Slave" David O. Russell – "American Hustle" Martin Scorsese – "The Wolf of Wall Street" Documentary Feature Zachary Heinzerling – "Cutie and the Boxer" X -- Jehane Noujaim – "The Square" Joshua Oppenheimer – "The Act of Killing" Sarah Polley -–"Stories We Tell" Lucy Walker – "The Crash Reel" Television Awards Drama Series Bryan Cranston – "Breaking Bad" ("Blood Money") David Fincher – "House of Cards"...
- 1/25/2014
- Gold Derby
1. GIFs and More GIFs: Seems everyone is getting into the Gif action. If you look at the Vimeo Staff Picks Channel, you might wonder if something is wrong with your eyes. The image appears to be moving... and it is! Vimeo explained on their staff blog that "As an experiment, we’re adding animated thumbnails to select Staff Pick videos going forward. Mostly, we want to know if people find animated thumbnails compelling — on a basic visceral level, is this something your eyeballs enjoy?" Meanwhile, Pinterest said they will support animated GIFs as well. 2. "Crash Reel" BitTorrent Bundle: In partnership with Phase4 Films and PictureMotion, BitTorrent will release never-before-seen footage from Lucy Walker's documentary "The Crash Reel" in the new BitTorrent Bundle, including features videos of injured snowboarder (and "The Crash Reel" subject) Kevin Pearce, deleted scenes, alternate endings, trailers, and four movie posters. Fans can also unlock an exclusive Burton film.
- 1/23/2014
- by Paula Bernstein
- Indiewire
Less than a month after BitTorrent released a BitTorrent Bundle for the Academy Award-nominated documentary "The Act of Killing" comes news of a new BitTorrent Bundle in support of "The Crash Reel," the documentary by Oscar-nominated director Lucy Walker. "The Crash Reel" tells the story of champion snowboarder Kevin Pearce and his incredible recovery from a severe brain injury. In partnership with Phase4 Films and PictureMotion, BitTorrent will release never before seen footage from "The Crash Reel" in the new BitTorrent Bundle, including features videos of Kevin Pearce, deleted scenes, alternate endings, trailers, and four movie posters. Fans can also unlock an exclusive Burton film from 1987, as well as the Sundance filmmaker Q&A. "This is a comeback story with a difference. Our goal is to make one. Each Bundle includes social media stickers you can download and post to raise awareness of Traumatic Brain Injury. And each Bundle includes a link to the.
- 1/23/2014
- by Paula Bernstein
- Indiewire
The Butler and Rush are complete shutouts, while the Coen Brothers are snubbed in major categories. Dallas Buyers Club and Philomena pick up steam. Click here for full list of nominations
American Hustle and Gravity lead the pack for the Oscar nominations, with 10 each.
12 Years a Slave follows closely behind with nine.
There were six for Dallas Buyers Club, Nebraska and Captain Phillips, while The Wolf of Wall Street and Her secured five nominations apiece.
#Nominees10American Hustle, Gravity912 Years a Slave6Captain Phillips, Dallas Buyers Club, Nebraska5Her, The Wolf of Wall Street4Philomena3Blue Jasmine, The Hobbit 22August: Osage County, Despicable Me 2, Frozen, The Grandmaster, The Great Gatsby, Inside Llewyn Davis, The Lone Ranger, Lone Survivor
There are nine out of a potential 10 nominees for Best Picture this year:
American HustleCaptain PhillipsDallas Buyers ClubGravityHerNebraskaPhilomena12 Years A SlaveThe Wolf of Wall Street.
Producer Megan Ellison has a duo on that list: American Hustle and Her...
American Hustle and Gravity lead the pack for the Oscar nominations, with 10 each.
12 Years a Slave follows closely behind with nine.
There were six for Dallas Buyers Club, Nebraska and Captain Phillips, while The Wolf of Wall Street and Her secured five nominations apiece.
#Nominees10American Hustle, Gravity912 Years a Slave6Captain Phillips, Dallas Buyers Club, Nebraska5Her, The Wolf of Wall Street4Philomena3Blue Jasmine, The Hobbit 22August: Osage County, Despicable Me 2, Frozen, The Grandmaster, The Great Gatsby, Inside Llewyn Davis, The Lone Ranger, Lone Survivor
There are nine out of a potential 10 nominees for Best Picture this year:
American HustleCaptain PhillipsDallas Buyers ClubGravityHerNebraskaPhilomena12 Years A SlaveThe Wolf of Wall Street.
Producer Megan Ellison has a duo on that list: American Hustle and Her...
- 1/16/2014
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
The Butler and Rush are complete shutouts, while the Coen Brothers are snubbed in major categories. Dallas Buyers Club and Philomena pick up steam.Click here for full list of nominations
American Hustle and Gravity lead the pack for the Oscar nominations, with 10 each. 12 Years a Slave follows closely behind with nine.
There were six for Dallas Buyers Club, Nebraska and Captain Phillips, while The Wolf of Wall Street and Her garner five nominations apiece.
There are nine out of a potential 10 nominees for Best Picture this year: American Hustle, Captain Phillips, Dallas Buyers Club, Gravity, Her, Nebraska, Philomena, 12 Years A Slave and The Wolf of Wall Street. Producer Megan Ellison has a duo on that list: American Hustle and Her.
The films that didn’t show as well as expected include Lee Daniels’ The Butler and Ron Howard’s Rush (both shut out completely), The Coen Brothers’ Inside Llewyn Davis (only cinematography and sound mixing), and John Lee...
American Hustle and Gravity lead the pack for the Oscar nominations, with 10 each. 12 Years a Slave follows closely behind with nine.
There were six for Dallas Buyers Club, Nebraska and Captain Phillips, while The Wolf of Wall Street and Her garner five nominations apiece.
There are nine out of a potential 10 nominees for Best Picture this year: American Hustle, Captain Phillips, Dallas Buyers Club, Gravity, Her, Nebraska, Philomena, 12 Years A Slave and The Wolf of Wall Street. Producer Megan Ellison has a duo on that list: American Hustle and Her.
The films that didn’t show as well as expected include Lee Daniels’ The Butler and Ron Howard’s Rush (both shut out completely), The Coen Brothers’ Inside Llewyn Davis (only cinematography and sound mixing), and John Lee...
- 1/16/2014
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
Glenn continues his 3 part look at the 15 finalists for Best Documentary. (Here is part one and here's part two icymt). Watch along with us!
Firstly, apologies for the delay in this third instalment. I had problems with my HBO Go, which so it turns out was the only way to catch at least one of these films.
Cutie and the Boxer
Synopsis: Documenting the lifelong partnership between Ushio and Noriko Shinohara, Japanese artists living in New York as they struggle with selling art pieces to galleries and private collectors, their son, and competitiveness.
Director: Zachary Heinzerling
Festivals: Brisbane, Calgary Underground, Full Frame, Houston Cinema Arts, Karlovy Vary, London, Sarasota, Seattle, Stockholm, Sundance, Sydney, Toronto, Tribeca, True/False, Vancouver
Awards: Emerging Artist Award (Full Frame), Grierson Award – Special Mention (London), Documentary Directing (Sundance), Documentary Audience Award 2nd Place (Tribeca), Outstanding Debut/Outstanding Graphics and Animation/Outstanding Original Score (Cinema Eye)
Box Office: $170,449 (max.
Firstly, apologies for the delay in this third instalment. I had problems with my HBO Go, which so it turns out was the only way to catch at least one of these films.
Cutie and the Boxer
Synopsis: Documenting the lifelong partnership between Ushio and Noriko Shinohara, Japanese artists living in New York as they struggle with selling art pieces to galleries and private collectors, their son, and competitiveness.
Director: Zachary Heinzerling
Festivals: Brisbane, Calgary Underground, Full Frame, Houston Cinema Arts, Karlovy Vary, London, Sarasota, Seattle, Stockholm, Sundance, Sydney, Toronto, Tribeca, True/False, Vancouver
Awards: Emerging Artist Award (Full Frame), Grierson Award – Special Mention (London), Documentary Directing (Sundance), Documentary Audience Award 2nd Place (Tribeca), Outstanding Debut/Outstanding Graphics and Animation/Outstanding Original Score (Cinema Eye)
Box Office: $170,449 (max.
- 1/13/2014
- by Glenn Dunks
- FilmExperience
The Directors Guild of America has announced the nominees for the DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentaries for 2013, and three of those honored are women! Yay!
The winner will be announced on Saturday, January 25 for the 66th Annual DGA Awards Dinner. Here's your complete nominations list:
Zachary Heinzerling
Cutie and the Boxer
Radius TWC
Ex Lion Tamer
Cine Mosaic
This is Mr. Heinzerling.s first DGA Award nomination.
Jehane Noujaim
The Square
Netflix
Participant Media
Noujaim Films
Maktube Productions
Worldview Entertainment
Roast Beef Productions
This is Ms. Noujaim.s third DGA Award nomination. She won the DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary for Startup.com in 2001 (together with Chris Hegedus) and was also nominated in this category in 2004 for Control Room.
Joshua Oppenheimer
The Act of Killing
Final Cut for Real Aps
Drafthouse Films
Piraya Films
Novaya Zemlya Ltd.
Spring Films Ltd.
This is Mr. Oppenheimer.s first DGA Award nomination.
The winner will be announced on Saturday, January 25 for the 66th Annual DGA Awards Dinner. Here's your complete nominations list:
Zachary Heinzerling
Cutie and the Boxer
Radius TWC
Ex Lion Tamer
Cine Mosaic
This is Mr. Heinzerling.s first DGA Award nomination.
Jehane Noujaim
The Square
Netflix
Participant Media
Noujaim Films
Maktube Productions
Worldview Entertainment
Roast Beef Productions
This is Ms. Noujaim.s third DGA Award nomination. She won the DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary for Startup.com in 2001 (together with Chris Hegedus) and was also nominated in this category in 2004 for Control Room.
Joshua Oppenheimer
The Act of Killing
Final Cut for Real Aps
Drafthouse Films
Piraya Films
Novaya Zemlya Ltd.
Spring Films Ltd.
This is Mr. Oppenheimer.s first DGA Award nomination.
- 1/13/2014
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
The Directors Guild of America has announced its five documentary feature nominees.
The winner will be announced at the 66th Annual DGA Awards on January 25 in Los Angeles.
The nominees are (in alphabetical order):
Zachary Heinzerling – Cutie And The Boxer;
Jehane Noujaim – The Square (pictured);
Joshua Oppenheimer – The Act Of Killing;
Sarah Polley – Stories We Tell; and
Lucy Walker – The Crash Reel
This is the first DGA nomination for Heinzerling, Oppenheimer, Polley and Walker.
Noujaim has been nominated twice before and won with Chris Hegedus for Startup.com. in 2001.
The winner will be announced at the 66th Annual DGA Awards on January 25 in Los Angeles.
The nominees are (in alphabetical order):
Zachary Heinzerling – Cutie And The Boxer;
Jehane Noujaim – The Square (pictured);
Joshua Oppenheimer – The Act Of Killing;
Sarah Polley – Stories We Tell; and
Lucy Walker – The Crash Reel
This is the first DGA nomination for Heinzerling, Oppenheimer, Polley and Walker.
Noujaim has been nominated twice before and won with Chris Hegedus for Startup.com. in 2001.
- 1/13/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
The Directors Guild of America nominees for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary for 2013 have landed. All of these films have been lauded on the festival and awards circuit. The leading contenders for an Oscar nomination are Sarah Polley's "Stories We Tell," which won both the New York and Los Angeles Film Critics as well as a WGA nomination, Jehane Noujaim's "The Square," which took home the International Documentary Association's top prize, and Joshua Oppenheimer's "The Act of Killing," which scored the National Board of Review, the Gotham, the European Film Award and Cinema Eye Honors. Three women directors landed nominations, Polley, Noujaim and Lucy Walker ("The Crash Reel"). Left off the DGA list are Morgan Neville's "20 Feet from Stardom," the year's top-grossing documentary feature, and WGA nominee "We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks" by Alex Gibney. “The five documentary filmmakers nominated today have made powerful films.
- 1/13/2014
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
The Directors Guild of America has announced the five nominees for the DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentaries for 2013, with Sarah Polley ("Stories Well Tell"), Jehane Noujaim ("The Square") and Lucy Walker ("The Crash Reel") refreshingly making it a female majority. Zachary Heinzerling ("Cutie and the Boxer") and Joshua Oppenheimer ("The Act of Killing") joined them. “The five documentary filmmakers nominated today have made powerful films exploring humanity in all its complications,” said DGA President Paris Barclay. “From intricate family portrayals to lives caught in political upheaval, these works are intimate, heartbreaking and triumphant. My congratulations to each of the nominees.” The winner will be named at the 66th Annual DGA Awards Dinner on Saturday, January 25, 2014 at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza in Los Angeles. The nominees are (in alphabetical order): Zachary Heinzerling Cutie and the Boxer Radius...
- 1/13/2014
- by Peter Knegt
- Indiewire
Cutie and the Boxer The Square The Act of Killing Stories We Tell The Crash Reel Full credits after the cut. Zachary Heinzerling Cutie and the Boxer Radius TWC Ex...
- 1/13/2014
- by Sasha Stone
- AwardsDaily.com
“The Act of Killing,” “Stories We Tell,” “The Square,” “The Crash Reel” and “Cutie and the Boxer” have been nominated by the Directors Guild of America for outstanding directorial achievement in documentaries, the DGA announced on Monday. Joshua Oppenheimer was nominated for “The Act of Killing,” Sarah Polley for “Stories We Tell,” Jehane Noujaim for “The Square,” Lucy Walker for “The Crash Reel” and Zachary Heinzerling for “Cutie and the Boxer.” The five films are among the most honored non-fiction movies of 2013. All are on the shortlist of 15 films still in the running for the documentary Oscar, where they...
- 1/13/2014
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
The Directors Guild of America on Monday announced the nominees for its documentary award. The directors nominated are Zachary Heinzerling's Cutie and the Boxer, a portrait of two artists in a long-standing marriage; Jehane Noujaim's The Square, an on-the-scene account of the Egyptian Revolution of 2011; Joshua Oppenheimer's The Act of Killing, in which Indonesian death squad leaders re-enact their crimes in the style of Hollywood movies; Sarah Polley's Stories We Tell, in which the actress investigates family secrets; and Lucy Walker's The Crash Reel, which looks at the aftermath of incapacitating injuries suffered by snowboarder
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- 1/13/2014
- by Gregg Kilday
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Winners of the 7th Annual Cinema Eye Honors, recognizing the best documentaries of the year, were revealed and Joshua Oppenheimer's "The Act of Killing" (one of my faves of 2013) won the Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Feature Filmmaking while Sarah Polley took home the Outstanding Achievement in Direction for "Stories We Tell."
Another big winner was Zachary Heinzerling's "Cutie and the Boxer" which won Outstanding Debut for Heinzerling, Outstanding Graphics and Animation for production company Art Jail and Outstanding Original Score for Yasuaki Shimizu.
Incidentally, all three movies are part of the Oscar shortlist for Best Documentary, so we'll see if they all make the cut when the Academy Award nominations are revealed on January 16.
Here are the complete winners of the 7th Annual Cinema Eye Honors:
Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Feature Filmmaking
The Act of Killing
Directed by Joshua Oppenheimer
Produced by Signe Byrge Sørensen
Presented by...
Another big winner was Zachary Heinzerling's "Cutie and the Boxer" which won Outstanding Debut for Heinzerling, Outstanding Graphics and Animation for production company Art Jail and Outstanding Original Score for Yasuaki Shimizu.
Incidentally, all three movies are part of the Oscar shortlist for Best Documentary, so we'll see if they all make the cut when the Academy Award nominations are revealed on January 16.
Here are the complete winners of the 7th Annual Cinema Eye Honors:
Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Feature Filmmaking
The Act of Killing
Directed by Joshua Oppenheimer
Produced by Signe Byrge Sørensen
Presented by...
- 1/10/2014
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
The Act of Killing, Stories We Tell and Cutie and the Boxer among winners at seventh annual documentary awards.
Cinema Eye has announced the winners of its seventh annual awards for nonfiction film-making.
Joshua Oppenheimer’s The Act of Killing was named Outstanding Feature, while Sarah Polley took home Outstanding Director for Stories We Tell.
Zachary Heinzerling’s Cutie and the Boxer led the field with three awards for Outstanding Debut, Outstanding Graphics and Animation for Art Jail and Outstanding Original Score for Yasuaki Shimizu.
Nels Bangerter was presented with the Outstanding Editing award for Let the Fire Burn by Thelma Schoomaker, who commented that she could not have cut the improvisations for The Wolf of Wall Street without her earlier work in documentary film.
The inaugural Cinema Eye Television Award, recognising collaborations between film-makers and broadcasters, went to HBO Documentary Films’ The Crash Reel by Lucy Walker, while Dave Grohl’s Sound City won the Audience...
Cinema Eye has announced the winners of its seventh annual awards for nonfiction film-making.
Joshua Oppenheimer’s The Act of Killing was named Outstanding Feature, while Sarah Polley took home Outstanding Director for Stories We Tell.
Zachary Heinzerling’s Cutie and the Boxer led the field with three awards for Outstanding Debut, Outstanding Graphics and Animation for Art Jail and Outstanding Original Score for Yasuaki Shimizu.
Nels Bangerter was presented with the Outstanding Editing award for Let the Fire Burn by Thelma Schoomaker, who commented that she could not have cut the improvisations for The Wolf of Wall Street without her earlier work in documentary film.
The inaugural Cinema Eye Television Award, recognising collaborations between film-makers and broadcasters, went to HBO Documentary Films’ The Crash Reel by Lucy Walker, while Dave Grohl’s Sound City won the Audience...
- 1/9/2014
- by ian.sandwell@screendaily.com (Ian Sandwell)
- ScreenDaily
I’ve been to many documentary screenings, and even to some attended by the films’ subjects. But seeing The Crash Reel with its subject, Kevin Pearce, present was one of the most riveting movie screening experiences I’ve ever had. If you haven’t read about or seen the movie, The Crash Reel follows champion snowboarder Kevin Pearce through a debilitating accident, his recovery and then his slow coming to grips with the fact that he can’t go back to competitive snowboarding. On the face of it, this may sound unappealing, but The Crash Reel is no 60 Minutes bedside weepy. Instead, it […]...
- 1/8/2014
- by Michael Murie
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
I’ve been to many documentary screenings, and even to some attended by the films’ subjects. But seeing The Crash Reel with its subject, Kevin Pearce, present was one of the most riveting movie screening experiences I’ve ever had. If you haven’t read about or seen the movie, The Crash Reel follows champion snowboarder Kevin Pearce through a debilitating accident, his recovery and then his slow coming to grips with the fact that he can’t go back to competitive snowboarding. On the face of it, this may sound unappealing, but The Crash Reel is no 60 Minutes bedside weepy. Instead, it […]...
- 1/8/2014
- by Michael Murie
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences recently announced the 15 films left in the race for the Documentary Feature Oscar (out of a record 147 films which had originally qualified in the category). You can see the full list of docs still in the running here. While some of them are still available in select theaters or on DVDs, we've got the lowdown on where you can watch these docs online now and in the near future. "The Square" will be available on Netflix beginning on January 17. Meanwhile, "Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer," "First Cousin: Once Removed," "The Crash Reel," "Life According to Sam" and "Which Way is the Front Line from Here? The Life and Time of Tim Hetherington" are available to HBO subscribers on HBO online and on-demand. Here's where where you can these shortlisted docs online now: "The Act of Killing" (iTunes) "Blackfish" (Netflix) "Cutie and the Boxer...
- 1/3/2014
- by Paula Bernstein
- Indiewire
The voting is under way for the seventh annual Cinema Eye Honors, which will be announced on Jan. 8, at which time the best in the year’s nonfiction will (presumably) be honored by a group that’s already passed one critical test. It’s resisted the full-court press being waged by certain parties in the doc world, a campaign that involves the kind of unrestrained lobbying, egomania, cocktail-partying and ass-kissing usually reserved for far more high-profile awards categories. The new year is a time for reflection. Contemplation. Resolutions. And dick-swinging: Over the last couple of weeks -- if you were on the right list -- you might have been invited to a private dinner with celebrities for “The Crash Reel” or to Christmas caroling (or Rose Bowl warbling, depending on your coast) with the back-up singers from “20 Feet From Stardom” or a Peggy Siegel-coordinated dinner at the ultra-groovy Core Club for “The Square,...
- 12/31/2013
- by John Anderson
- Thompson on Hollywood
Director Lucy Walker was commissioned to make a short film about competitive snowmobiler Caleb Moore, as part of The New York Times Op Doc series in conjunction with the Times Magazine's The Lives They Lived issue, which commemorates people who died this year. Moore passed away on January 31 as a result of injuries sustained while performing a back flip during the snowmobile Best Trick competition at the X-Games. Academy Award nominated Walker, who directed the acclaimed documentary feature "The Crash Reel" which tracked the progress of Kevin Pearce, a snowboard champion who suffered a traumatic brain injury while training for the 2010 Olympics, was the natural choice to direct this tribute film. "In creating this Op-Doc video, we've striven to celebrate the remarkable achievements of Caleb Moore, while urging athletes and fans alike to consider the consequences of reaching ever higher. Beyond all questions of risk versus reward -- of a...
- 12/26/2013
- by Paula Bernstein
- Indiewire
A few days ago, we asked the online film community to rack their brains and submit their Top 10 films of 2013 for our annual poll. An incredible 94 movie bloggers answered the call, and we have sorted through the deluge of entries to find out what a handful of online journalists have deemed the best films of the year.
If you have a favourite journalist – or would like to follow other like-minded film fanatics through the power of the internet – you can find the blogger’s twitter account and website above their individual lists, which were compiled in no particular order and only take UK release dates into account. These various entries were then collated to bring about the definitive top 10. Have a look at the results below:
Predictably, it’s a landslide victory for Alfonso Cuarón’s magnificent space epic Gravity. Also of note however is the eclectic nature of the final results,...
If you have a favourite journalist – or would like to follow other like-minded film fanatics through the power of the internet – you can find the blogger’s twitter account and website above their individual lists, which were compiled in no particular order and only take UK release dates into account. These various entries were then collated to bring about the definitive top 10. Have a look at the results below:
Predictably, it’s a landslide victory for Alfonso Cuarón’s magnificent space epic Gravity. Also of note however is the eclectic nature of the final results,...
- 12/23/2013
- by Amon Warmann
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
As 2013 comes to a close, Digital Spy begins its look back at the cinematic year with a countdown of the best movies of the last 12 months (as chosen by the DS movies editorial team). In compiling this list we've attempted to best represent the broad range of films that've passed through cinemas over the last year. There will be blockbusters, awards-bait dramas, independent features, a hot-button documentary and even a French arthouse movie.
Honourable mentions should go to a handful of films that we couldn't find room for in the top 20. High octane car dramas Rush and Fast & Furious 6; impressive indies Filth, Kill Your Darlings, Upstream Colour and A Hijacking; and a trio of excellent documentaries in Side by Side, The Act of Killing and The Crash Reel.
Read on to see our countdown from 20-11, and make sure to check back tomorrow (December 22) for the top 10.
20. Prisoners
We...
Honourable mentions should go to a handful of films that we couldn't find room for in the top 20. High octane car dramas Rush and Fast & Furious 6; impressive indies Filth, Kill Your Darlings, Upstream Colour and A Hijacking; and a trio of excellent documentaries in Side by Side, The Act of Killing and The Crash Reel.
Read on to see our countdown from 20-11, and make sure to check back tomorrow (December 22) for the top 10.
20. Prisoners
We...
- 12/21/2013
- Digital Spy
Title: The Crash Reel Director: Lucy Walker An extraordinarily moving look at what happens when a promising young athlete and would-be Olympian’s life is in an instant snatched away from him, “The Crash Reel” is a movie that taps into the propulsive, cocksure and, yes, dangerous energy and excitement of youth without mocking or selling it short. Oscar-nominated director Lucy Walker, who previously cut through the noise and clutter of a hot-button social issue with the superb nuclear nonproliferation documentary “Countdown to Zero,” here reveals herself to be a humanist of the highest order, telling the true-life story of charismatic snowboarder Kevin Pearce, felled by a traumatic brain injury, and [ Read More ]
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- 12/20/2013
- by bsimon
- ShockYa
Over the past weeks and months, we've used this space to take a close look at almost every Oscar category (bar the shorts: we'll focus on those once the nominations are out and we've seen the films), and making our rolling predictions in the process. Just in time for Christmas, we've reached the end, with just one category left: Documentary. We made our picks of the best documentaries of 2013 last week, and there's a fair amount of crossover with the 15-strong shortlist announced by the Academy a few weeks ago. We included "The Act of Killing," "Blackfish," "Cutie and the Boxer," "God Loves Uganda," "Stories We Tell" and "20 Feet From Stardom," all put forward by the Oscar nominating committee, who also picked "The Armstrong Lie," "The Crash Reel," "Dirty Wars," "First Cousin Once Removed," "Life According To Sam," "Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer," "The Square," "Tim's Vermeer" and "Which Way...
- 12/17/2013
- by Oliver Lyttelton
- The Playlist
From the sanguinary fisticuffs that adorn the average hockey game to the sundry concussions at the heart (or head) of American football, sports are not generally enjoyed for their deference to safety and moderation. But if sports already flirt with the unduly perilous—if they encourage and reward the liberation of teeth, the tearing of cartilage, the cleaving of bone—what could possibly constitute an extreme sport, besides more peril? Well, as Lucy Walker’s new documentary The Crash Reel inadvertently illustrates, it seems that an extreme sport is any activity at which you can become so talented that you risk killing yourself...
- 12/16/2013
- Pastemagazine.com
Depicting professional snowboarder Kevin Pearce’s rise to the top of his sport and then his struggle to recover from a monster wipe-out and traumatic brain injury, Lucy Walker’s The Crash Reel is riveting, emotional, sobering and enraging. It tells a very human story as the endearing Pearce struggles to not only physically recover from his injuries but, at such a young age, to invent a new identity for himself and his future. At the same time, the film is a provocative, well-researched takedown of the extreme sports industry, which markets vicarious danger for energy-drink consumers and sneaker-wearers at the expense […]...
- 12/14/2013
- by Scott Macaulay
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
Depicting professional snowboarder Kevin Pearce’s rise to the top of his sport and then his struggle to recover from a monster wipe-out and traumatic brain injury, Lucy Walker’s The Crash Reel is riveting, emotional, sobering and enraging. It tells a very human story as the endearing Pearce struggles to not only physically recover from his injuries but, at such a young age, to invent a new identity for himself and his future. At the same time, the film is a provocative, well-researched takedown of the extreme sports industry, which markets vicarious danger for energy-drink consumers and sneaker-wearers at the expense […]...
- 12/14/2013
- by Scott Macaulay
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
The Hollywood Reporter held its first ever documentary directors roundtable which included Alex Gibney ("The Armstrong Lie"), Errol Morris ("The Unknown Known"), Morgan Neville ("20 Feet From Stardom"), Teller (" Tim's Vermeer"), James Toback ("Seduced and Abandoned"), and Lucy Walker ("The Crash Reel"). Each documentarian explored the truths of documentary shooting. Many overlook the fact that documentary storytelling is different than storytelling consisting of scripts that directors can follow from the beginning until the ending of the filming process. All six documentary directors explained what lies at the core of their respective documentary. For more on the innovative documentarians of today, visit The Hollywood Reporter here. Read More: For the Year's Best Documentaries, It All Began with the Casting Read some of the highlights from the round table discussion below: "It ('The Armstrong Lie') started out as a comeback story...it went from 'Breaking Away' to 'Breaking Bad' so...
- 12/13/2013
- by Ohad Amram
- Indiewire
Oscar-winning producer Geralyn Dreyfous and her partner Dan Cogan will help finance “Be Natural,” a documentary about pioneer female filmmaker Alice Guy-Blache. Dreyfous and Cogan have had their hands on several of the top documentaries over the past few years, including “The Square” and “The Crash Reel” — two of this year’s Oscar hopefuls — as well as recent favorites “The Invisible War, “How to Survive a Plague” and “Born Into Brothels.” They seek stories with a socially conscious slant, and “Be Natural” fits right into that mission. The film traces the career of Guy-Blache, her role in the development of cinema.
- 12/12/2013
- by Lucas Shaw
- The Wrap
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