documentary
Jeff Reichert (Remote Area Medical) Talks Christophe Cognet’s Because I Was a Painter
This documentary looks at the Holocaust in a new way by examining the art works made in the camps, and the artists who created them.
Bruce LaBruce (Gerontophilia) Talks Frédéric Tcheng’s Dior and I
The changing of the guard at Dior is a subject ripe with dramatic potential, but is this doc too caught up with the finer points of fashion to notice?
Actor/Screenwriter Randy Russell Talks Ethan Hawke’s Seymour: An Introduction
The actor's debut film is an affectionate documentary portrait of a little-known (but much-loved) musician, teacher and philosopher.
Farihah Zaman (Remote Area Medical) Talks David and Albert Maysles, Ellen Hovde and Muffie Meyer’s Grey Gardens
A personal take on the newly re-released classic documentary directed by Albert Maysles, who passed away last week.
Stephanie Barber (Daredevils) Talks Amanda Rose Wilder’s Approaching the Elephant
In this observational documentary about a fledgling free school, the drama of childhood is portrayed with steadiness and restraint.
James Marsh (The Theory of Everything) Talks John Maloof and Charlie Siskel’s Finding Vivian Maier
The director of an Oscar-winning documentary shares his thoughts on one of this year's non-fiction contenders.
Jeff Reichert (Remote Area Medical) Talks the Best Documentary Oscar Contenders (and a Notable Absentee)
Pondering the disparate runners and riders in the Academy Awards non-fiction race, and what winning the statuette is supposed to mean.
Kerthy Fix (Strange Powers: Stephin Merritt and The Magnetic Fields) Talks Stephen Kijak’s Backstreet Boys: Show ‘Em What You’re Made Of
A larger than life portrait of the now grown-up boy band that's somewhat incomplete (but that's all they have to give).
Jeff Reichert (Remote Area Medical) Talks the Most Overlooked Documentaries of 2014
The awards season is inevitably a time when certain films are showered with praise and plaudits, but many worthier movies slip by unnoticed.
Jason Osder (Let the Fire Burn) Talks Exit Through the Gift Shop, Five Years Later
Half a decade after its premiere at Sundance, a look at the rabble-rousing street artist's debut documentary and its impact on the non-fiction form.
Sam Cullman, Jennifer Grausman and Mark Becker (Art and Craft) Talk Forging Connections with Your Documentary Subject
The team behind one of the documentaries shortlisted for the 2014 Academy Awards discusses navigating complicated with the people in their films.
Jeff Reichert and Farihah Zaman (Remote Area Medical) Talk Documentary Filmmaking: It’s Not Just Here to Tell You What to Do
The husband-and-wife filmmaking team question the recent idea that activism must play a direct role in documentary cinema.
