John Berger's "Ways of Seeing" @ 40
David HudsonThe highly influential series screens in full at BFI Southbank in London.
Documentary
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Debating "Bully"
David HudsonTwo controversies greet Bully‘s opening this weekend, one you’ve heard of, the other you probably haven’t.
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Jon Shenk's "The Island President"
David HudsonThe doc may take on more urgency now that the Maldivian president has been deposed.
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Sundance 2012. Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady's "Detropia"
David HudsonThe doc may well be “achingly beautiful,” but have images of “post-industrial” ruin become fetishized?
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Daily Briefing. Norman Foster + Deutsche Docs
David HudsonAlso: The latest on Charlie Kaufman’s next film. And a Monty Python reunion (of sorts).
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Daily Viewing. "The Music of Room 237"
David HudsonAlso: Reviews of the documentary about the wide range of theories surrounding Kubrick’s The Shining.
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Sundance 2012. Lauren Greenfield's "The Queen of Versailles"
David Hudson“Like a Theodore Dreiser novel for our time, infused with the vivid, vulgar spirit of reality TV.”
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Chad Freidrichs's "The Pruitt-Igoe Myth"
David Hudson“A heartbreaking alarm call for a society that desperately needs to learn from its worst mistakes.”
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Gianfranco Rosi's "El Sicario, Room 164"
David Hudson“The film’s sparse, almost banal presentation is a virtue.”
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IDA Awards and More Documentary News
David HudsonProducers Guild nominations, two controversial docs in Italy and more films in theaters Stateside.
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African Diaspora International Film Festival 2011
David HudsonRounding up reviews of An African Election, The First Rasta and The Story of Lovers Rock.
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Cyril Tuschi's "Khodorkovsky"
David HudsonA portrait of Russia’s most controversial prisoner.