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TIFF 2010: Vintage Real to Reel Year Includes: Errol Morris, Gibney, Herzog, Wiseman and Naomi Kawase
Doc programmer Thom Powers has assembled what appears to be a vintage offering this year, literally a who's who from the documentary field with world preems from Naomi Kawase, Errol Morris (see pic), Ondi Timoner, Alex Gibney, Kim Longinotto and Werner Herzog, while adding to the mix a foursome of must see documentaries from Cannes with Charles Ferguson's Inside Job, Patricio Guzmán's Nostalgia for the Light, Janus Metz's Armadillo and Frederick Wiseman's Boxing Gym.
Tank Amidst Sunflowers: Poster One Sheet for Samuel Maoz’s Lebanon
Continuing in the tradition of anti-war films from Israel such as Beaufort and Waltz With Bashir, a little more than a year ago at the 66th edition of the Venice Film Festival, Lebanon was honored with the Golden Lion, but due to a scheduling and voting technicality, Ajami would represent Israel as the country's Oscar's Best Foreign Picture category.
On Tap for 2011: U.S. Docu Filmmakers Eyeing Detroit, U.S. Government and Grave Robbers
We got a brief overview of some of the documentary films we'll be surely talking about circa 2011. Thom Powers headed over to Michael Moore's Traverse City Film Festival and in his fifth edition dispatch he reveals some projects that I'll be keeping tabs on - as some will surely be ready for my annual trip to Sundance next year.
Lorber Can’t Live Anymore Without Harry Nilsson Doc
In a deal that has been worked out for some time now, before becoming a collectible the home vid market, Lorber Films will give the well-aged 2006 preemed doc film that celebrates the life and music of Harry Nilsson at short release commencing at the Cinema Village. Directed by John Scheinfeld and in the same style as The U.S. vs. John Lennon, Who is Harry Nilsson (and Why is Everybody Talkin' About Him)? which opens on the second Friday of September, is a talking heads docu.
Strand Grabs Unique Downward Spiral Docu ‘The Arbor’
If you'd want to follow Andrea Arnold's Fish Tank with a future recommended viewing, I don't think I'd be too off topic in suggesting Strand Releasing's latest pick-up. Described by Eric Kohn as a "document of grief", Clio Barnard's The Arbor, is an innovative portrait of playwright Andrea Dunbar, who at the age of fifteen wrote a play that would be performed in NYC and it basically describes her experiences as a pregnant teenager with an abusive drunken father.
