Stories By Melissa Silvestri
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2010 DOC NYC: Josef Birdman Astor’s Lost Bohemia
November 4, 2010With studios full of fifty years’ worth of their life’s work, it seems hypocritical that an...
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2010 DOC NYC: Werner Herzog’s Cave of Forgotten Dreams
November 3, 2010It's business as usual for legendary Werner Herzog -- the prolific documentary and narrative filmmaker (My...
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2010 DOC NYC: Errol Morris’ Tabloid
November 2, 2010Prominently featured in the inaugural edition of the DOC NYC Film Festival, documentarian Errol Morris brings...
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Lixin Fan’s Last Train Home
August 30, 2010Last Train Home, the directorial debut of documentary filmmaker Lixin Fan, has had an impressive streak...
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Capsule Review: Ruba Nadda’s Cairo Time
August 3, 2010Siddig portrays Tareq as an old-fashioned gentleman in balance to Clarkson’s kind gracefulness as Juliette. The...
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Tribeca 2010: Thorkell Hardarson and Orn Marino Adnarson’s Feathered Cocaine
April 27, 2010Feathered Cocaine is more about politics and shady trades than it is about falcons, and it...
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Tribeca 2010: Kim Chapiron’s Dog Pound
April 27, 2010Dog Pound works because the dialogue is genuine, and the feeling of being cooped up and...
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Tribeca 2010: Documentary Short Film Highlights
April 27, 2010Hip-hop got its start in the economic warzone of the South Bronx in the 70’s and...
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Interview: Juan Jose Campanella (The Secret In Their Eyes)
April 9, 2010...this movie was a huge hit in Argentina; it struck a chord with it. It was...
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Tennessee Williams on Screen and Stage
December 14, 2009For over sixty years, the plays of Tennessee Williams have tackled mental illness, sexuality, and alcoholism,...