Tag: D.A. Pennebaker

Criterion Collection: The Kennedy Films of Robert Drew & Associates | Blu-ray Review

"It's not an exaggeration to say that before Primary, documentary as we know it today - the art of candid observation - didn't exist. Not...

Unlocking The Cage | 2016 Sundance Film Festival Review

Breaking Through The Bars: Hegedus & Pennebaker Go Ape In Court With Animal Rights Activist Steven Wise Having long ago been crowned the king and queen...

2016 Sundance Film Festival: Eric Lavallee’s Top 5 Most Anticipated Films

Unlike some other media outlets who are blasphemously drawing up "most anticipated" Sundance lists that come across as a simple rehash of the entire feature film line-up,...

Criterion Collection: Dont Look Back | Blu-ray Review

Considered amongst the very greatest documentaries ever made and selected by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant," D.A. Pennebaker's veritable...

2016 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Chris Hegedus & D.A. Pennebaker’s Unlocking the Cage

Not everyone in the docu community is fortunate enough to roll at Alex Gibney or Amy Berg-like speeds. Similar to our off-target crystal ball...

2015 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Chris Hegedus and D.A. Pennebaker’s Unlocking the Cage

A documentary film that will do more for the animal ethics, protection and liberation debate than Project Nim, The Cove and every other doc that...

What’s Up Doc?: Louie Psihoyos Tops Our *New* Monthly Top 50 Most Anticipated Docs Guide

They often get quite a bit less attention than their fictional brethren, and it doesn’t help that many films fly under the radar while...

2014 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Chris Hegedus and D. A. Pennebaker’s Unlocking the Cage

If they grace the festival with their presence, it would be like having the Beatles show up (Frederick Wiseman is our Elvis). Legendary docu-team...

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A Cannes Film Festival regular, British filmmaker Lynne Ramsay...

Renoir | 2025 Cannes Film Festival Review

Family of Straw: Hayakawa Paints Busy Coming-of-Age Portrait Going in...

2025 Cannes Critics’ Panel: Day 5 – Richard Linklater’s ‘Nouvelle Vague’

This is Cannes Film Festival's third invite (second time...

Die My Love | 2025 Cannes Film Festival Review

Images of Yellow Wallpaper: Ramsay Charts a Psychotic Break For...