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WATCH: Short BBC Documentary on the Coen Brothers
With the Coen brothers' "Inside Llewyn Davis" recently charming the crowds at Cannes and winning the Grand Prize of the Jury, take a gander at this 40-minute BBC documentary on the filmmaking duo, made in 2000 during the production of "O Brother, Where Art Thou?"
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HBO's Summer Documentary Series Kicks Off June 10, Includes 'Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer,' 'Love, Marilyn' and More
Starting June 10, HBO kicks off its summer documentary series, where ten weeks of non-fiction films air on Monday nights. Included in the program are buzzy festival titles like Mike Lerner and Maxim Pozdorovkin's "Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer," Liz Garbus' "Love Marilyn" and Lucy Walker's "The Crash R...
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Review: 'The Source Family' Documentary
The allure of cults has always escaped me. Collectivism, communism, various forms of communal religious experience, even The Borg on "Star Trek: The Next Generation" not so much; since I don’t lump especially egregious forms of each in with the garden variety pejoratives often associated with cults ...
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Watch: Riveting Trailer for Killer Whale Documentary 'Blackfish' Will Scare You Straight
Lest you ever underestimate the capacity of killer whales to kill, the heart-stopping trailer for "Blackfish" will scare you straight. Magnolia Pictures has just released the trailer for the upcoming documentary, directed by Gabriela Cowperthwaite, which is set to hit theaters July 19th. "Blackfish"...
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WATCH: 'Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic' Clips
If you like Louis CK or Chris Rock, acerbic, sharp comedians who like to dig into who we are and how we feel about each other, check out Marina Zenovich's "Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic," which offers a fascinating portrait of the brilliant and troubled comic who paved the way.
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Exclusive: Haunting Black and White Poster for Whale Documentary 'Blackfish'
Indiewire is pleased to announce the premiere of the poster for "Blackfish." Having premiered at Sundance earlier this year, the documentary examines orcas, or "killer whales," and the dichotomous nature of how our society perceives them as both beautiful creatures to watch perform in sea parks as w...
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The 10 Indies to Watch on VOD This June
With summer soon upon us (the season officially kicks off June 21), can you think of anything better to do during the hot, sweaty months than stay inside a cool air conditioned space and catch up with some must see indies on VOD? To help with you figure out what to watch, we've compiled a list of th...
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Ford Foundation Adds Sundance's Mertes as JustFilms Director, Funding Social Issue Docs
One of the key posts in the documentary world has been taken by Cara Mertes, who was director of the Sundance Institute's documentary film program. She'll now be director of the Ford Foundation's social justice filmmaking program JustFilms, which was founded by departing Orlando Bagwell and is under...
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Now and Then: Remarkable New Doc 'La Camioneta,' a Masterful Miniature (TRAILER)
Spotsylvania County, Virginia and Queztal City, Guatemala are separated by nearly 3,000 miles of road, and by what would seem, at first, an unbridgeable cultural distance. But in Mark Kendall's remarkable documentary "La Camioneta" -- a brilliant microhistory of our globalized world -- you're hard p...
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Review: Documentary 'Hey Bartender' Blends One Part Character Study, Two Parts Style
BOOZE! It may not be quite as good a come-on as SEX! but there’s also a double shot of sexiness in “Hey Bartender,” which despite its shot-and-beer title is about the fine art of mixology, a.k.a. the alchemical mixing of alcoholic beverages (with names like Weep No More, the Minnehaha and the always...
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