The Best Documentaries of Sundance 2017
We saw 14 great nonfiction films this year, and one not so great.There are only a handful of major festivals where nonfiction stands on equal footing with the “regular” feature films showcased. At thi…
12 Nonfics Picks From Scott Derrickson: The ‘Doctor Strange’ Director Talks His Favorite Docs
In the last decade, Scott Derrickson has emerged as one of the most exciting and successful genre filmmakers around. He directed the immensely lucrative horror features The Exorcism of Emily Rose and …
11 Favorite Documentaries of the 2016 Sundance Film Festival
Once again, Sundance programmers presented a diverse line up of films for their 2016 slate, from straight-up biopics to experimental hybrids that chafe at the very concept of nonfiction filmmaking. Th…
Six Picks With Guy Maddin: ‘My Winnipeg’ Director Shares His Favorite Documentaries
In the dozen or so decades of cinema, there has rarely been a talent so provocative and iconoclastic as Guy Maddin. An artist with a wry sense of humor and keen eye for the surreal and the archaic, he…
15 Classic Documentaries Recommended By Cinematographer Roger Deakins
The art of cinematography is sometimes elusive to codify. After all, the goal of most filmmakers is to let their individual contributions be subsumed into the whole. A bad film with nice looking pictu…
The 9 Best Documentaries of the 2015 Toronto Film Festival
It was another great year for documentaries at the Toronto International Film Festival, with a wide range of films spanning politics, culture, personal stories and global tragedies. It was also focuss…
6 Picks From C. Robert Cargill: The ‘Sinister 2’ Writer Shares His Favorite Documentaries
C. Robert Cargill is having quite the run. A former film critic and voracious movie fan best known for his work at Ain’t It Cool News (where he wrote under the name Massawyrm), the Austin resident has…
6 Picks From Bobcat Goldthwait: The ‘Call Me Lucky’ Director On His Favorite Documentaries
Robert Goldthwait, known as “Bobcat” to millions of fans, has had a pretty fascinating career. From his Muppet-voiced shtick on the stand-up circuit, he became known to many for his role as Zed in the…
6 Picks From John Maclean: The ‘Slow West’ Director Shares His Favorite Documentaries
John Maclean’s new, Sundance-winning film Slow West is an impressive feature debut, a thrilling take on the Western genre with another terrific turn by Michael Fassbender. The actor already has quite …
6 Picks From Duncan Jones: The Director of ‘Moon’ Shares His Favorite Documentaries
Duncan Jones is one of the more interesting and provocative directors working today, and not simply because (like this author) he studied philosophy in University. His doctorate studies were cut short…
