Best of New Directors/New Films: The Man Next Door
The Man Next Door (El hombre de al lado) (Mariano Cohn & Gastón Duprat. 2009. Argentina. 103 min.) Nobody loves…
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Doc Highlights from the Festival du Nouveau Cinéma
You may want to check out part one, which offers a festival overview with a focus on its narrative features….
Under-the-radar Features from the Festival du Nouveau Cinéma
If you’ve never been to Montréal, Québec you’re missing out. With cheap rent, creative industries, and multiculturalism seeping out all…
The Transformation of Television
Joost, Hulu and boxee – one thing is for sure, names like the American Broadcasting Company (aka ABC) are a…
Q&A – Larry Clark
Larry Clark’s films are shocking. There’s Kids, about drug-using, AIDS-carrying, sexually active Manhattan teenagers; Bully, the true story of a…
Guys on Girls on Film
From time to time there is a banner year for female characters. A great fuss is made about how movie-land…
On The Scene
In the heart of San Francisco’s Japantown at the Radisson Miyako Hotel, a roomful of filmmakers and community activists celebrated…
Is documentary the new memoir?
I am a sociologist who conducts historical research on race and social policy, so my work has something in common…
Kara Walker at REDCAT
At the opening reception for Kara Walker’s multimedia project “Song of the South” at downtown LA’s REDCAT Gallery, the artist…