Written by Jenna Belhumeur Seymour: An Introduction, chosen by DOC NYC as one of the 15 standout films of the year, is a beautiful and poetic portrait of classical pianist and teacher Seymour Bernstein. The film marks Ethan Hawke’s first foray in the documentary world as a director. Hawke allows himself a minimal presence throughout […]
Written by Eugene Rosenberg As the essential twentieth-century academic phenomenon in the humanities, Cultural Anthropology has long served as an ideal subject for many dry, “by the numbers” documentaries. Furthermore, when applying much of their focus to the long established and well referenced superstar of the field, Margaret Mead, any documentary on the […]
Written by Jenna Belhumeur Friday night’s screening of Making a Murderer offers a taste of the latest trend in storytelling, investigative journalism as episodic entertainment. From favorites like the 12-episode podcast “Serial” to HBO’s addictive hit “The Jinx,” Making a Murderer is another real and captivating account of a criminal investigation, where audiences […]
Written by Susan Keyloun “It doesn’t take much to rile up the “outrage mob” these days. If you’re a comedian, there might be calls for your shows to be cancelled if someone takes offense at your joke. You might have to kiss your big, new gig good-bye. You could get fired. You could […]
By Tomás Salazar “I wouldn’t have called the film ‘Lucha Mexico’, I would had called it ‘The Shocker’s film.’” This statement was made by no one else but the “1000% Guapo” Shocker, the Luchador and main character of the film Lucha Mexico. While the film follows some of the stars of the Mexican Lucha […]
Former concert pianist Seymour Bernstein and actor/director/writer Ethan Hawke visited DOC NYC to present Seymour: An Introduction. More photos of the duo are available here.
This afternoon, the World Premiere of The Melting Family screens at 1:45PM at the IFC Center with director Nicole Groton in appearance. Watch as she tells the story of her family’s seven marriages and divorces and redefines our idea of the “broken family” in the process. Later in the afternoon, Ben Powell’s visually striking documentary Barge screens […]
By Susan Keyloun “Museums are tombs, and it looks like everything is turning into a museum.” – Robert Smithson Troublemakers: The Story of Land Art depicts the explorations of a group of 1960’s & 1970’s artists, considered renegades for their time, who abandoned the confines and limitations of New York museum and gallery space […]
Written by Tomás Salazar Thank You For Your Service shows the most dangerous aspect of the long-term wars in Afghanistan and Iraq: suicide. For every soldier that dies in the field, about 24 veterans commit suicide. Director Tom Donahue interviewed dozens of people, including many veterans and mental health specialists, in more than 50 […]
Written by Jenna Belhumeur In Where to Invade Next, Oscar-winning director Michael Moore’s first film in six years, Moore takes viewers on a journey to various countries to plant the American flag while simultaneously making a profound and yet somehow simple point to his fellow countrymen: We are not the best. And we don’t […]