Written by Jenna Belhumeur The only way you might not have heard of Spandau Ballet is if you, A) weren’t alive in the 1980’s, or B) aren’t British. Soul Boys of the Western World, which had it’s New York City premier at DOC NYC this weekend, is a music documentary that illustrates the […]
Written by Laura Dattaro Early on in When People Die They Sing Songs, director and first-time filmmaker Olga Lvoff asks Sonia Gluckman to expand upon the difficulties of her European ancestry. In response, she gets a curt “No.” But by the end of the film, not only has Sonia showed Lvoff the details of […]
Written by Krystal Grow It’s the magazine everyone loves to hate. The National Enquirer, a supermarket tabloid with jaw dropping headlines and salacious photos, is the epitome of celebrity journalism, and has had the rare honor of being one of the highest circulating publications on the planet, with a single edition in 1977 selling more […]
Written by Jacob Appet On Saturday afternoon, DOC NYC presented D.A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus’ 2009 documentary Kings of Pastry, an exclusive look into one of the most elite cooking competitions in the world. Being crowned a Meilleur Ouvrier de France (best craftsman in France) is the absolute top honor that can be […]
Written by Maggie Glass For anyone who associates ping-pong with lazy weekends in the basement, Sara Newens’ and Mina T. Son’s documentary will change that in a heartbeat. Top Spin showcases the athleticism, speed, mental agility, and skill of three of America’s most talented young players: Ariel Hsing, Lily Zhang, and Michael Landers, all […]
New York Magazine film critic David Edelstein endorses several DOC NYC titles in his latest spot for CBS Sunday Morning, and several have yet to screen! Listen in to what he has to say, and get your tickets to The Cult of JT LeRoy, The Yes Men Are Revolting, Merchants of Doubt, Happy Valley, Citizenfour, Finding Vivian […]
Written by Megan Scanlon Expressing themes of love, spontaneity, and authenticity, audience members were treated to a conversation with the legendary filmmaker Albert Maysles and DOC NYC Artistic Director Thom Powers before Friday evening’s screening of Salesman. Debuted in 1968, Norman Mailer saw the film and told Maysles he “thought it said more about America […]
Written by Megan Scanlon “Sometimes there’s an issue not of legal or illegal, but right or wrong” U.S. Army Captain Stuart Herrington Rory Kennedy’s Last Days in Vietnam challenges the dominant story told about the 1975 fall of Saigon when the last of the Americans in the country were ordered to evacuate without their allies, the […]
Written by Laura Dattaro From the crumbling buildings of the economically failing Upsala College was born WFMU, an independent radio station that’s survived nearly three decades on listener donations, the work of all-volunteer DJs, and playing whatever the hell they want. It’s a chaotic story told somewhat chaotically in Sex and Broadcasting, which had its […]
Written by Jacob Appet American ethnomusicologist Louis Sarno was so enchanted by Central African Pygmy music that he set a personal goal to not only meet the indigenous Bayaka population, but to become a permanent resident of the traditional hunter-gatherer society. Song From The Forest, which had it’s New York City premier at DOC […]