July 15, 2012

A New Forum for Opinion: New York Times Op-Docs Series at IFC Center

Written by Nikki Erlick The New York Times took an inspired leap from purely printed opinion pages to an enticingly different forum for discussion – short films – and those films recently leapt to the big screen. The success of the Op-Docs series speaks to the changing trends of America’s news intake, but also to […]

July 15, 2012

A New Forum for Opinion: New York Times Op-Docs Series at IFC Center

Written by Nikki Erlick The New York Times took an inspired leap from purely printed opinion pages to an enticingly different forum for discussion – short films – and those films recently leapt to the big screen. The success of the Op-Docs series speaks to the changing trends of America’s news intake, but also to […]

July 15, 2012

A New Forum for Opinion: New York Times Op-Docs Series at IFC Center

Written by Nikki Erlick The New York Times took an inspired leap from purely printed opinion pages to an enticingly different forum for discussion – short films – and those films recently leapt to the big screen. The success of the Op-Docs series speaks to the changing trends of America’s news intake, but also to […]

July 1, 2012

A Private Battle, A Family’s Journey

Written by Nikki Erlick “If I were you, I’d keep the footage – it’s really good,” Renee LeBlanc told her son Jonathan Caouette. It turned out to be wise advice. Almost a decade after releasing his stunning documentary Tarnation on his family and unusual upbringing, director Jonathan Caouette was “completely elated” to present the North […]

July 1, 2012

A Private Battle, A Family’s Journey

Written by Nikki Erlick “If I were you, I’d keep the footage – it’s really good,” Renee LeBlanc told her son Jonathan Caouette. It turned out to be wise advice. Almost a decade after releasing his stunning documentary Tarnation on his family and unusual upbringing, director Jonathan Caouette was “completely elated” to present the North […]

July 1, 2012

A Private Battle, A Family’s Journey

Written by Nikki Erlick “If I were you, I’d keep the footage – it’s really good,” Renee LeBlanc told her son Jonathan Caouette. It turned out to be wise advice. Almost a decade after releasing his stunning documentary Tarnation on his family and unusual upbringing, director Jonathan Caouette was “completely elated” to present the North […]

July 1, 2012

A Private Battle, A Family’s Journey

Written by Nikki Erlick “If I were you, I’d keep the footage – it’s really good,” Renee LeBlanc told her son Jonathan Caouette. It turned out to be wise advice. Almost a decade after releasing his stunning documentary Tarnation on his family and unusual upbringing, director Jonathan Caouette was “completely elated” to present the North […]

June 28, 2012

Lourdes Portillo at MOMA

Written by Nikki Erlick “Now that I’m older it really makes me feel bad that I made this film,” laughs award-winning filmmaker Lourdes Portillo on her radical portrayal of her family’s tragedy in El Diablo Nunca Duerme (The Devil Never Sleeps). The film was shown Saturday night, along with a heartbreaking and poetic insight on […]

June 28, 2012

Lourdes Portillo at MOMA

Written by Nikki Erlick “Now that I’m older it really makes me feel bad that I made this film,” laughs award-winning filmmaker Lourdes Portillo on her radical portrayal of her family’s tragedy in El Diablo Nunca Duerme (The Devil Never Sleeps). The film was shown Saturday night, along with a heartbreaking and poetic insight on […]

June 28, 2012

Lourdes Portillo at MOMA

Written by Nikki Erlick “Now that I’m older it really makes me feel bad that I made this film,” laughs award-winning filmmaker Lourdes Portillo on her radical portrayal of her family’s tragedy in El Diablo Nunca Duerme (The Devil Never Sleeps). The film was shown Saturday night, along with a heartbreaking and poetic insight on […]