The Tribeca Film Festival is one of country’s largest showcases for a broad range of American and international documentaries, covering politics to culture and nostalgia, along with family journeys that reveal larger social issues. Those in New York this April are in luck; you can’t always count on postfestival theatrical, cable, or public television distribution. […]
Directed by Albert Maysles, Nelson Walker Lynn True, David Usui, and Ben Wu Produced by True and Walker USA. 76 min. World premiere The last documentary in the influential, 50 year-plus career of the late Albert Maysles, In Transit beautifully passes the baton of his “direct cinema” to co-directors Nelson Walker and Lynn True and […]
Written & Directed by Michael Obert Produced by Alexandre Tondowski and Ira Tondowski English and Yaka with English subtitles Germany/USA/Central African Republic. 96 min. Not rated As a young man, Louis Sarno loved classical music, being especially drawn to compositions rich in polyphony. He discovered a similar harmonization present in the music of pygmy tribes, […]
Written and Directed by Frédéric Tcheng Produced by Tcheng and Guillaume de Roquemaurel Released by the Orchard French, English, and Flemish with English subtitles France. 89 min. Not rated The late designer and icon Christian Dior set a superb standard for lavish French couture in 1947. In the 2010s, a reserved menswear designer stands to […]
Directed by James D. Cooper Produced by Cooper, Loretta Harms, and Douglas Graves Released by Sony Pictures Classics USA. 117 min. Rated R Two surviving members of the band the Who, Roger Daltrey and Peter Townshend, receive extensive coverage in this new film, but they almost play supporting roles. Instead, this unconventional rock doc centers […]
Written, Directed and Produced by Oren Jacoby Released by the Film Sales Company USA. 92 min. Not rated English and Italian with English subtitles What Americans may know of World War II’s impact on Italy is often centered on the Allies’ liberating invasion and the many World at War-type documentaries that repeat the footage of […]
Directed by Wim Wenders & Juliano Ribeiro Salgado Screenplay by Wenders, Salgado and David Rosier Released by Sony Pictures Classics English, French, and Portuguese with English subtitles France/Brazil/Italy. 109 min. Rated PG-13 At times while watching photographer Sebastião Salgado in Wim Wenders’ latest documentary (in collaboration with the subject’s son, Juliano), you wonder how Salgado […]
Directed by Andy Grieve Released by Cinema Libre Studio USA. 83 min. Not rated As the guitarist in the Police, perhaps the biggest band of the early ’80’s, Andy Summers was one of the most influential guitarists of the day. He painted with a larger sonic pallet than most rock musicians and generally used his […]
Directed by Nicolas Rossier Produced by Tami Woronoff and Naashon Zalk South Africa/USA 75 min. Not rated Nelson Mandela is likely one of the most famous and admired figures of the 20th century. His story is well-known. After 27 years as a political prisoner, he became the first democratically elected president of South Africa. He […]