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Art and Endurance at Seattle’s 25-Day Fest

May 30, 2013

A first take on Seattle’s crowd-pleasing nearly month-long international festival turns up great music docs and a revitalized Shakespeare.

Video: Four Ways of Looking at Chinese Reality

May 16, 2013

China’s historical transformation over the last 25 years unleashed a new kind of reality, and a new kind of filmmaking to go with it.

STORIES WE TELL with Sarah Polley

May 9, 2013

Deep dive into family history nets much more than a ‘home movie.’

The Big Ones: FRAGMENTS OF KUBELKA

April 30, 2013 | One Comment

Martina Kudláček’s new film offers the bracing yet affable truth about Peter Kubelka.

Raoul Peck, in his Own Voice

April 25, 2013

‘Stop showing our sadness, our dead bodies,’ says the maker of a documentary on misguided philanthropy for Haiti.

The Guru and You

April 18, 2013

Vikram Gandhi’s mocku-documentary takes on our all-too-willing suspension of disbelief.

The Art of Filmmaking: Les Blank

April 8, 2013

Bay Area filmmaker Les Blank dies at 77; a 2007 interview celebrates this prolific maker of documentaries on food, music and culture.

Daily | Les Blank, 1935 – 2013

April 7, 2013
Les Blank

Prolific, idiosyncratic, adventurous, Blank explored a dazzling range of music, food… cultures. Updated through 5/3.

For Laughs: Comedian Docs

April 1, 2013

Documentary and podcasts take fans behind the comedy curtain.

POTUS in Focus: OUR NIXON

March 29, 2013

Penny Lane, at play with primary sources and vivid soundscapes, brings Richard Nixon and staff to life.

On Topic at the Thessaloniki Documentary Festival

March 26, 2013

Sorting contemporary docs and the ancient past in Thessaloniki, Greece.

On Midwifery and Moviemaking

March 11, 2013 | 3 Comments

Sara Lamm and Mary Wigmore talk about bringing a story about natural childbirth to life.