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Filmmaker Amir Bar-Lev talks about the ethical responsibility documentary filmmakers carry when a subject’s participation can have consequences far beyond the film itself.
A fascinating moment from our conversation about THE LAST FIRST: WINTER K2.
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Climbers called it the last great first.
What happened when teams from around the world came to claim it became a story of ambition, national pride, enormous risk & who ultimately gets remembered.
THE LAST FIRST: WINTER K2 w/ director Amir Bar-Lev
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Watch the trailer for wonderful new documentary,
THE CYCLE OF LOVE, the extraordinary true story from Oscar-winning director Orlando von Einsiedel.
Trailer courtesy of @VarianceFilms
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“It’s a beautiful film. It’s a terrifying film. It’s a haunting film. It’s a very tragic film as well.”
CHAINED REACTIONS director Alexandre O. Philippe explains why Tobe Hooper’s THE TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE is far more than a horror movie.
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How do you become Alfred Hitchcock without turning him into an impersonation?
Mark Cousins reveals how actor and impressionist Alistair McGowan found Hitchcock’s unmistakable voice for MY NAME IS ALFRED HITCHCOCK
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Are “weak” men more interesting than strong ones?
HOW TO DIVORCE DURING THE WAR director Andrius Blaževičius discusses his attraction to flawed, vulnerable male characters—and why people who fail to live up to their own ideals can create richer drama.
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There is never a good day to ask for a divorce.
She chooses February 23, 2022.
The next morning, Russia launches its invasion of Ukraine.
That is the beginning of HOW TO DIVORCE DURING THE WAR, filmmaker Andrius Blaževičius’s Sundance-winning drama
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After completing FRANZ, did Agnieszka Holland finally feel that she knew Kafka?
Making the film brought her closer to him—his humor, fragility, determination and contradictions. But knowing more is not necessarily the same as understanding them #FRANZ
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“The most creative person I ever met.”
Before Agnieszka Holland became one of international cinema’s most fearless filmmakers, she was mentored by the great Polish director Andrzej Wajda.
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After making FRANZ, Agnieszka Holland says she may understand Kafka less than she did before—which might be the most Kafkaesque outcome possible. Our complete conversation with the three-time Academy Award nominee. @CohenMediaGroup
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Maite Alberdi believed her subject completely—until court records and other voices revealed a different version of the truth.
The filmmaker behind A CHILD OF MY OWN discusses betrayal, disappointment, and finding a path toward understanding.
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Maite Alberdi believed her subject completely—until the court records revealed another version of the truth.
The filmmaker behind A CHILD OF MY OWN discusses moving from love and belief to betrayal, disappointment, and a more complicated understanding.
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Maite Alberdi entered a Mexican prison to research one project—& encountered the story that would become A CHILD OF MY OWN.
What began with one question—“Why would someone fake a pregnancy?”—grew into a deeper investigation of grief, motherhood & truth.
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She dreamed of becoming a mother. But was that desire truly her own—or was it shaped by the pressure to please?
Two-time Oscar-nominated filmmaker Maite Alberdi brings a remarkable story from Mexico A CHILD OF MY OWN
Trailer courtesy of @Netflix
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Maite Alberdi’s A Child of My Own tells a true story so extraordinary that it seems invented.
But beneath the deception lies something far more complicated: grief, shame, the pressure to become a mother, conflicting testimony, and another woman’s pain.
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Documentaries give us something the daily news often cannot: the time and depth to understand the humanity behind a story.
A CHILD OF MY OWN director Maite Alberdi on seeing the world from another perspective. @netflix
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Two-time Oscar-nominated filmmaker Maite Alberdi tells her story without turning her into a victim or a villain. A CHILD OF MY OWN blends documentary testimony with staged reconstruction — and gets more complicated with every new voice. @netflix
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Directed by Kent Jones, with a screenplay by Samy Burch and based on the work of Arthur Schnitzler, LATE FAME is a thoughtful, witty meditation on recognition, artistic ambition and a changing New York.
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How does poetry become cinema?
Director Kent Jones takes us inside the music & poetry of LATE FAME & the deeply personal influences behind those choices. The heart of the film’s poetic sensibility is acclaimed poet Peter Gizzi, Jones’ lifelong friend.
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