Hot Docs highlights interesting new documentaries we’ve recently added to our collection. Where Soldiers Come From (DVD 10604) examines the lives of two high school graduates who enroll in the National Guard with the promise of college tuition. After four years, they return home as soldiers, battered by the war and unsure of their place […]
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Hot Docs: A Sentence Apart
Hot Docs highlights interesting new documentaries we’ve recently added to our collection. A Sentence Apart (DVD 8956) is one of the shorter documentaries in our collection, but by all accounts, it packs a punch. The film examines the often tense, fractious relationships between inmates and their families by following the three stories of children whose […]
Continue readingHot Docs: Terra Blight
Hot Docs highlights interesting new documentaries we’ve recently added to our collection. Terra Blight (DVD 10630) shines a light on the hazardous environmental impact made by discarded personal electronics. Terra Blight challenges the myth that computers are making the world “greener.” In fact, our constant consumption of new tech may be filling our planet with […]
Continue readingHot Docs: Facebook Follies
Hot Docs highlights interesting new documentaries we’ve recently added to our collection. Facebook Follies (DVD 10640) tells the other side of the social media story. Whereas others focus on how social media rose to dominance, this documentary focuses on the consequences of our addiction to instantaneous sharing. The effects are felt everywhere, from the downfall […]
Continue readingHot Docs: Mr. Cao Goes to Washington
Hot Docs highlights interesting new documentaries we’ve recently added to our collection. Mr. Cao Goes to Washington (DVD 10616) challenges the political status quo with a look at Joseph Cao, a representative with an unconventional life story. Congressman Cao was Congress’s first Vietnamese-American, a non-white Republican elected by an African-American majority in New Orleans, and […]
Continue readingAt last! Free legal services for independent filmmakers
One of the most worrying parts of working on a big independent film project is the potential legal woes. Large producers tend to have lawyers on retainer, but for someone working on their capstone or getting feet wet in the world of independent filmmaking, a cease-and-desist over copyright or trademark infringement can be disruptive. A […]
Continue readingA. O. Scott: Film is alive and well
Back in September we posted an article asking if television had overtaken film as the medium of our time. It was part of a long string of opinion pieces writing the obituary for film culture. It seems only fair to post a rebuttal. New York Times film critic A. O. Scott has a new piece […]
Continue readingHot Docs: Julian Bond: Reflections from the Frontlines of the Civil Rights Movement
Hot Docs highlights interesting new documentaries we’ve recently added to our collection. Julian Bond: Reflections from the Frontlines of the Civil Rights Movement (DVD 10618) follows the story of Julian Bond, a civil right activist whose life story spans from the first marches on Washington and the founding of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee to […]
Continue readingHot Docs: The First Amendment in the 21st Century
Hot Docs highlights interesting new documentaries we’ve recently added to our collection. The First Amendment in the 21st Century (DVD 10620-10627) is an eight-part series that highlights landmark free speech cases from the Supreme Court. Each lasts roughly half an hour and includes digital supplemental material, including briefs and case summaries. Subject matter ranges from […]
Continue readingP.T. Anderson’s tracking shots dissected
Last month, I mentioned a new film journal that analyzes famous film scenes through the lens of architecture. It seems that this is a big year for space studies in films, because now, an entrepreneuring blogger at the British Film Institute has created a video essay diagramming some of Paul Thomas Anderson’s trademark tracking shots. […]
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