By C.J. Hirschfield (January 17, 2023) The Oscar folks recently announced their shortlist of 15 films that will advance in the Documentary Feature Film Category for the upcoming Academy Awards, out of 144 that were eligible. It’s an impressive list that includes excellent features on Russian activist Alexei Navalny, iconic poet/singer/songwriter Leonard Cohen, and two […]
By C.J. Hirschfield (January 17, 2023) Two years ago, an extraordinary documentary on Russian opposition party leader Alexei Navalny was recorded. The film has just been released; he has not. Having been charged with everything from fraud to having created an extremist group “with the purpose of inciting hatred toward officials and oligarchs,” he currently […]
By C.J. Hirschfield July 8, 2022 National Geographic and Neon hope that you’ll come for the volcanoes and stay for the love story. And you most definitely should. “In this world lived a fire; and in this fire, two lovers found a home.” Jeesh.What are the odds of two scientists, obsessed with volcanoes, falling in […]
A Civil War over Semicolons By C.J. Hirschfield (January 24, 2023) “He does the work. I do the cleanup. And then we fight.” This dynamic is the core of a dazzling new documentary about the 50-year working relationship between Pulitzer Prize- winning author Robert Caro (The Power Broker, The Years of Lyndon Johnson) and master […]
By C.J. Hirschfield (Updated January 17, 2023) Shanona Tate is one of the frontline workers we have come to revere as of late—a pediatric emergency room nurse who works the overnight shift at a New York hospital. We can bang pots and pans to acknowledge her service and that of other employees within essential industries […]
By C.J. Hirschfield (Updated January 9, 2023) A monument to circus showman P.T. Barnum stands in Reid Davenport’s hometown of Bethel, Connecticut. “He got a pedestal,” says the director of I DIDN’T SEE YOU THERE, the new documentary that premiered at the 65th SFFILM Festival, while the disabled filmmaker’s perspective is from the sidewalk. The […]
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