Michael Moore announced on Twitter that the changes have finally been implemented and the new rules for the Documentary category will fix what’s been broken. Three films were left off the doc list that were worthy – Project Nim, Buck and The Interrupters. The Interrupted aired on PBS’ Frontline last night and is streaming for free right now —...
A few facts about today’s news item worth paying attention to — as told to me by Michael Moore himself in a phone call this evening: 1) The entire branch of 166 documentary filmmakers will now get to vote on the doc nominees, where in the past that privilege was limited to private screenings by a selection committee. 2) Screeners for the documentaries will...
The cumulative effect suggests a world in which murder, desperation and operatic levels of tragedy are workaday (one town is actually called Cut and Shoot). As well as losing her brother and mother in the attacks, one woman tells how she also lost almost every other member of her family (plus dog) in a variety of colourful accidents, suicides and slayings in the six years...
The Cinema Eye nominations have been announced! Please note short film nomination for Tim Hetherington, the reporter/filmmaker who was killed in Libya. Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Feature Filmmaking The Arbor Directed by Clio Barnard Produced by Tracy O’Riordan The Interrupters Directed by Steve James Produced by Alex Kotlowitz and Steve James Nostalgia for...
