134 Documentaries Submitted for the Academy Awards!
The race for the Oscar for Best Documentary Feature is fully underway. In an exclusive report from The Wrap‘s Steve Pond, 134 films are in contention for the Academy Award. That’s 17 shy of last...
View ArticleFilm Review: Ivory Tower (★1/2)
Is college worth the cost? Seriously, I’m asking for a friend. “Is college worth the cost?” is the semi-subtitle of Andrew Rossi’s padded and uneven documentary, Ivory Tower. The film presents this...
View ArticleFilm Review: Finding Vivian Maier (★★★½)
The intent of documentaries is to lift the veil between something that is known and, hopefully, expose what remains hidden; nothing is more hidden than ourselves, or at least the dichotomy between the...
View Article15 Documentary Features Advance In 2014 Oscar® Race
LOS ANGELES, CA – The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced that 15 films in the Documentary Feature category will advance in the voting process for the 87th Oscars®. One hundred...
View Article2015 Oscar Circuit: Best Documentary Feature
Our annual look at the individual Oscar categories. If you miss a piece, click on the tag titled Oscar Circuit 2015. You can also see the official Oscar Predictions page for Best Documentary Feature....
View ArticleOscar Nominated Documentary “Last Days in Vietnam” streaming via PBS until...
Directed by Rory Kennedy, Last Days in Vietnam depicts chaotic final weeks of the Vietnam War, when the North Vietnamese Army closes in on Saigon as the panicked South Vietnamese people desperately...
View ArticleFinding Vivian Maier Directors Talk Oscars, Recognition, and Finding Bigger...
Documentaries about the distinctions of a person’s private and public persona are fascinating, none more so than Finding Vivian Maier. The Oscar-nominated documentary about one of the great unsung...
View ArticleTRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL: 15 Most Anticipated Films to Watch
The 2015 Tribeca Film Festival will be underway this Wednesday, April 15 with some of the best and talented filmmakers in independent cinema will present their most passionate and thought-provoking...
View ArticleHistorical Circuit: The Times of Harvey Milk (★★★)
Winner of the Best Documentary Feature at the 1985 Academy Awards, Rob Epstein’s The Times of Harvey Milk was recently made available through Fandor as part of their Criterion Picks. After previously...
View ArticleInterview: “Dear Zachary” documentary director Kurt Kuenne on editing “Batkid...
Kurt Kuenne is the director (& writer & producer & cinematographer & editor & sound editor & composer) of the acclaimed 2008 documentary Dear Zachary: A Letter To A Son About...
View ArticleSee Amy Winehouse like Never Before in the Revealing Documentary AMY on...
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION The much-anticipated, spellbinding documentary chronicling the rise and tragic fall of Amy Winehouse – one of the most legendary singers of our time – AMY arrives on Blu-ray™ (plus...
View ArticleFilm Review: Winter on Fire: Ukraine’s Fight for Freedom (★★★½)
Winter on Fire: Ukraine’s Fight for Freedom recounts the brutal events that unfolded over 93 day period in 2013 and 2014 in the tumultuous Ukraine, just prior to the civil rights movement that helped...
View ArticleA24 Films is First to Launch Awards Site – Jacob Tremblay and Alicia Vikander...
With awards season fully underway, the first two screeners have hit the doorsteps of Academy members and guilds (You can follow our Awards Season Tracker to keep up-to-date). A24 Films, a distributor...
View ArticleFilm Review: Sons of Ben (★★★)
What if I told you that with enough passion, organization, and luck, your efforts could lay the foundation for a multi-million dollar professional sports franchise right in your own backyard? Well, 20...
View Article124 Documentary Features Submitted for the Academy Awards! Check Out the List!
The Academy has released their official list of documentaries that have been submitted for Oscar consideration. As you’ll read in the press release below, many of them have not had their qualifying...
View ArticleInterview: Documentarian Chad Gracia Talks About Finding ‘The Russian...
The Best Documentary Feature shortlist was just announced and the saddest omission is director Chad Gracia’s illuminating work, The Russian Woodpecker. A stark and terrifying tale of conspiracy...
View ArticleWashington DC Film Critics Winners – Spotlight, Mad Max shine
Spotlight continues its strong showing with regional critics awards, taking at least its FOURTH Best Picture prize. Its director, Tom McCarthy still hasn’t been crowned as a Best Director, but I’m...
View Article2016 Oscar Circuit: Best Documentary Feature
Welcome to our annual Oscar Circuit series, our deep down look into each and every category that will be presented at the upcoming Academy Awards. Each writer of AwardsCircuit.com will tackle a...
View ArticleFilm Review: ‘I Am Thalente’ Documents a Skateboarding Prodigy Tenderly
As is proven every year during awards season, the next star can come from the most unexpected places. That’s certainly true of the subject of Natalie Johns‘ new documentary I Am Thalente. This...
View ArticleFilm Review: ‘Floyd Norman: An Animated Life’ pleasantly celebrates a Disney...
Talk to any aficionado of animated films today and the names Brad Bird, Andrew Stanton and John Lasseter should be very familiar. As animators and filmmakers emerging from the powerful Disney/Pixar...
View ArticleMiddleburg Film Review: ‘The Eagle Huntress’ Captures the Spirit and Wonder...
2016 MIDDLEBURG FILM FESTIVAL: Films that showcase different cultures from around the world are sorely lacking in our filmmaking landscape. Good thing we have films like “The Eagle Huntress.” Director...
View ArticleOSCARS: 145 Films Submitted for Best Documentary Feature
The Oscar race for Best Documentary Feature is fully underway. The Academy released their official submission list that consisted of 145 titles. The only notable omission is “De Palma” from Noah...
View ArticleReality Check: Predicting the Documentary Feature Oscar Short List
Any day now, the Academy will release their annual short list for Best Documentary Feature, dashing the hopes of 130 films. Typically one of the strongest Oscar categories in terms of quality, the cut...
View ArticleWATCH: ‘An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power’ Trailer Released by Paramount...
WATCH: ‘An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power’ Trailer Released by Paramount Pictures appeared first on AwardsCircuit. Paramount Pictures released its first official trailer on Tuesday for “An...
View ArticleOSCARS: Documentary Feature Shortlist Unveiled – See Which Films Made the Cut!
OSCARS: Documentary Feature Shortlist Unveiled – See Which Films Made the Cut! appeared first on AwardsCircuit. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences released its documentary feature...
View ArticleTelluride Review: ‘Eating Animals’ Fights For Its Cause
Telluride Review: ‘Eating Animals’ Fights For Its Cause appeared first on AwardsCircuit. 2017 TELLURIDE FILM FESTIVAL: The concerns around the industrial production of food have been well documented in...
View ArticleOscars: Predicting the 2017 Documentary Feature Shortlist
Oscars: Predicting the 2017 Documentary Feature Shortlist appeared first on AwardsCircuit. With a record 170 films in the running, there’s no doubt that the Oscar race for Best Documentary Feature will...
View ArticleDGA Announces 2017 Nominees for Television, Commercials and Documentary
DGA Announces 2017 Nominees for Television, Commercials and Documentary appeared first on AwardsCircuit. Los Angeles –Directors Guild of America President Thomas Schlamme today announced the nominees...
View Article2018 Oscar Circuit: Best Documentary Feature
2018 Oscar Circuit: Best Documentary Feature appeared first on AwardsCircuit. Just like the Best Foreign Language Film category, this year’s Best Documentary Feature race is unusually hard to predict....
View ArticleFilm Review: ‘Pope Francis: A Man of His Word’ is a Call For Compassion
Film Review: ‘Pope Francis: A Man of His Word’ is a Call For Compassion appeared first on AwardsCircuit. By every measure, the current Pope is unlike almost any that has come before him. Humble,...
View ArticleHBO Announces Documentary Slate for 2018 Including ‘Jane Fonda in Five Acts’
HBO Announces Documentary Slate for 2018 Including ‘Jane Fonda in Five Acts’ appeared first on AwardsCircuit. While HBO may be known for bringing Dragons to Westeros and robots to “Westworld,” the...
View ArticleNetflix Announces Release Date for Quincy Jones Documentary ‘Quincy’
Netflix Announces Release Date for Quincy Jones Documentary ‘Quincy’ appeared first on AwardsCircuit. Netflix continues to make headway into the documentary genre through sheer force of will. Over the...
View ArticleWarner Bros. Acquires Peter Jackson Documentary ‘They Shall Not Grow Old’
Warner Bros. Acquires Peter Jackson Documentary ‘They Shall Not Grow Old’ appeared first on AwardsCircuit. The documentary race for the 91st Oscars continues to add competition to an already crowded...
View ArticleOscars: Predicting the 2018 Documentary Feature Shortlist
Oscars: Predicting the 2018 Documentary Feature Shortlist appeared first on AwardsCircuit. By all accounts, it was an outstanding year for documentary filmmaking. While the traditionally narrative...
View ArticleWATCH: Trailers for Netflix’s Oscar Shortlisted Short Docs ‘End Game’&‘Zion’
WATCH: Trailers for Netflix’s Oscar Shortlisted Short Docs ‘End Game’ & ‘Zion’ appeared first on AwardsCircuit. You can watch two of 10 films shortlisted in the Best Documentary Short race on...
View ArticleDirectors Guild Awards Documentary and TV Nominations: ‘RBG,’‘Free Solo,’ and...
Directors Guild Awards Documentary and TV Nominations: ‘RBG,’ ‘Free Solo,’ and ‘Won’t You Be My Neighbor?’ Remain Steady as Frontrunners appeared first on AwardsCircuit. Leading up to the Oscar...
View ArticleFilm Review: ‘Communion’ (‘Komunia’) Falls Short of the Altar
Film Review: ‘Communion’ (‘Komunia’) Falls Short of the Altar appeared first on AwardsCircuit. In director Anna Zamecka‘s “Communion,” fourteen-year-old Ola Kaczanowska leads a peculiar and unfortunate...
View Article2019 Oscars Look: Best Documentary Feature
2019 Oscars Look: Best Documentary Feature appeared first on AwardsCircuit. Welcome to our annual Oscar Look series, formally known as “Oscar Circuit” – our deep dive look into each and every category...
View ArticleOscars: Predicting the 2019 Documentary Feature Shortlist
Oscars: Predicting the 2019 Documentary Feature Shortlist appeared first on AwardsCircuit. On December 16, one of the most brutal cuts of the pre-nominations Oscar season will occur, as 159 films will...
View Article2020 Oscar Circuit: Best Documentary Feature
2020 Oscar Circuit: Best Documentary Feature appeared first on AwardsCircuit. Oscar Predictions: Welcome to our annual “Oscar Circuit” series – our deep dive look into each and every category that will...
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