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In this look back at the singer Selena, the director Isabel Castro presents home video footage and photographs that have not been seen in other documentaries.
Category: Documentary Films and Programs
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A.I. Video Is Threatening Our Ability to Trust Documentaries
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A combination of technological developments and market forces is undermining the trust between viewer and filmmaker. What’s at stake is history itself.
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Eddie Murphy Addresses ‘S.N.L.’ Feud in “Being Eddie” Documentary
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The comedian’s long-running feud with the late-night sketch show is a topic in the new Netflix documentary “Being Eddie.”
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In Death, Poet Andrea Gibson Gets a Film That Celebrates Life
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“Come See Me in the Good Light” follows the writer and their wife as they experienced the pain of cancer and also the joy of living.
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‘Come See Me in the Good Light’: The Sweetness After a Terminal Diagnosis
The New York Times – Film:
The film chronicles the poet Andrea Gibson’s final year of living with cancer and trying to make every second count.
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‘Being Eddie’ Review: Eddie Murphy Looks Back
The New York Times – Film:
A self-aware and soft-spoken Eddie Murphy plays docent to his own career in a new documentary.
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65 Movies to See This Winter, From ‘Wicked: For Good’ to ‘Zootopia 2’
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An obsessed table-tennis player (“Marty Supreme”) and musicians in a Neil Diamond tribute band (“Song Sung Blue”) are among the season’s screen gifts.
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Peter Watkins, Provocateur With a Movie Camera, Dies at 90
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His Oscar-winning 1965 film “The War Game” depicted a post-nuclear-attack England, one of his many fictionalized docudramas against war and repression.
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‘Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk’: An Extraordinary Voice (and Film)
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The film captures the friendship between an Iranian filmmaker and a Gaza City resident. They never actually meet but speak movingly via video calls.