Film & Documentary
March 9, 2020
Letter from the editor:
This newsletter arrives amid news that SXSW has been cancelled because of COVID-19. Cities are being brought to a standstill over fear of the virus. In such an environment, the communal experience of moviegoing seems less attractive.
But we have coverage of plenty of films you can watch at home. Monica Castillo talks to Lauren Greenfield, director of "The Kingmaker", which is now available to stream. Likewise, Michael Glover takes a deep dive into the work of the director Steve McQueen, and Hikmet Sidney Loe looks at a newly discovered Nancy Holt film.
American master Kelly Reichardt talks about her newest feature, "First Cow." And our festival coverage provides some terrific glimpses of what's to come this year, with roundups of Miami's Third Horizon Film Festival and Missouri's True/False Fest.
Perhaps for now, we won't see you at the theater, but that doesn't mean you can't appreciate good films or good film coverage.
Dan Schindel
True, False, and Everything in Between at America’s Most Adventurous Film Festival
Year after year, True/False has provided a forum for filmmakers, critics, and viewers to to do the work of considering documentary outside of its traditional boundaries.
Dan Schindel
Kelly Reichardt on First Cow and Poking Fun at Masculinity
The acclaimed filmmaker remarked, “It’s still so shocking to me that in current times the big, white, strong man with the big voice holds any appeal to anybody.”
Christopher Lee Inoa
A Rediscovered Nancy Holt Documentary From 1970
The short documentary Utah Sequences, previously thought to be lost, purely displays Nancy Holt’s vision of time and place.
Hikmet Sidney Loe
The Disturbing, Enthralling, Pitiless Steve McQueen
The serious-minded artist-cum-filmmaker is enjoying a full retrospective at Tate Modern.
Michael Glover
Amid Climate Change and Rapid Gentrification, a Caribbean Film Festival Centers Notions of Home
Embracing the full spectrum of Caribbean experiences and cultures, Third Horizon has created a dynamic community devoted to highlighting cinema from and about the region its founders call home.
Dessane Lopez Cassell
A Portrait of Imelda Marcos, the Notorious Wife of a Filipino Dictator
Filmmaker Lauren Greenfield talks to Hyperallergic about her documentary The Kingmaker.
Monica Castillo
Peeking Behind the Curtain of 2001: A Space Odyssey
Little of the information presented in Envisioning 2001 will be new to Kubrick diehards, but it gathers artifacts that offer a thrill for anyone who has ever been affected by the movie.
Dan Schindel
Bernie Sanders’s Little-known Time as a Filmmaker
During the ’70s and ’80s, Sanders produced educational materials about labor issues and history. In 1979, he directed a short documentary about his political hero, which is available on YouTube.
Nathan Smith
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