Docs On DVD: ‘The Source Family’
There’s just one really notable documentary hitting video this week, and it’s one that I recommend for the story alone. It’s an astonishing and sometimes disturbing tale told through memories and old home movies. Learn about about this film below. The Source Family Directed by Maria Demopoulos and Jodi Wille Based on associate producer Isis Aquarian‘s experiences and book, …
Read MoreDocs On DVD: Paul McCartney’s ‘Rockshow,’ ‘A Labor of Love,’ ‘¡Vivan Las Antipodas!’ and More
A bunch of goodies hit stores this week as the new DVD releases for documentary include a double shot of both Paul McCartney (star of Rockshow and interviewee in The Life and Times of Allen Ginsberg) and Allen Ginsberg (subject of The Life and Times of Allen Ginsberg and featured subject in Ferlinghetti: A Rebirth of Wonder). It’s a special …
Read MoreDocs On DVD: ‘Brooklyn Castle’ and ‘The Law In These Parts’
This week’s two main home video releases for documentary are to major award winners from last year’s festival circuit, but they’re also sort of underrated and under-seen gems that didn’t make a huge splash in their theatrical release. Now they have a better shot of being watched on DVD. Brooklyn Castle is the more accessible movie, as it’s about kids …
Read MoreDocs On DVD: ‘The Loving Story’
There is only one really notable home video release this week for documentary, and it is a film I highly recommend. Civil rights docs are very common, and while few are ever worth ignoring anyway this one is particularly special. The Loving Story is one of the great nonfiction romance pictures now, and it’s sort of two films in one …
Read MoreDocs On DVD: ‘The First 70.’
There are actually more than a few documentaries hitting home video this week. Noteworthy titles like Gregory Crewdson: Brief Encounters and El Sicario, Room 164. There’s also yet another Rolling Stones film, this one titled Crossfire Hurricane and directed by Oscar nominee Brett Morgen (On the Ropes; Chicago 10). And while not totally a doc, or I would write more …
Read MoreDocs On DVD: ‘Beware of Mr. Baker,’ ‘Save the Farm’ and ‘Of Two Minds’
This week’s notable home video releases for documentary include one of my favorites from last year (officially, though, I only gave it an honorable mention), one of Documentary Channel’s regular short subject titles (it recently aired on Earth Day) and a 2012 DocuWeeks selection that I found very interesting. Learn about these three home video releases below: Beware of …
Read MoreDocs On DVD: ‘The Central Park Five,’ ‘G-Dog,’ and ‘Happy People: A Year in the Taiga’
This week’s notable home video releases for documentary are all by major nonfiction filmmakers. We’ve got a rare theatrical feature from TV doc legend Ken Burns, co-directing with his daughter and son-in-law (who is also one of his usual producers), there’s the latest from Oscar winner (and five-time nominee) Freida Lee Mock and finally something new from the very popular Werner …
Read MoreDocs On DVD: ‘One Day On Earth,’ ‘Pedal-Driven’ and ‘Wings of Life’
This week’s notable home video releases for documentary are all timely for Earth Day, which is next monday. Docurama Films put out two of them with emphasis that they’re celebrating the occasion with these films, one of which ambitiously looks at the whole planet and the other of which is focused on public lands and mountain biking. Finally, the third …
Read MoreThe Joy of Les Blank: On Five Wonderful Docs By the Late Filmmaker
When I heard of Les Blank‘s death last Sunday, I felt rather embarrassed. I’d only seen one of his films, the most obligatory for all movie fans, Burden of Dreams. This “making of” doc on the production of Werner Herzog‘s Fitzcarraldo is one of the greatest about filmmaking ever made. Plus it’s easily seen, either by streaming online or on …
Read MoreDocs On DVD: ‘Into the Cold’ and ‘Love Free Or Die’
There are a two documentaries out on DVD this week that I really love, and neither of them have had a lot of attention or seem to have been seen by many people. I hope you’ll check them both out. One involves climate change and the other involves gay rights in the Church, but they’re really about compelling stories and …
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