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From expeditions to the end of the world to warning signs that refuse to be heeded, here are the five best films to address the issue of climate change buff.ly/2EQoRl6
This Earth Day in Documentary:
'We Are Guardians' is now on Tubi
'Walking On Water Wasn’t Built in a Day' is on OVID
'Nature: The Legendary Tigers of India,' 'Nova: Rain Bombs,' & 'Wilding' air on PBS
Find more to watch here: buff.ly/NMTozoT
Jerzy Bossak's ‘The Flood’ is a forgotten masterpiece of environmental devastation.
Watch the 1947 Cannes-winning short film here: buff.ly/2Xy3qf6
We are in the endgame now, so let's capture what we can, for our children to marvel at what once was.
On the unshakable necessity of nature documentaries in the face of ecological ruin: buff.ly/2UTl9RO
For Earth Day, here are 5 documentaries about the environment that will surprise you: buff.ly/2K79LNg
Happy birthday to John Waters, who is always an excellent documentary interview. If you want to watch one more directly related to his films, though, check out 'I Am Divine.' Here's our review: buff.ly/2GzBa6y
Today in Documentary
Disneynature's 'Orangutan' premieres on Disney+
'Hulk Hogan: Real American,' 'Lainey Wilson: Keepin’ Country Cool,' & 'This is a Gardening Show' all premiere on Netflix
Find more to watch here: www.nonfics.com/p/week-in-do...
More than 25 of Werner Herzog's films are leaving The Criterion Channel at the end of this month. You've got a week and a half to watch them all and check out our ranking of all of his documentaries here: www.nonfics.com/p/werner-her...
Happy Earth Day!
Here are our favorite documentaries about our planet: buff.ly/2vGDt1a
“The line between creativity and madness is blurred by obsession and familial upheaval.” - Michael McKean on 'Crumb,' which opened 31 years ago today in NYC. See more of his picks here: buff.ly/uGraaLk
Lionsgate Limited To Release ‘Hearts Of Darkness’ On 4K UHD With Additional Works From Eleanor Coppola geekvibesnation.com/lionsgate-li...
The 9 best baseball documentaries of all time, including 'Knuckleball!,' which was released on this date in 2012: buff.ly/2I5Jyw3
2 years ago today, Robert Durst returned with the first episode of 'The Jinx - Part Two.' You can find our review here: buff.ly/3QaLzt1
On this date in 1995, 'Crumb' was released in theaters in NYC.
See why the film is on our list of the most memorable documentary characters of all time here: buff.ly/gNb84o4
On this date in 1989, Bruce Weber's Oscar-nominated film 'Let's Get Lost,' about the last year in the life of jazz trumpeter Chet Baker, was released.
Watch it now on Kanopy or The Criterion Channel, or pick up the DVD set Bruce Weber: The Film Collection, reviewed here: buff.ly/MSlpYTT
'Torn: The Israel-Palestine Poster War On NYC Streets' is now available to watch digitally from Apple, Amazon, and YouTube. Read our review: buff.ly/id62X0c
120 years ago on this date, the Miles Brothers’ actuality film 'A Trip Down Market Street’ was first shown publicly. It was shot in and depicts San Francisco as it looked before the devastating earthquake of April 18, 1906.
Watch it in full here: buff.ly/JpiSuR6
‘LA 92,’ which premiered on this date in 2017, turns racial violence and police brutality into a fiery spectacle. Here's our review of the documentary, which revisits the 1992 “Rodney King riots": buff.ly/2V1zbkl
Today in Documentary
'Torn: The Israel-Palestine Poster War on NYC Streets' and 'The King of Color' are now on VOD
Josh Fox's 'The Edge of Nature' is new to OVID
The second episode of 'The Dark Wizard' debuts on HBO and HBO Max
Find more to watch here: www.nonfics.com/p/week-in-do...
125 years ago today, the time-lapse film 'The Star Theatre' (also known as 'Demolishing and Building Up the Star Theatre' when expanded with it shown in reverse) was released. Watch the shorter version here: youtu.be/vk9YHrE0328?...
The rest of the weekend doc box office:
2. 'Steal This Story, Please!' - $65k
3. 'Cave of Forgotten Dreams' re-release - $59k
4. 'Everyone Is Lying to You for Money' - $20k
5. 'Mr. Nobody Against Putin' - $5k
6. 'Marc by Sofia' - $4k
7. 'John Lilly and the Earth Coincidence Control Office' - $2k
'Lorne' was the top-grossing documentary over the weekend with an opening take of $271k. You can find our review of the film here: www.nonfics.com/p/lorne-review
'Room 237' is now streaming for free with ads on Fandango at Home.
"It wouldn’t have been especially interesting to end with someone saying, 'And this, definitively, is what The Shining is about.' It’s much more interesting to end with someone saying, 'I am turning into Jack Torrance.'" - Rodney Ascher on 'Room 237' buff.ly/2AyvvwI
Not only will younger viewers enjoy these 11 titles, but they'll also learn a lot while possibly becoming nonfiction cinema fans in the process: bit.ly/2JenDFr
'Free Angela and All Political Prisoners' is now streaming for free on YouTube.
Here's director Shola Lynch on how and why she made the film and how and why it was important not to depict the FBI and Ronald Reagan as total villains in the story: buff.ly/4awGjsC
“I find them very fun, more entertaining than fiction films often. Documentaries keep me very awake.” - Michel Gondry on nonfiction films. And here's a list of five documentaries he recommends: buff.ly/2vKrwri
Tim Hetherington, the Oscar-nominated co-director of 'Restrepo,' was killed 15 years ago today while covering the civil war in Libya. In honor of the anniversary, here's our 2013 interview with Sebastian Junger on the legacy of his friend and collaborator: buff.ly/2GwgGeW
Hold onto your habits. Here's our review of 'Breaking Habits,' a documentary about nuns, guns, and the higher calling of breaking bad: buff.ly/2V23BSJ