Category: Film & TV
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Russian criminal tattoo documentary on YouTube
Link: Alix Lambert’s fascinating documentary from 2000 about Russian criminal tattoos, The Mark of Caïn, is available under a Creative Commons license and viewable in full on YouTube.
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John Kaplan's Film To Air On PBS
Link: Greetings everyone! We are so pleased to announce nationwide PBS stations broadcast for Not As I Pictured: A Pulitzer Prize-winning Photographer’s Journey Through Lymphoma.
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Filmmakers seeking funds for Don McCullin documentary
Link: A new documentary on the life and work of Don McCullin is to be released in 2012, but the producers, which include one of McCullin’s closest assistants, need your help to finish post-production
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Greenfield Wins Sundance Director Prize
Link: Lauren Greenfield won the prize for best director of a US documentary at the Sundance Film Festival for her film, “The Queen of Versailles.”
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In ‘Act of Valor,’ a Secret Military World, Approved for Public Viewing
In ‘Act of Valor,’ a Secret Military World, Approved for Public Viewing Much chatter, and some complaints, among the military and veterans about a new film featuring active-duty Seals, “Act of Valor.” via At War Blog: http://atwar.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/02/10/in-act-of-valor-a-secret-military-world-approved-for-public-viewing/?pagewanted=all “One of these days if you keep publishing how you do this, the other guy’s going be there…
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McCULLIN
Link: The power of both book and film come as much from McCullin’s words as from his photographs. Don expresses his utter disgust, not only with war but with his having to cover it, as a “war junkie.” The film is unforgiving of mankind, most of all of McCullin himself. He loathes the idea of…
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Blow-Up: Behind the Most Famous Film on Photography | American Photo
Link: A new exhibition and book offer fresh perspectives on Michelangelo Antonioni’s 1966 cult classic about the ambiguity of images
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Don McCullin at War – The New York Times
Don McCullin at War The legendary photographer counsels those seeking conflict: look close to home at the social wars being waged every day. via Lens Blog: https://archive.nytimes.com/lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/11/06/don-mccullin-at-war/ The documentary film “McCullin” by Jacqui Morris had its American debut at the Museum of Modern Art this week, and an updated version of the book “Don McCullin”…
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Let Me Represent You — Vantage — Medium
Let Me Represent You Pete Muller shares their passions, motives and images in new CNN documentary series about conflict photographers via Medium: https://medium.com/vantage/pete-muller-let-me-represent-you-a6855026aa8a Pete Muller shares his passions, motives and images in new CNN documentary series about conflict photographers
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See the First Trailer for the Robert Frank Documentary, Don’t Blink | American Photo
Link: The Laura Israel-directed Don’t Blink made its world premier last fall during the New York Film Festival and according to our reviewer Judy Gelman Myers, the documentary offers a multifaceted view of the photographer so well known for The Americans. “This is Robert Frank the funny guy, the experimental filmmaker, the fan of the…
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Chris Hondros Documentary to Stream on Netflix | PDNPulse
Link: Netflix subscribers will soon be able to watch HONDROS, the documentary about late photojournalist Chris Hondros, who was killed in April 2011 while reporting on the civil war in Libya. According to entertainment publication Variety, Netflix paid “in the six-figure range” for the rights to stream the film, which debuted at Tribeca Film Festival…
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Pranks and Masculinity on “Who Is America?” and “Nathan for You” | The New Yorker
Pranks and Masculinity on “Who Is America?” and “Nathan for You” While Sacha Baron Cohen specializes in macho bullies, Nathan Fielder’s urge to manipulate is submerged in irony. via The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/08/06/pranks-and-masculinity-on-who-is-america-and-nathan-for-you While Sacha Baron Cohen specializes in macho bullies, Nathan Fielder’s urge to manipulate is submerged in irony.
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A Private War: Videos | Aviron Pictures
A Private War | Aviron Pictures Search for screenings / showtimes and book tickets for A Private War. See the release date and trailer. The Official Showtimes Destination brought to you by Aviron Pictures via A Private War: Get Tickets | Aviron Pictures: http://www.aprivatewarfilm.com/ In a world where journalism is under attack, Marie Colvin (Academy…
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Juxtapoz Magazine – The Art of Warez Documents the Lost ANSI Art Scene
Juxtapoz Magazine – The Art of Warez Documents the Lost ANSI Art Scene British artist-filmmaker Oliver Payne and American painter Kevin Bouton-Scott have joined forces to produce a new documentary that tells an almos… Link: https://www.juxtapoz.com/news/film/the-art-of-warez-documents-the-lost-ansi-art-scene/ British artist-filmmaker Oliver Payne and American painter Kevin Bouton-Scott have joined forces to produce a new documentary that tells an…
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‘Shooting the Mafia’ review: Passionate portrait of Letizia Battaglia – Los Angeles Times
‘Shooting the Mafia’ captures the passion behind the photos of Letizia Battaglia Documentary “Shooting the Mafia” profiles Italian photographer Letizia Battaglia, noted for chronicling the lives of underworld figures. via Los Angeles Times: https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2019-11-21/shooting-the-mafia-review “The camera changed my life,” says Italian photojournalist Letizia Battaglia, the incredibly compelling subject of veteran documentarian Kim Longinotto’s “Shooting the…
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Boris Lojkine on Late Photographer: ‘I Felt Very Close’ to ‘Camille’ – Variety
Boris Lojkine on Late French Photographer: ‘I Felt Very Close’ to Camille French photojournalist Camille Lepage was just 26 when she was killed covering the armed conflict in the Central African Republic, a country riven by violence between largely Muslim rebel groups an… via Variety: https://variety.com/2019/film/global/boris-lojkine-camille-lepage-1203299022/ It was only after Lepage’s death that her story…
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Combat Obscura: Why the Marine Corps doesn’t want you to see this new documentary – The Washington Post
Analysis | The Marines don’t want you to see what happens when propaganda stops and combat begins A Marine videographer was tasked with recording positive spin in Afghanistan. But the camera kept rolling. via Washington Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2019/03/14/marines-dont-want-you-see-what-happens-when-propaganda-stops-combat-begins/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.ce1489d27b05 Lagoze found himself in a murky gray area of free speech and fair-use government products. U.S. citizens can…
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What made Marie Colvin one of the world’s greatest war reporters?
What made Marie Colvin one of the world’s greatest war reporters? At the opening of A Private War a camera pulls out of a devastated landscape; the air is thick with dust and smoke, rubble covers the streets, buildings collapse – their windows are giant gaping holes. Over the war-torn scene of Homs in Syria, we…
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Harold Feinstein: America’s forgotten photographer
Harold Feinstein: America’s forgotten photographer Despite being regarded as one of the “true American photographers”, Feinstein evaded fame and fortune for most of his life. Why? via Huck Magazine: https://www.huckmag.com/art-and-culture/film-2/harold-feinstein-last-stop-coney-island/ Despite being regarded as one of the “true American photographers”, the New Yorker evaded fame and fortune for most of his life. Now, a new…
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Film Follows Photographer Jay Maisel’s Move from His $55M NYC Studio
Film Follows Photographer Jay Maisel’s Move from His $55M NYC Studio In 1966, photographer Jay Maisel spent $102,000 buying a 6-floor, 35,000-square-foot, 72-room building in New York City that would become his home and via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2018/12/06/film-follows-photographer-jay-maisels-move-from-his-55m-nyc-home/ In 1966, photographer Jay Maisel spent $102,000 buying a 6-floor, 35,000-square-foot, 72-room building in New York City that…