‘All These Sons’: A Fitting Follow-up to Bing Liu’s ‘Minding the Gap’ [Tribeca Review]
Coming off their acclaimed documentary “Minding the Gap,” Joshua Altman and Bing Liu co-direct the searing, bracingly honest “All These Sons.”
Criterion Adds Scorsese’s Bob Dylan Doc ‘Rolling Thunder’ & An Essential Luis Buñuel Box Set In January
Criterion is kicking off 2021 with a loud, rock and roll bang in January with its new releases headlined by the home video debut of Martin Scorsese’s acclaimed Netflix documentary, “Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bo...
The Best Documentaries Of The Decade [2010s]
We could write something really meaningful about documentaries and how they impacted the decade, changed our lives, made us cry, made us angry, gave us a call to action, or shined a light on something we otherw...
2019 Best Documentary Feature Oscars Predictions
"Free Solo" isn't just the biggest hit, but it's had a ton of support from AMPAS members. "RBG" is also a substantial art-house hit. That and Academy love for its subject, Ruth Badger Ginsberg, could give it an...
The 20 Best Documentaries Of 2018
In what has become a rewarding Christmas tradition, the last couple of weeks have been spent, in between shopping, cooking, arguing, eating, boozing and crying jags, catching up on some of the non-fiction relea...
The 20 Breakthrough Directors of 2018 [Podcast]
On this episode of The Playlist Podcast, I'm joined by Editor-in-Chief Rodrigo Perez and Managing Editor Charles Barfield, to discuss the 20 Breakthrough Directors of 2018, though it cannot be stressed enough t...
‘Free Solo,’ ‘RBG’ & ‘Won’t You Be My Neighbor?’ Top The Oscar Documentary Feature Shortlist
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced the shortlist for the 2019 Documentary Feature Oscar and other related categories, and fans in the documentary branches should be relatively pleased. 15...
‘Roma’ Wins Best Picture From The Los Angeles Film Critics Association
The Los Angeles Film Critics Association announced their year-end awards today and the big winner was "Roma" which took the Best Picture prize. This is the second major win for "Roma" after taking the New York...
The New Yorker Laughs At Your Puny Top 10 Lists And Presents The Top 40 Films Of 2018
As we say with most of the Best of 2018 lists we share each year, narrowing down the choices for any film fan is a bit of a problem. How are you supposed to only list your top 10 when there are probably two or ...
‘Roma’ Wins Best Picture From The New York Film Critics Circle
The New York Film Critics Circle announced their 2019 year-end awards today and crowned Alfonso Cuarón's "Roma" Best Picture. The Netflix and Participant Pictures release also took Best Director (Cuarón) and B...