The Alchemy of the Velvet Underground’s Art
In The Velvet Underground documentary, Todd Haynes shows the music catapulting across time and space to Andy Warhol’s Factory, where the alchemy worked its magic.
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Riveting ‘Retrograde’ Makes Warfare in Afghanistan Personal
Matthew Heineman’s dizzying documentary, Retrograde, sees the fall of Afghanistan through the eyes of one beleaguered Afghan general.
Embodying the Mexico-US Border with Virtual Reality and Other Imaginings
Iñárritu’s VR experience Carne y Arena, Vizcarra’s documentary La Línea, and Rivera’s sci-fi film Sleep Dealer create unconventional imaginings of the Mexico-US border.
‘Pleistocene Park’ Director Luke Griswold-Tergis on Eight-Year’s with a Pathological Optimist
Pleistocene Park director Luke Griswold-Tergis talks about his eight-year filmmaking journey with a very smart, “batshit crazy” self-taught environmentalist.
Peter McDowell on His Quest-Become-Documentary ‘Jimmy in Saigon’
Director Peter McDowell’s search for his missing brother led to the creation of Jimmy in Saigon, a documentary that also captures gay life in war-era Vietnam.
The “Who” in ‘Who Killed Vincent Chin?’ Is a Suggestive Misdirect
The piercing documentary ‘Who Killed Vincent Chin?’, airing on PBS on 20 June, shows how economic anxiety and racial demagoguery make a toxic brew.
SFFilm Festival 2022: Tia Lessin and Emma Pildes on Pro-Choice ‘The Janes’
From pro-choice clergy to profit-seeking mafia, The Janes directors Tia Lessin and Emma Pildes on what they’ve learned about America while researching for this urgent documentary.
Janis Joplin on the Outskirts of Town
Janis Joplin didn’t just play the blues or even live the blues, she was the blues – a figure of interminable longing and loneliness: the blues incarnate.
SFIFF 2022: Director Daniel Roher on Navalny, Master of Russian Politics
Director Daniel Roher met face-to-face with the intensely intelligent and deeply motivated Alexei Navalny and together created a film that compels global political action.
Olivia Rodrigo’s ‘driving home 2 u’ Is More than a Road Trip
Doubling down on her songwriter image, Olivia Rodrigo makes a pop star rite of passage of her own with driving home 2 u.
True/False Film Festival 2022: Docs, Drinks, and Deep Dives
Ten highlights from True/False Film Festival 2022, where festival-goers enter theaters to sounds of live music from eclectic buskers, meet to discuss films over pints of beer, and hit late-night concert revues.
Director Andrea Arnold on Making ‘Cow’ and the Sensual in Cinema
Director Andrea Arnold talks with PopMatters about sensing the feelings of Luma, a dairy cow, in her documentary feature debut, Cow.
