Posted on December 6th, 2008 by Craig Kennedy
The International Documentary Association honored Ari Folman’s animated Waltz with Bashir and James Marsh’s Man on Wire in a tie for the best documentaries of 2008 last night. The other nominees included Kassim the Dream, Stranded and Young@Heart.
Waltz with Bashir is a beautifully animated and haunting recount of the 1982 conflict between Israel and Lebanon. [...]
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Posted on December 6th, 2008 by Craig Kennedy
Who’s so serious now, joking boy?
It was another dismal stretch for new release DVDs last week so the Movies You May Have Missed column took a holiday. We’re back this week with one of our favorite movies of the year and no, we don’t mean that little summer movie about a man who minces around [...]
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Posted on October 28th, 2008 by Craig Kennedy
Awards season picked up a little steam today with a batch of nominations from the International Documentary Association and the British Independent Film Awards.
The 2008 IDA Documentary Award nominees are:
Kassim the Dream – the story of Ugandan child soldier turned World Champion boxer Kassim “The Dream” Ouima (Coming to AFI Fest).
Man on Wire – this [...]
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Posted on August 7th, 2008 by Craig Kennedy
This week’s Forecast starts off with a film that has already been released. Why? Because it’s one of the best movies of the year so far and it’s finally expanding from the two theaters in which it opened. If you’re wondering when I’m going to shut up about Man on Wire, the answer is: don’t [...]
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