MAPPLETHORPE: LOOK AT THE PICTURES is an HBO documentary about the life of controversial photographer Robert Mapplethorpe from his rise to fame in the 1970s to his untimely death in 1989. Directors Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato share a clip…
Nick Cave: Stranger in a Strange Land
A music documentary of Nick Cave made by Bram van Splunteren who followed Nick Cave while he lived in Berlin in 1987. Includes rehearsals with the Bad Seeds. Broadcast by VPRO Dutch Television.
That B.E.A.T.: Short Documentary about Bounce Music
A short documentary Beyonce sampled for a music video that promotes her new hit single “Formation.” It’s called Bounce music and it’s from Louisiana.
SundanceNow Doc Club Opens Its Catalog Up to Fiction Films
By Gregory Crofton SundanceNow Doc Club, the high bar for streaming critically acclaimed and festival-winning documentaries online, recently opened its gate to fiction films. What does this mean for the genre? Is it a slight tip of the scale that…
F-35: The Runaway Plane
For decades the United States has been on a quest to perfect stealth technology, but development of the F-35 fighter jet shows just how complicated dreams can become. (Source: The New York Times)
THE POWER OF PRIVACY
In this film, Aleks Krotoski travels the world to undergo challenges that explore our digital life in the 21st century. (Source: The Guarding)