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    Woodstock Film Festival 2026: My Journal

    I got a press pass for the Woodstock Film Festival and my friend Adam Schartoff (host of the great–nearing 1000 episodes!--Filmwax podcast, WKZE DJ and a programmer for the Woodstock Film Festival) invited me to stay with him while I attended it. Here is my diary of my four days at what turned out to be one of the most fun and intimate film...
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    Every Film & TV Series I Watched in 2025

    FILMS I SAW IN 2025 (unless dated, released this year) The Feeling That the Time For Doing Something Has Passed (2023) My First Film (2024) The Damned (2024) A Real Pain (2024) Bigger Than Life (1956) The Andersonville Trial (1970) His Girl Friday (1940) The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939) Sherlock Holmes: The Secret Weapon (1942) The Spider Woman (1944) The Woman in Green (1945) The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1939) Destination Tokyo (1943) Dressed to Kill (1946) Terror...
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    “The Natural State” at Telluride Film Festival 2026

    I had never heard of Uppaluri Gopala (or "U.G.") Krishnamurti before seeing the new documentary "The Natural State," which just had its premiere at...
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    “The Gas Station Attendant” at DCTV Firehouse Cinema Beginning June 12

    The joyous and mournful documentary "The Gas Station Attendant" tells the story of an American woman's Indian-born father who escaped poverty as a young...
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    “Been Here Stay Here” at Quad Cinema May 15

    "Been Here Stay Here" is a poetic, immersive eco-doc that reminds me of the best work of Frederick Wiseman. It opens at NYC's Quad...
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    “Humboldt USA” at MOMI First Look May 2

    "Humboldt USA" is a visually majestic portrait of various Americans trying to save what is left of nature and wildlife which uses places named...
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    Kimi Takesue Retrospective on Criterion Channel May 1

    Beginning on May 1, the Criterion Channel is presenting a curated collection of the films of Kimi Takesue. "Directed by Kimi Takesue: Crossings and...
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    “Every Contact Leaves a Trace” at Anthology Film Archives May 3

    Brooklyn documentary filmmaker Lynne Sachs is the recipient of the POV Award at the San Francisco Film Festival on April 29. The festival will...
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    “Beyond the Duplex Planet” Premieres March 12 at SXSW

    One of the most legendary figures in zine culture and spoken word music, David Greenberger, is the subject of new documentary "Beyond the Duplex...
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    “Crime and Parody” Premieres at Big Sky Doc Fest Feb. 21

    In 2016, Parma, Ohio resident Anthony Novak created a Facebook page parodying his local police department. Though he deleted it after one day, soon...
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    DOC NYC 2025 Festival Roundup #1: “Artists In Residence” and “No Mercy”

    (photo, left to right: Eleanor Magid and Lois Dodd) I have so many films to talk about from this month's DOC NYC Film Festival, I've...
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    “A Place of Absence” at DOC NYC

    Marialuisa Ernst's heartbreaking and inspiring documentary "A Place of Absence" follows her and the Caravan of Mothers, women who have relatives who were disappeared...
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    “Quiet Voices in a Noisy World: The Struggle for Change in Jasper, Texas” at Cinema Village

    ABOVE: Willie Land (far left) and George Adams (right) at the J.H. Rowe School memorial, Jasper,TX, September 16, 2024. Photograph by Alan Govenar. If you...
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    “Coexistence, My Ass!” at IFC Center 10/29 and DOC NYC in November

    Noam Shuster Eliassi's unique career as a pro-peace progressive turned comedian is portrayed in Amber Fares' eye-opening and funny documentary "Coexistance, My Ass." The...
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