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What Are the Best New Documentaries to Watch Right Now?
Don't ask Google.
Jun 1
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After Paramount Axed MTV Documentary, What's Next?
In a post-PSKY-WBD merger, could documentaries at HBO, CNN, and Alex Gibney's long-awaited "Musk" also be left in the lurch?
May 28
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A Panicked Hollywood Can Make Indie Film Stronger
And Let's Buy Letterboxd!
May 18
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Where are the Repertory Documentary Screenings?
And other takeaways on doc exhibition from the Doc10 film fest
May 8
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Can Indie Film Trust Rich People?
High net-worth individuals and philanthropists are often Golden Mushrooms, until they're Fire Snakes
Apr 27
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Algorithms Are Not Apolitical
Filmmakers who look to global media platforms for promotion and distribution need to tread carefully.
Apr 23
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The YouTube-ification of Indie Film and Docs
On a single day, people around the globe watch an estimated 1 billion hours of video on YouTube, making it the largest streaming platform in the world.
Apr 14
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If the U.S. Won't Stop the Mediapocalypse, Maybe Europe Can
What We Can Learn from Those Across the Pond
Apr 6
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Indie Film (Distributors) Are Dead; Long Live Indie Film (Distributors)!
Just a few days before my latest article for Filmmaker Magazine, about the rise of new independent film distribution companies, was going to publish…
Mar 31
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Another War, Another Movie
But where will the films come from, and even if they do, is the "empathy machine" broken?
Mar 9
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What Isn't Being Said about the Paramount-WBD Merger
"People should not be afraid of their governments. Governments should be afraid of their people." - V for Vendetta (Warner Bros, 2005)
Mar 2
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How Filmmakers Are Breaking the Algorithmic and Hollywood Gatekeepers
From "Iron Lung" to "Secret Mall Apartment," stranger things are happening.
Feb 17
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