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In Theatres
  • 'Beats of the Antonov' at Human Rights Watch Film Festival
    On Sunday, June 14, POV partnered with Human Rights Watch Film Festival for a special reception and screening of Beats of the Antonov.
    POV Staff 2 min read June 24, 2015 POV Films Blog Comments
  • 'Where Soldiers Come From' Premieres in Theaters
    Where Soldiers Come From (POV, 2011) opens Friday, September 9 at Village East Cinemas in New York before opening in select theaters across the country.
    Jamie Dobie 2 min read September 9, 2011 Documentary News Comments
  • Opening in Theaters: The English Surgeon
    If you’re in New York this weekend, be sure to check out The English Surgeon at Cinema Village. The film, which will have its broadcast premiere on POV on September 8, is opening its theatrical run in New York this weekend, and director Geoffrey Smith and the film’s protagonist, Dr. Henry Marsh, will be holding […]
    Catherine Jhee 1 min read July 22, 2009 Documentary News Comments
  • In Theaters Now: “Food, Inc.”
    Do you know how the food you’re eating got to your table? Food, Inc., a new film by Robert Kenner, aims to remove the veil of mystery that has shrouded our nation’s food supply and illuminate exactly how corporations are putting profit ahead of our health, the livelihood of the American farmer, the safety of […]
    Catherine Jhee 1 min read June 15, 2009 Documentary News Comments
  • Doc Soup: Remastered Vietnam War Doc “Hearts and Minds” Back in Theaters
    What’s this?!?! A documentary film being remastered and restored and re-released to theaters like it were a regular….classic film? Okay, so maybe this is not the first time, but it seems that Hearts and Minds, the 1974 Academy Award-winning doc about the Vietnam War, certainly got the royal treatment for its re-release to theaters on […]
    Tom Roston 4 min read March 23, 2009 Doc Soup Comments
  • Doc Soup: When a Game Is More Than Just a Game
    Independent journalist Tom Roston checks in and writes about the world of documentaries. In this early edition of Doc Soup, he is inspired by the upcoming Super Bowl to think about a recent film about — you guessed it — football. When I was twelve, my older brother and I had an argument, as brothers […]
    Tom Roston 3 min read January 30, 2009 Doc Soup Comments
  • Doc Soup: Music of 'The Betrayal'
    You’ve heard me talk about it before, but, finally, Ellen Kuras‘ The Betrayal is making it to the public this Friday, at the IFC Film Center so forgive me if I have little more to say. The movie, 23 years in the making, is about a Laotian immigrant family’s experience in America; after its opening […]
    Tom Roston 2 min read November 17, 2008 Doc Soup Comments
  • Doc Soup: Religulous
    What a jerk! That’s all I could think for the first 15 or so minutes of Religulous, the doc that teams up director Larry Charles (Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan) and comedian Bill Maher, the host of HBO’s Real Time with Bill Maher. The two funnymen have their […]
    Tom Roston 2 min read October 3, 2008 Doc Soup Comments
  • 'Traces of the Trade' at Upstate Films
    Have you been looking for a reason to take a trip to upstate New York this weekend? Look no further — here’s the perfect opportunity to see a great film in one of the prettiest towns in the region. Katrina Browne’s Traces of the Trade: A Story from the Deep North will have a special […]
    David Nanasi 2 min read June 11, 2008 Documentary News Comments
  • Doc Soup: What Did You Think of 'Expelled'?
    Finally caught up with Expelled, the documentary that makes the argument for Intelligent Design, that was released on April 18. The movie stars columnist-humorist Ben Stein, who interviews scientists and other folks in his inquiry to understand if Intelligent Design is a valid intellectual theory and whether those who believe in it have been persecuted. […]
    Tom Roston 1 min read May 12, 2008 Doc Soup Comments
  • 'Up the Yangtze' Premieres in New York
    Up the Yangtze, a new documentary about the impact of the Three Gorges Dam project in China by Canadian filmmaker Yung Chang, opens in New York City at the IFC Center tomorrow. The film has won numerous awards on the festival circuit and received much critical acclaim for its moving and powerful portrayal of contemporary […]
    Ruiyan Xu 3 min read April 24, 2008 Documentary News Comments
  • Doc Soup: Directors Who Doc
    There’s something that irks me when I see these giant full-page ads in The New York Times like the recent ones that have been promoting the Rolling Stones, Martin Scorsese, and the recent rock doc, Shine a Light. When big-time feature directors make docs, the amount of attention they get is just a little bit […]
    Tom Roston 3 min read April 14, 2008 Doc Soup Comments
  • Doc Soup: April Docs
    The hot theatrical doc season begins! The month of April sees two much-anticipated documentaries being released, Errol Morris‘ Standard Operating Procedure (on April 25) and Morgan Spurlock‘s Where in the World is Osama Bin Laden? (on April 18). Although both of these are from A-list filmmakers, these two documentaries have a lot stacked against them […]
    Tom Roston 3 min read April 7, 2008 Doc Soup Comments
  • POV Alum Helene Klodawsky's New Film to Premiere at MoMA
    Helene Klodawsky’s No More Tears Sister, a documentary about Dr. Rajani Thiranagama, a tireless crusader for human rights in Sri Lanka, aired on POV in 2006. Her latest film, Family Motel, will have its New York premiere this weekend as part of the Canadian Front series at the Museum of Modern Art. This weekend, Helene […]
    Catherine Jhee 2 min read March 11, 2008 Documentary News Comments
  • Upstate Update: Taxi to the Dark Side
    As we blogged a couple weeks ago in our Arthouse Confidential post about independent theaters, there’s a lot of cool stuff going on at local arthouse cinemas around the country. If you’re lucky enough to live near one, you can take advantage of all sorts of great opportunities to see films that may be otherwise […]
    David Nanasi 1 min read March 4, 2008 Documentary News Comments
  • At MOMA – Documentary Fortnight Begins This Week
    If you’re in New York City, check out MoMA’s annual showcase of international documentary films from February 13-March 3. This year’s Documentary Fortnight features more than 30 films, with a special focus on docs about the environment, covering a whole range of topics from graffiti in New York to the problems of chemical sensitivities. Another […]
    Catherine Jhee 1 min read February 12, 2008 Documentary News Comments
  • 'Kurt Cobain: About a Son' Premieres in New York City This Week
    Can’t wait to see A.J. Schnack’s new film based on more than 25 hours of audiotape from interviews journalist Michael Azzerad conducted with Kurt Cobain shortly before he committed suicide in April 1994. Here’s the trailer from YouTube. There’s a good interview with Schnack about the film on IndieWire this week that calls the film […]
    theresa 1 min read October 3, 2007 Documentary News Comments