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  • Oscar or Oscan't: Doc Soup Man Predictions for Best Documentary Feature
    Doc Soup Man's Academy Award predictions are in, and he had to let a few favorites go.
    Tom Roston 3 min read January 11, 2016 Doc Soup Comments
  • Hollywood's Opportunity for a Referendum on Scientology
    Alex Gibney's documentary Going Clear is giving Hollywood the chance to say, "This Scientology crap isn't what we're about."
    Tom Roston 4 min read October 28, 2015 Doc Soup Comments
  • Sundance and Beyond: Doc Watch 2015
    Doc Soup Man shares his list of documentaries he's looking forward to in 2015, including three premiering at Sundance Film Festival, beginning on Thursday, January 22, 2015.
    Tom Roston 5 min read January 21, 2015 Doc Soup Comments
  • #365Docs: The Armstrong Lie (28/365)
    I'm watching 365 documentaries and writing about each one in 2014. Tweet your suggestions to @documentarysite.
    Heather McIntosh 2 min read April 4, 2014 Documentary Site Comments
  • Cinema Eye Honors: No Losers Here
    Tom Roston recaps winners and highlights from the 2014 Cinema Eye Honors at the Museum of the Moving Image in Queens.
    Tom Roston 6 min read January 9, 2014 Doc Soup Comments
  • “Stuck” and Why We Shouldn't Discount Documentaries Used Primarily as Tools for Change
    Tom Roston questions why documentaries held in high regard have to be about "storytelling" and "cinema."
    Tom Roston 5 min read May 22, 2013 Doc Soup Comments
  • An Overview of the Docs at TIFF
    With the Toronto International Film Festival having kicked off at the end of last week, Tom Roston provides a short list of his must-see docs in the festival this year.
    Tom Roston 3 min read September 10, 2012 Doc Soup Comments
  • 10 Documentaries to Look Forward To in 2012
    Doc Soup Man Tom Roston's list of 10 documentaries he's eager to see in 2012 includes picks that are way off the radar or a figment of his imagination.
    Tom Roston 5 min read December 29, 2011 Doc Soup Comments
  • Doc Soup: A Documentary Dispatch from the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival
    Doc Soup Man Tom Roston recaps the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival and previews films you can hope to see in theaters in the coming months.
    Tom Roston 4 min read September 19, 2011 Doc Soup Comments
  • BAMcinemaFEST 2011: Alison Ellwood on 'Magic Trip'
    Freelance journalist Adam Schartoff talks with filmmaker and editor Alison Ellwood, whose new documentary as co-director, Magic Trip, screens at BAMcinemaFEST 2011 in New York City.
    Adam Schartoff 5 min read June 24, 2011 Documentary News Comments
  • BAMcinemaFEST 2011: Three More Nonfiction Recommendations
    Freelance journalist Adam Schartoff gives nonfiction fans in New York City three good reasons to get to Brooklyn's Fort Greene over the next few days for BAMcinemaFEST 2011: Anne Buford's Elevate, Alison Ellwood and Alex Gibney's Magic Trip and Charlie Ahearn's Jamel Shabazz Street Photographer.
    Adam Schartoff 3 min read June 23, 2011 Documentary News Comments
  • BAMcinemaFEST Kicks Off Third Season Bringing Blue Chip Docs to Brooklyn
    Freelance journalist and film programmer Adam Schartoff previews the documentary slate at Brooklyn's BAMcinemaFEST, June 16-26, 2011.
    Adam Schartoff 4 min read June 15, 2011 Documentary News Comments
  • Doc Soup: Doc Highlights at the Toronto International Film Festival
    What a great film festival. Maybe it’s how lovely Toronto is in September. Maybe it’s the enthusiastic audiences. Maybe it’s the great restaurants. Or maybe it’s how the festival treats otherwise art-house fare like big blockbusters. These are just a few of the reasons I have always loved the Toronto International Film Festival over the […]
    Tom Roston 3 min read September 8, 2010 Doc Soup Comments