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Grey Gardens
  • Doc Memo: The Film That Changed a Genre, The Cost of Creative Freedom
    POV's daily list of essential reading for the documentary and independent filmmaking community.
    POV Staff 4 min read August 15, 2016 Documentary News Comments
  • Documentaries at the Video Store
    The significant relationship between video stores and documentaries.
    Tom Roston 4 min read October 8, 2015 Doc Soup Comments
  • Albert Maysles: Conjurer of Real Life
    Pioneering filmmaker Albert Maysles passed away earlier this year at the age of 88. POV's series creator Marc Weiss remembers Maysles for his profound influence on him and generations of documentarians.
    Marc N. Weiss 4 min read May 26, 2015 Documentary News Comments
  • March (of the Docs) Madness 2015
    Legends, stirring storylines and passionate fans are a few of the commonalities between college basketball and documentary filmmaking. 32 documentary symbols go head to head in our March Madness tournament. Vote now!
    Tom Roston 5 min read March 15, 2015 Doc Soup Comments
  • Remembering Documentary Pioneer Albert Maysles
    Tom Roston remembers veteran documentarian and mentor Albert Maysles.
    Tom Roston 3 min read March 6, 2015 Doc Soup Comments
  • Documentary Filmmakers: You Call That A Trailer?
    What's the deal with documentary trailers? Tom Roston considers some of the best and most disappointing doc trailers he's seen and wonders if they're a marketing tool finally on the upswing in the documentary world.
    Tom Roston 6 min read January 27, 2014 Doc Soup Comments
  • A Call for Documentary Critics
    Doc Soup Man Tom Roston says film criticism is in decline just as documentary is reaching new heights in popularity. Where are the critics who can recognize what's great -- and what's not -- in a documentary?
    Tom Roston 5 min read April 29, 2013 Doc Soup Comments
  • A Message from Albert Maysles on the “Greatest” Documentary, “Grey Gardens”
    "I'm honored, and Big Edie and Little Edie would be too, that the public is so fond of them. Thank you POV fans for the appreciation."
    POV Staff 1 min read December 3, 2012 Documentary News Comments
  • The 25 “Greatest” Documentaries of All Time
    We asked fans of POV to help us find the "greatest" documentaries of all time, and this is what we found...
    POV Staff 10 min read December 3, 2012 Documentary News Comments
  • TMI: How Much Information is Too Much Information When Gaining the Trust of a Subject?
    Donal Mosher and Michael Palmieri, the directors of the award-winning October Country and the new documentary Off Label, understand the nuance in sharing personal information to win over a subject and, sometimes, in keeping a secret.
    Tom Roston 4 min read May 22, 2012 Doc Soup Comments
  • Seven Mothers from Seven Mother's Day Documentaries
    In time for Mother's Day, Tom Roston presents a list of documentaries that celebrate motherhood in all its forms.
    Tom Roston 4 min read May 12, 2012 Doc Soup Comments
  • Hulu Adds 30 Documentaries to Its Collection, Including Amir Bar-Lev's Re:Generation Music Project
    Tom Roston shines a light on the slate of documentaries that Hulu has recently added. Amir Bar-Lev's Re:Generation Music Project is of particular note and should play well to Hulu's core audience.
    Tom Roston 3 min read March 12, 2012 Doc Soup Comments
  • Documentary Year in Review Countdown #8: Cinéma Vérité Pioneer Richard “Ricky” Leacock Dies
    POV is counting down the top documentary stories of 2011 on New Year's Eve 2012.
    POV Staff 1 min read December 31, 2011 Documentary News Comments
  • Albert Maysles and Bradley Kaplan on the Post-9/11 Paul McCartney Doc 'The Love We Make'
    Legendary filmmaker Albert Maysles reflects on what led him to become a vérité filmmaker and connections between his new doc and the seminal Salesman.
    Adam Schartoff 7 min read November 14, 2011 Documentary News Comments
  • Doc Soup: HBO's 'Cinema Verite' Revisits PBS Proto-Reality-TV Series 'An American Family'
    Mark your calendars! This Saturday (April 23, 2011), HBO premieres its film, Cinema Verite, about what’s commonly known as the first reality television show. It’s a fictional re-creation of the nonfiction filmmaking of a real thing. If that’s a tough concept to get your head around, don’t worry, HBO will be serving it with a […]
    Tom Roston 3 min read April 21, 2011 Doc Soup Comments
  • Doc Soup: Best Documentary Characters of All Time
    As promised, it’s time for my “Best Documentary Characters of All Time” list. You may be wondering: How does one go about compiling a list of best characters from nonfiction films? These “characters” aren’t the products of imagination and craft, after all; they are real people. But, wait, don’t we have the expression, “He/she is […]
    Tom Roston 3 min read May 4, 2009 Doc Soup Comments