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  • Sundance 2015: Doc Buzz, Acquistions and More
    Sundance 2015 is underway! Here's the word on how documentaries are fairing this year in Park City.
    Tom Roston 3 min read January 26, 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
  • Now on DVD: 'Kurt Cobain: About a Son'
    Kurt Cobain would have turned 41 yesterday. The Nirvana frontman wasn’t even 30 years old when he died in 1994, but songs like “Smells Like Teen Spirit” were practically anthems for the 90s. And whether the timing was a deliberate act of commemoration or sheer coincidence, AJ Schnack‘s Kurt Cobain: About a Son (first released […]
    Catherine Jhee 2 min read February 21, 2008 Documentary News Comments
  • Doc Roundup: October 11th, 2007
    Our weekly doc roundup collects critical reactions to some current documentary releases in the theaters and on DVD. IN THEATERS NOW Helvetica, the documentary about a typeface, gets four stars from the Chicago Tribune, which calls the film “…80 unexpectedly blissful minutes.” But apparently, 80 minutes was too long for the New York Times, which […]
    Ruiyan Xu 3 min read October 11, 2007 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