Nina Davenport doesn’t seem interested in taming her unwieldy vanity, and thus her documentary reads as a Match.com profile recontextualized as cinema narcissismo.
Ross McElwee is less anxious of death itself than of finally comprehending the vast faultiness of the life he’s lived.
A question for the history of the graphic novel: Will anyone ever write a cartoon equivalent of Moby-Dick, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, or For Whom the Bell Tolls?
This installment focuses on nonfiction film, the hazards of independent distribution, and Cheshire’s own filmmaking debut, a documentary titled Moving Midway.
In reconnecting us with the past, McElwee asks us to reconnect with our human spirit.
An underwhelming DVD package but Bright Leaves remains one of the most rewarding documentary experiences of the last five years.
Could it be, the Mulholland Drive of documentary films?
Ross McElwee asks us to reconnect not only with each other but with our human spirit.
Ross McElwee’s documentary reminds us to cherish every mysterious moment in our lives.