RBG: A balm on my soul, watching this after the joke of a confirmation of the joke of a nominee that is Kavanaugh. Want to see more portraits of extraordinary people who care about things worth caring about.pic.twitter.com/W90Qj8nOHG
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The Thin Blue Line: Morris wanted to avoid labeling this a “documentary,” and I can see why; this 1988 film doesn’t feel quite like any other I’ve seen. I can’t say that the murder case gripped me – but the production, narrative, and meta sides of the film are truly fascinating.pic.twitter.com/CGTpL7pRiC
The American Meme: I expected to roll my eyes a lot – and I guess I did – but there was much more depth and tragedy here than I expected, in this documentary about modern celebrity and the amplification and distortion that modern social media brings to fame.pic.twitter.com/d8FjGxjUOs
Closer Than We Think: A portrayal of Arthur Radebaugh, an “imagineer” – illustrator of the future – who worked between 1930s and 1970s. Talks about our relationship with progress, and responsibilities of futurism. Surprisingly touching at the end.pic.twitter.com/1CugNWwydv
Senna: Beautiful and heartbreaking. (Full disclosure: I remember being little and watching Ayrton Senna race on television. I have never really cared about any sports after that.)pic.twitter.com/LLyfqjj3Mk
Behind the Curve: Entertaining and also frightening, highlighting the amount of delusion and denial that we can choose to get behind only so that we belong somewhere. Went deeper than it ought to – but I wanted it to go even farther.pic.twitter.com/M5YlHLvDtd
Indie Game: The Movie: I loved this when it came out. Rewatching it today, post-Gamergate, feels a bit different. And yet, there are still some touching and even poignant moments here highlighting the tricky and fascinating relationships between the creators and their creations.pic.twitter.com/ZfVBKUx3KM
The Man In The Machine: This is a caveated recommendation. The documentary a sprawling movie, a disjointed collection of various “what’s wrong with Apple” threads. And yet, it was important to me to see videos of Jobs unpolished, petty, cruel.pic.twitter.com/rHcnbzvKLo
Apollo 11: I watched this at a theatre and it was an incredible experience, with footage so crisp and vivid it felt as if we sent someone with a modern camera 50 years back in time. My mouth was agape for a significant portion of this movie.pic.twitter.com/AeFl0zHHaR
The Last Steps: A short movie (free to watch) documenting the Apollo 17 flight, made by the same crew as “Apollo 11.” It’s nice on its own, but particularly fascinating as a prelude – a “dry run,” in words of the composer – to the main event.https://vimeo.com/192013765
For The Record: Not as professional as other documentaries in this thread, but I still enjoyed this look at court reporting and captioning stenographers, I learned a new things, and a few moments made me pause.pic.twitter.com/uyUbGSRHTE
Love Notes To Newton: Starts in a messy way, but then finds its footing. I never knew Newton, and this film made me reflect on two deaths of a computing platform: first when the product is discontinued, and second when its fans move on or pass away.pic.twitter.com/ILcLRfC26i
How To Survive A Plague:
A documentary about the HIV/AIDS epidemic in America, and the efforts of activists to help affected people, and to hold the government accountable. Powerful, poignant, moving. I think everyone should watch this.
(thx to @hypatiadotca for recommendation)pic.twitter.com/KB8bWzO8OT
The Patent Scam: This was bad in a fascinating way – a cross between an awful self-published book and Troll 2 maybe? The subject matter is worthwhile, but the execution… like the best worst movies, it entertained me *and* taught me a lot about the art of documentary filmmaking.pic.twitter.com/R9CpXebjQR
The Century Of The Self: A sprawling, ambitious, epic even history of the 20th century through the lenses of psychotherapy, consumerism, and advertising. I feel like I need to watch it again to fully get it. More Adam Curtis scheduled already. (thx to many who recommended!)pic.twitter.com/758sSCnzai
Knock Down The House: Just like the RBG documentary, this reminded me that there’s still room for humanity, hope, and integrity in politics. Unexpectedly touching throughout – and particularly at the end.pic.twitter.com/BHusQ5MBdy
The Biggest Little Farm: Cleaned up and tends to be sappy, but it is also really beautifully shot and, as a city boy, I actually learned quite a bit.pic.twitter.com/6uvSDItORS
The Inventor: For me, this worked as sort of a visual companionship to the Carreyrou’s book. Surprised by many shots from company meetings and inside Theranos labs, and likewise many CGI sequences explaining the malfunctioning machines.pic.twitter.com/sdDoe3j0Ml
Chernobyl: Devastating docudrama portraying people working against unknown forces in an utterly broken system. Also, beyond masterful. (I am impatient, and at the same time dreading the remaining two episodes.)pic.twitter.com/8pcF3S7mst
(Also, I have learned so much about storytelling and movie-making from the excellent accompanying podcast where @petersagal talks to the show’s writer about each episode: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-chernobyl-podcast/id1459712981 …)
What We Left Behind: That this is a weird documentary becomes clear within the first five seconds. But that’s a great thing – and this recent retrospective on Deep Space Nine (best Trek!) is also rather lovely, and *very* lively, and I’m glad I watched it.pic.twitter.com/TFezAXo6Qv
Too Funny To Fail: For some reason, I love the inner workings of comedy, and this was a slice I haven’t been familiar with before (Carell! Colbert!). I hope someone makes a movie about The Chevy Chase Show next. (Yeah, I know, I need to get back to more serious documentaries…)pic.twitter.com/UyLDrG8SvB
General Magic: This was a really frustrating movie. I learned a lot, and it’s an interesting story filled with fascinating people – but I could do without the glamorization of failure and unhealthy work/life balance, and cherry-picking of influence.pic.twitter.com/zEgiabOVYU
Linda Ronstadt: The Sound Of My Voice: I don’t know if I’ve ever heard of Linda Ronstadt before. After watching this movie, I’m quite puzzled – she seems like a really interesting and very talented person, with an amazing musical career filled with so much acclaim.pic.twitter.com/01W8XPRat2
Neon:
I saw this 2014 documentary about Warsaw’s neons at @TLMuseumSF tonight and it was utterly captivating – a rich history of my home country’s capital seen through the lens of one surprising group of artifacts.pic.twitter.com/iBZ2Vsg5RG
Hearts and Minds: A brutal, relentless anti-war movie. Powerful storytelling achieved solely by editing and careful (and sometimes manipulative) juxtapositions.pic.twitter.com/xe975HQZJc
Framing John DeLorean: I had no idea of the wild and complicated twin stories of John DeLorean and his eponymous car – IRA! Margaret Thatcher! FBI! Cocaine! Mostly enjoyable, although making actors participate in storytelling *as actors* felt like a rather weird choice.pic.twitter.com/xftrJZHD2X
Show Me A Hero: Rewatching this underrated docudrama miniseries about racial tensions, public housing, and urban politics of Yonkers, N.Y. 30 years ago. It’s very, very good, in the vein of The Wire – dense, written by David Simon, and with an excellent cast.pic.twitter.com/aLAJ8232UU
When They See Us: I decided to watch this docudrama this weekend as part of my education. It’s about the injustice and entrenched institutional racism underlying the 1989 NYC Central Park Five case, and I would encourage you to watch it, too – it’s on Netflix.pic.twitter.com/59o00vGj8r
Do Not Resist: A 2016 documentary about the militarization of the police in America. Maybe more relevant today than it was then. It weaves through Ferguson, protests in general, some pretty gross glorification of violence, James Comey (oof), and surveillance.pic.twitter.com/ixwmo790re
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