We’re heading into fall, which traditionally signals a rush of film festivals and the start of awards
| We’re heading into fall, which traditionally signals a rush of film festivals and the start of awards season. But due to the pandemic, both will be happening in highly muted forms. Still, new films are coming out, and there are more opportunities to watch older ones than ever! And Hyperallergic has everything you need to keep track of what’s happening with the movies. Enjoy!– Dan Schindel, Associate Editor for Documentary | |
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| What to Stream This Month |
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| From now on, we’ll be starting each month with a special guide to everything noteworthy coming to various streaming platforms. This September, there are restorations of classics by Chantal Akerman and Claire Denis, series on New Taiwanese Cinema and Christo and Jeanne-Claude, a whopping seven works by the genius Marlon Riggs, and more! |
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| Chadwick Boseman Dies at 43 |
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| Last week, we covered the surprise release of Ai Weiwei’s new film Coronation, about the COVID-19 quarantine in Wuhan. Check out our full take on it, by yours truly. Additionally, Sahar Khraibani writes about documentary photography in Lebanon, and I review a deeply irresponsible new film that speculates about Donald Trump’s mental well-being, which does nothing to combat him while intensifying the stigma surrounding mental illness. |
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| Two Video Essays Worth Your Time |
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| The Nerdwriter is one of the most erudite and measured creators on YouTube, and his new video on Caravaggio is no exception. For the lay viewer, he contextualizes the artist’s life and times, and explains what made him so revolutionary. |
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| | Caravaggio: Master Of Light |
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| Kyle Kallgren’s YouTube series Brows Held Highconsistently delivers some of the best film criticism on the platform. In his latest video, he examines films about the lunar expeditions, as well as space films more generally. Does footage of the moon landing “count” as cinema? Can we think of astronauts as auteurs? |
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| | For All Mankind: Is the Moon Landing Cinema? | Brows Held High |
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| Until we can see you in the theater again, stay safe! |
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