When I spoke with Jessica Kingdon, Nathan Truesdell, and Kira Simon-Kennedy on November 5, 2021, their documentary, ASCENSION, was several months away from being nominated for an Oscar™. It’s a richly deserved honor. Filmed in over 50 locations, they have crafted an engrossing and lyrical snapshot of modern China’s contrasts and contradictions as it moves… Read More »
DEERSKIN (Le Daim)
When we first meet Georges (Jean Dujardin), he has already begun his journey of transformation driving through the remoter edges of alpine France. We can sense from the way he fidgets that all is not right with the hero of DEERSKIN. And when he stops at a roadside gas station to flush his jacket down… Read More »
SID AND JUDY — Stephen Kijak Interview
Click here to listen to the interview. It was not Stephen Kijak’s intention to rehabilitate Sid Luft’s reputation when he made SID AND JUDY. I asked him about that midway through our conversation on June 28, 2019 the day after his doc’s triumphant world premiere at Frameline. We went on to talk about what he had… Read More »