Oscars: 15 Documentary Features Make Shortlist. The Academy announced the 15 films that have been shortlisted for Best Documentary Feature of 2015. The list is below. I've seen the ones in bold:
- Amy - Really good doc about Amy Winehouse 4/5
- Best of Enemies - about the Buckley/Vidal debates and I feel like I saw something about that on cable recently, but I can't figure out if it was this.
- Cartel Land - The half about a doctor in Mexico leading uprising against the cartels is really great, the other half about US citizens patroling the US border looking for smugglers isn't as strong. 4/5
- Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief - Exposing the cult for what it is 4/5
- He Named Me Malala
- Heart of a Dog
- The Hunting Ground
- Listen to Me Marlon
- The Look of Silence - Astounding companion piece to The Act of Killing 5/5
- Meru
- 3 1/2 Minutes, 10 Bullets - This is on HBO this month
- We Come As Friends
- What Happened, Miss Simone?
- Where to Invade Next - Michael Moore picks successful policy ideas from European countries to bring back to the US 3/5
- Winter on Fire: Ukraine’s Fight for Freedom
Also, there's no doubt that Call Me Lucky was robbed. It's one of the best films I've seen this year. I also really liked Finders Keepers and Welcome to Leith.
2 comments:
I agree that "Call Me Lucky" was robbed. Great movie. If you are interested in a follow-up to the movie, Barry Crimmins is appearing at Johnny D's later this month - http://johnnyds.tunestub.com/event.cfm?id=219463 - Unfortunately, I'm going to be out of town.
I saw "What Happened Miss Simone?" on Netflix. It was well done and Nina Simone's story is fascinating but I always cringe when I see scenes with documentary "recreations".
I'm going to miss Crimmins too, fortunately I saw him at IFFBoston.
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