Anthony Kaufman has written about films and the film industry for The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, The Chicago Tribune, The Village Voice, The Wall Street Journal and indieWIRE, among many others. He also blogs as much as he can at:
http://blogs.indiewire.com/anthony/.
Here are his TIFF doc picks:
The Dungeon Master
As a teenager, I'll admit to having a slight fondness for D&D, but the sheer geekiness of it all kept me from getting deeply involved. But that's not the main reason why I'm eager to see this doc perhaps more than any other. The real motivators are: 1) director Keven McAlester's last film You're Gonna Miss Me was a well-handled and artful portrait of dysfunction and I'm eager to see his follow-up and 2) it was shot by Lee Daniel, whose lyrical cinematography helped bolster Miss Me as well as another great, recent doc The Unforeseen.
Les Plages d'Agnès
Like many cinephiles, I'd say Agnès Varda is among one of the most sensitive international directors, lending a delicate, personal touch to all her work. I'm not that familiar with her nonfiction films, but based on The Gleaners, I'd watch any self-portrait by the living French legend.
A Time to Stir (pictured above right)
Anything four-hours long has to be pretty well-researched and somewhat riveting, right? There's no way I'm going to have time to watch Paul Cronin's nonfiction epic about the Columbia U. student strike, but as an unrepentant leftist, the topic holds much allure, and if it has any of the energy of other doc chronicles of the tumultuous time, I imagine it'll be compelling viewing.
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