Documentary, News, Women Directors
From 2006 to 2012, documentarian Laura Poitras has been detained at the border more than four dozen times, often for hours. Despite never being charged with a crime, the Oscar-winning...
Awards, News
http://video.vulture.com/video/Oscars-2015-Patricia-Arquette-s/player?layout=compact&read_more=1 DOCUMENTARY FEATURE: “Citizenfour” COSTUME DESIGN: “The Grand Budapest Hotel,” Milena...
Monday’s Gotham Independent Film Awards ceremony didn’t produce too many surprises. Oscar frontrunners Julianne Moore and Laura Poitras took home the Best Actress and Best Documentary prizes,...
Two women-directed films — Jennifer Kent’s The Babadook and Laura Poitras’ Citizenfour — won recognition from the New York Film Critics Circle yesterday. The Babadook, a horror...
Awards, Documentary, News
Laura Poitras’ Citizenfour has emerged as the nonfic to beat this awards season. The Edward Snowden documentary led the Cinema Eye Honors nominations with nods in six categories, including best...
Awards, Documentary, Festivals, News
Filmmaker and “MacArthur Genius” grantee Laura Poitras (CitizenFour, The Oath, Flag Wars) will receive DOC NYC’s inaugural Robert and Anne Drew Award for Documentary Excellence in a ceremony...
Documentary, News
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