Documentary fans, here is another festival to keep an eye on. Double Exposure is a fest centered on investigative documentaries, making their Opening Night selection, Gabriela Cowperthwaite’s The Grab, an obvious pick. So too is their Closing Night selection, Matthew Heineman’s Retrograde. Read on for more below. Here now is the lineup: Double Exposure announces the 11 investigative […] More
The Anarchists is the latest HBO docu-series that has aired over the past 6 weeks, documenting the anarchist community that grew in Acapulco, Mexico since 2016. Directed by Todd Schramke, the series interviews the various people who are apart of this community, the tensions within, and the fallout of a murder inspired by spite. Awards […] More
In 2008, I was incredibly lucky to see the original Tony Winning, Broadway Production of Spring Awakening. The Original Broadway Cast Recording had come out at the end of 2006, so by the time 2008 came around, I was already off-book, and could sing the show backwards and forwards. So to say I was excited […] More
Hardcore fans of the true crime genre are well aware of the unsettling story of the Petersons and the infamous staircase where patriarch Michael Peterson allegedly found his bloodied and deceased wife, Kathleen. The obvious question: did he do it? Two decades, two trials, and two miniseries later, no one really knows. The Staircase, which […] More
Here comes another one folks! Continuing a tradition I’ve been keen on for years, I’m ranking the new crop of Academy Award winners. For nearly all of the Oscar categories, you’ll see me list the top 25 recipients of that prize. Sometimes, our newest winner will appear. Other times, they’ll be relegated to the Honorable […] More
Julia Child represents a lot of things to people. Some just look at her as a quirky television personality. Others see her as a feminist icon. For others, she’s just an author. Whichever version of Child you gravitate towards, the documentary Julia caters to you. With absolutely delectable food cinematography and a genuine affection for […] More
Edgar Wright loves Sparks. Like, really loves them, to the point of wanting to make a music documentary about them. He also really wants you to fall in love with the band. However, he astutely doesn’t assume or presume that you’re already a fan of them. That makes the doc The Sparks Brothers really stand […] More
After 748 submissions from 33 countries, the International Documentary Association revealed their 2021 awards shortlists. Though only up to 10 nominees will be selected, this year’s lineup comprises 29 features and 17 shorts. Within that crop of documentaries, acclaimed hits such as Summer of Soul and Flee made the cut, while NatGeo’s Fauci was snubbed. […] More
A confession: I was initially torn on the appropriateness of me reviewing The Velvet Underground. On the one hand, I am about as ardent a fan of director Todd Haynes as anyone in the Awards Radar community, and diving into his first-ever documentary feature film was an exciting prospect. The problem is… I have no […] More
The whole world knows who Anthony Fauci is. Just two years ago, that wasn’t the case, even though he was already one of the world’s leading scientists. Such is life for men and women of science, doomed to work in obscurity while often literally saving lives. Of course, the coronavirus and ensuing global outbreak put […] More
Exactly one week ago today, the last U.S. soldier departed on the last U.S. aircraft from Kabul at 11:59 P.M., ending the longest war in American history. Two days later, Netflix released Brian Knappenberger’s follow-up to his harrowing docuseries The Trials of Gabriel Fernandez with what is very clearly intended to be the definitive chronicle […] More
With the release of the series The Tent Mender on Amazon and IMDb TV, director, Laura Hand, and executive producer, Tom Sebastian, sat down to talk with Awards Radar about their project and its impact. The docufiction series follows a character named ‘the tent mender’ as he navigates the tumultuous nature of living on skid […] More
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