Daniel WalberinNonfics‘In the Waves’ Finds Peace and Wisdom in the Waves of Cape Breton IslandJacquelyn Mills’s portrait of her grandmother is at once abstract and intimate.Sep 17, 20171Sep 17, 20171
Daniel WalberinNonfics‘Taste of Cement’ Is an Impressionistic Portrait of Syrian Workers in ExileZiad Kalthoum’s cinema soars above Beirut to capture the uncanny experience of absence.Sep 16, 20171Sep 16, 20171
Daniel WalberinNonficsAn Update from The Cove: ‘A Whale of a Tale’ Finds Little Changed in TaijiFilmmaker Megumi Sasaki shows how neither the media craze nor the dolphin hunt has ceased.Jul 14, 2017Jul 14, 2017
Daniel WalberinNonfics‘Risk’ Is a Perceptive, Subtle Portrait of Power and PostureBilled by some as a prequel to ‘Citizenfour,’ Laura Poitras’s new film has a much more complex relationship to her previous work.May 5, 2017May 5, 2017
Daniel WalberinNonficsNotes from Art of the Real: What Critics Can Learn from Great ProgrammingLet’s leave the issue film and its accompanying straw men behind. A new Cinematic Nonfiction is already here and it has brought some giant…Apr 22, 2017Apr 22, 2017
Daniel WalberinNonficsPeering for Nonfiction in the Erotic Webcam Milieu of ‘The Human Surge’This bold new experimental feature is a documentary of its own making.Mar 3, 2017Mar 3, 2017
Daniel WalberinNonfics‘A Time for Burning’ and the Persistence of Thinly-Concealed Racism in AmericaThe seminal Direct Cinema portrait of church segregation in Omaha, Nebraska, turns 50 this week.Feb 24, 2017Feb 24, 2017
Daniel WalberinNonficsThe 5 Must-See Films of Documentary Fortnight 2017Quiet discoveries illuminate the Museum of Modern Art’s annual nonfiction showcase.Feb 15, 2017Feb 15, 2017
Daniel WalberinNonfics‘Kedi’ is the Feline Spiritual Awakening You’ve Been Waiting ForFinally, Something Better Than Cat VideosFeb 10, 2017Feb 10, 2017
Daniel WalberinNonficsThree Beautiful New Latin American Documentaries Paint Portraits with SoundSurire, Site of Sites, and Black Sun are highlights of this year’s Neighboring Scenes showcase.Jan 25, 2017Jan 25, 2017