Malik Bendjelloul's new documentary focuses on giving musician Sixto Rodriguez the appreciation he's been robbed of, but Henry Staley '16 thinks the film isn't worthy of the man.
Surrender yourself to aesthetic pleasure. Samsara, playing this weekend at Cornell Cinema, captures all faces of the Earth through stunning cinematography. There are subtle political messages here and there, but Henry Staley '16 recommends the film on its beauty alone.
Physicist and photographer Thibault Roland returns to Mann Gallery with a raging but poised photo travelogue that reflects the mystique and romance of the road trip. Arts and Entertainment Editor Daveen Koh '14 reviews Terra Nova, on display at Mann Library till Oct. 28.
Kai Sam Ng '14 relives the final hours of electronic/punk group LCD Soundsystem with the sublime documentary, Shut Up and Play the Hits, that captures the band's beautiful end.
This is Not a Film is not a plea for help but a show of defiance. Arts and Entertainment Editor Zachary Zahos '15 reviews Jafar Panahi's immaculately composed work, which plays at Cornell Cinema tonight and Sunday.
"Woke up, got out of bed / dragged a comb, across my head." That Beatles song was made real by Youtube, which pieced together a day in the life of 80,000 people in over 190 countries to produce Life in a Day, screened at Cornell Cinema on Wednesday. Charley Du '16 was surprisingly unmoved by the ambitious project, but found inspiration in the pre-screening talk by Youtube architect Mike Solomon '00.
Sam Green, an Academy Award-nominated documentary filmmaker, will present his newest “live documentary,” The Love Song of R. Buckminster Fuller, at Cornell Cinema Saturday night alongside rock band Yo La Tengo. The Sun spoke over the phone with Green about the “live documentary” experience, journalism’s decline, The Weather Underground’s Bill Ayers and the magic of Cornell Cinema.
Filmmaking is "a lie to tell the truth." So begins Mark Cousins' 15 hour documentary The Story of Film, now playing at Cornell Cinema. Arts and Entertainment Editor Daveen Koh '14 takes a crash course in film history.
For the past two months, Cornell student and avid filmmaker Jamie Johnson ’13 has been working on a documentary film that he hopes will result in the closing of a Haitian orphanage that he says is abusing and selling children.
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