Amy Nicholson
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Doc filmmaker. Commercial Director. Approaching the state of rigor mortis. filmsbyamy.com
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Amy Nicholson
nonfics.bsky.social
about 8 hours ago
Larry Rickles was born on this date in 1970. He won an Emmy for producing 'Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project,' a documentary about his father. The film is one of our must-see picks for docs about funny people, listed here:
buff.ly/2vS3ydv
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NonDe´ my rump. This is the state of documentary film: "'Hit Me Hard and Soft' made $7.5 million domestic and $20.1 million worldwide against a $20 million budget."
www.indiewire.com/news/box-off...
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Billie Eilish Film Hits Hard for a Concert Doc at the Box Office — but a Little Soft for a James Cameron Joint
'Billie Eilish: Hit Me Hard and Soft The Tour Live in 3D' made $20.1 million globally but only $7.5 million domestic.
https://www.indiewire.com/news/box-office/billie-eilish-concert-doc-box-office-james-cameron-1235193190/
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Amy Nicholson
IFC Center
2 days ago
Albert Brooks' MODERN ROMANCE stars the writer-director as an impossible-to-date bachelor with a PhD in self-sabotage who will stop at nothing to win -and lose- his one true love! See it this week in its namesake series Modern Romance: Renegade Rom Coms!
ifccenter.com/films/modern...
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Happy 100, Mr. Attenborough!
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Our thoughts go out to pal Jordan as we share this week's
@docnycfest.bsky.social
MONDAY MEMO.
@dcdoxfest.bsky.social
initial films ++++
mailchi.mp/docnyc.net/m...
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Monday Memo: Lessons From 50 Years of Labor Union Docs, TIGER KING Wins Fair Use Copyright Case & Indie Film's Audience Problem
Your weekly rundown of all the latest documentary news from the festival circuit, awards season commentators, new releases and beyond.
https://mailchi.mp/docnyc.net/mondaymemo-2026-05-04?e=5bb7d5f179
6 days ago
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Charlie Phillips
7 days ago
Blimey,
@peterbradshaw1.bsky.social
gave us four stars!
www.theguardian.com/film/2026/ma...
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Our Land review – right-to-roam campaigners offer bacchanalian antics and a heartfelt message
Orban Wallace’s documentary avoids big clashes between landowners and campaigners in favour of wide-ranging exploration
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/may/05/our-land-review-right-to-roam-campaign
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Trailer parks disappear because no one cares about the people who live in them. Watch HAPPY CAMPERS for a first-hand experience of what it's like to lose a community:
bit.ly/HappyCampersDoc
bit.ly/HappyCampersDocAmazon
Article:
www.richmondobserver.com/stories/unti...
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OPINION: You Decide: Why are trailer parks disappearing? - Richmond Observer
The term “housing affordability crisis” is commonly used today. It refers to the difficulty of homebuyers, particularly first-time buyers, being able to purchase a standard “stick-built” …
https://www.richmondobserver.com/stories/untitled,92567
10 days ago
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Amy Nicholson
The A.V. Club
12 days ago
Lucrecia Martel's first documentary, Nuestra Tierra blends true crime and colonial injustice into a riveting film. Our review:
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Nuestra Tierra confronts the ubiquitous legacy of Indigenous bloodshed
Spanish colonialism is dissected in Argentine auteur Lucrecia Martel's staggering foray into non-fiction filmmaking, Nuestra Tierra.
https://www.avclub.com/nuestra-tierra-review
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Oh Oh Oh - AMERICAN DREAM and HARLAN COUNTY, USA at
@ifccenter.bsky.social
- not only amazing documentaries compared to, well, everything, but shot on REAL film! Feast your eyes...
www.ifccenter.com/films/americ...
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IFC Center - American Dream
New 4K Restoration! Friday, May 1 at 6:30: Q&A with director Barbara Kopple and crew after the screening Saturday, May 2 at 9:10: Extended introduction by director Barbara Kopple, co-presented by Jaco...
https://www.ifccenter.com/films/american-dream/
13 days ago
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DMovies
15 days ago
"A real, raw, unflinching and unfiltered picture of Israel’s unspeakable atrocities" Stream it now:
dmovies.org/2025/09/03/t...
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The Voice of Hind Rajab - DMovies
Five-year-old girl trapped inside car with six dead relatives begs for help over the telephone, in Kaouther Ben Hania's horrifyingly real register of the Gaza Genocide - on VoD on Monday, April 13th
https://dmovies.org/2025/09/03/the-voice-of-hind-rajab/
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14 days ago
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NYers & doc short lovers: my pal Same Jones' film BENT will play at the Lower East Side film fest! Details: Screening times are Fri May 1 @ 6pm in the Living the Dream Shorts block & Sun May 3 @ 7pm in the Doc Shorts block
17 days ago
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Amy Nicholson
Criterion Channel
17 days ago
💚 It's Al Pacino's birthday! Here he is at the iconic Caffe Reggio in New York, photographed by Annie Leibovitz for the October 1989 issue of Vanity Fair. 💚 You can watch him in THE DEVIL'S ADVOCATE (1997), now streaming as part of our Corporate Thrillers collection through the end of the month!
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Must watch this TONIGHT
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17 days ago
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Heard an interview w the subject of CONBODY doc on
@allofitwnyc.bsky.social
yesterday - it’s playing at
@dctvny.bsky.social
- can’t wait to see:
www.dctvny.org/s/firehouse-...
19 days ago
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Holy cow this is a crazy story. Would make a good documentary - ha ha ha ha. Feel for Alan Elliott. Directors sink their whole lives into these films.
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20 days ago
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Great EARTH DAY doc watch on Kinema: a charming film that's more about people than dire predictions... THE PEOPLE VS CIMATE CHANGE
kinema.com/films/the-pe...
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The People Vs Climate Change
Host a screening of The People Vs Climate Change
https://kinema.com/films/the-people-vs-climate-change-zjrect
20 days ago
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A very happy birthday to the legendary filmmaker who hails from my home town. Pass me my diet pills, will ya hon?
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Amy Nicholson
nonfics.bsky.social
26 days ago
Catherine Scorsese was born on this date in 1912. Most movie fans know her for her appearances in her son's movies, but we love her best as one of the subjects of his documentary 'Italianamerican.' Watch it now on HBO Max or The Criterion Channel.
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Camping used to be an affordable vaca for the working class. Thanks to developers like the one who displaced an entire community in our film, HAPPY CAMPERS, that’s no longer the case. Watch:
bit.ly/HappyCampersDoc
bit.ly/HappyCampersDocAmazon
Article:
creators.yahoo.com/lifestyle/st...
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You'll never guess how much the average camping trip costs — especially for Gen Z
Camping used to be the budget-friendly option. What happened? And why is it so much more expensive for Gen Z?
https://creators.yahoo.com/lifestyle/story/youll-never-guess-how-much-the-average-camping-trip-costs--especially-for-gen-z-123200353.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAE0sjaIA8-Zu5tEEsdJmDv_oX7og2WBuwHS7h8rj-132YWyBl9i69VgePqKzaUnEAvPdxfHCvBojd83PxjVAIQ5KmfrYIEp82HpzG-YPE7EqHtwHGs2GtJkEUzGbr8qqLVxXHTfutDo3ki6Penv3THIVFAROPioSUTX05ozEcpJI
21 days ago
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A FOX UNDER A PINK MOON takes grand prize at
@fullframefest.bsky.social
All the winners:
www.fullframefest.org/news/full-fr...
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Full Frame Presents 2026 Award Winners - Full Frame Documentary Film Festival
Full Frame Awards Grand Jury Award to A Fox Under a Pink Moon, Introduces New Nancy Buirski Award
https://www.fullframefest.org/news/full-frame-presents-2026-award-winners/
23 days ago
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Amy Nicholson
Dark Sky Films
24 days ago
NYC! Don't miss tonight's Q&A screening of MĀRAMA
@ifccenter.bsky.social
with director Taratoa Stappard 🎟️
buff.ly/89bjJDl
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wooohooooo I LOVE BOOSTERS opening
@siffnews.bsky.social
www.indiewire.com/news/festiva...
27 days ago
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Doc pals headed to ZagrebDox: Our most recent film, HAPPY CAMPERS, is getting an encore screening on the 16th - go (and thank you)!
28 days ago
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"Further concentrating marketplace power in the hands of a smaller group of distributors that dictate the terms, windows, scheduling, screen-placement of movies, and access to historic film catalogs will have a real and lasting impact..." Yep.
@indiewire.com
www.indiewire.com/news/busines...
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Cinema United Chief: Meeting with Ted Sarandos Was ‘Constructive,’ but Don’t Expect Netflix in Theaters Just Yet
Cinema United CEO Michael O'Leary confirmed a meeting with Netflix Co-CEO Ted Sarandos and called their meeting 'constructive' while at CinemaCon.
https://www.indiewire.com/news/business/cinema-united-chief-meeting-netflix-ceo-constructive-1235188933/#recipient_hashed=58030a78b5c330fb9c0a6d0b50a61f486484993299437e628143e4573e9fd016&recipient_salt=602373b519c0cc4a365678921e15c02cc25edf5f0722ce0794854ee10cf0751b&utm_medium=email&utm_source=exacttarget&utm_campaign=BreakingNews&utm_content=676310_04-14-2026&utm_term=6308966&utm_medium=&utm_source=&utm_campaign=&utm_content=&utm_id=
28 days ago
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This is a GREAT film poster for the new Boots Riley film via
@neon-rated.bsky.social
TRAILER:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnfT...
28 days ago
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Earth Wind & Fire doc will open Tribeca. As exhausted as the genre is, I'm in!
28 days ago
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There are far too many docs about famous people, but if anyone deserves one....
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28 days ago
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Amy Nicholson
DOC NYC Fest
29 days ago
Something special is happening tomorrow night. TRAVIS screens at
@ifccenter.bsky.social
as part of DOC NYC Selects: Spring 2026, co-presented by MUBI. Tues., April 14 at 7PM ET. Secure your seat:
www.docnyc.net/travis-1997-...
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RED ALERT!
@fullframefest.bsky.social
starts this week!!!!
www.fullframefest.org
29 days ago
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Amy Nicholson
Nitehawk Cinema
29 days ago
The infamous TV dub of Walter’s Corvette smashing scene from THE BIG LEBOWSKI 🏔🍳 Spent 4/20 with original, unedited THE BIG LEBOWSKI, next Monday at Nitehawk Prospect Park.
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Sitting in the Q&A at
@nitehawkcinema.bsky.social
Shorts Fest - great matinee!!!!
about 1 month ago
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Heartbreaking story re Arizona trailer park residents evicted. The "little guy" is often brushed aside in the name of progress - a key theme of our film, HAPPY CAMPERS. (watch here:
bit.ly/HappyCampersDoc
OR
bit.ly/HappyCampersDocAmazon
) VIDEO:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMK9...
about 1 month ago
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Amy Goodman fans rejoice! STEAL THIS STORY,PLEASE opens at
@ifccenter.bsky.social
Friday. Q&A with Amy Goodman, Sharif Abdel Kouddous, & dirs. Carl Deal & Tia Lessin -
www.ifccenter.com/films/steal-...
about 1 month ago
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Great interview with Alex Ross Perry on the impact of VHS on the
@criterionchannl.bsky.social
www.criterion.com/current/post...
Watch VIDEO HEAVEN on the channel when you're done reading!
about 1 month ago
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HAPPY EASTER!
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about 1 month ago
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Coming up at the
@nitehawkcinema.bsky.social
Shorts! Featuring BENT by Sam Jones. A portrait of a kid following his family into the smash-em-up Derby (You will love it.)
nitehawkcinema.com/prospectpark...
about 1 month ago
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@pbs.org
docs are officially on YouTube. (Not how I feel about it, but gonna watch this...)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwVw...
about 1 month ago
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Here's a scary quote that doesn't normally apply to the creative class: "Job loss. Shrinking budgets. The erosion of a middle class." Read on via
@indiewire.com
www.indiewire.com/news/breakin...
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This Is What Honest AI Conversations Sound Like in Hollywood
What Hollywood really says about AI in private: a candid look at creativity, job fears, and the conversations shaping the industry’s future.
https://www.indiewire.com/news/breaking-news/hollywood-ai-conversation-private-1235186794/
about 1 month ago
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Just read this in
@indiewire.com
'We have to start asking, “What is the market already demanding that I’m uniquely positioned to deliver?”' My question: What about originality? Films people didn't know they wanted but end up loving?
www.indiewire.com/features/com...
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To Access Stranded Capital, Filmmakers Need to Learn Demand-Side Thinking
The secret to getting your indie film financed might just be shifting from supply side to demand side thinking.
https://www.indiewire.com/features/commentary/film-financing-supply-side-demand-side-thinking-1235186844/
about 1 month ago
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Amy Nicholson
Nitehawk Cinema
about 1 month ago
When grizzled detective Nick Pulovski (Clint Eastwood) teams up with eager newcomer David Ackerman (Charlie Sheen), their mismatched styles collide hard. Directed by Eastwood, the action excess of THE ROOKIE is on 35mm in RIDICULOUS <> SUBLIME, Thursday 4/30 at Prospect Park.
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The fabulous
@fffest.bsky.social
is coming up SOON! Make sure you see FIRST THEY CAME FOR MY SCHOOL and the shorts. Wish we were going this year!!!! Film Guide:
floridafilmfestival.com/films
about 1 month ago
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Headed to the Miami Film Festival? An awesome lineup of docs playing on the big screen:
miamifilmfestival.com/collections/...
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about 1 month ago
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.
@criterionchannl.bsky.social
featuring the films of Emile de Antonio starting 4/1! Point of Order! Rush to Judgment, In the Year of the Pig, Millhouse, Painters Painting, Underground, In the King of Prussia, Mr. Hoover and I
www.criterion.com/current/post...
about 1 month ago
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ICYMI An interview w the filmmakers behind the documentary NATCHEZ on
@npr.org
Suzannah Herbert and Darcy McKinnon discuss their film 'Natchez'
www.npr.org/2026/03/29/n...
about 1 month ago
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Headed to ZagrebDox? There will be a free screening of our film, HAPPY CAMPERS along w 3 other great films. The "Ususret Doxu" (Towards Dox) program at Surogatka KIC brings a selection of films from previous festival editions. 🎬 Happy Campers (April 16 at 5:00 PM)
about 2 months ago
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Skip Bolden 💙🎬🎞️
about 2 months ago
Opening title sequence for Midnight Cowboy (1969) "Everybody's Talkin'" sung by Harry Nilsson
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Amy Nicholson
Eye For Film
about 2 months ago
Out Laws looks at the origins of anti-LGBTQ+ laws around the world, and meets some of the individuals who have dedicated their lives to challenging them
www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/review/out-l...
#BFIflare
#filmsky
🎬🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
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Out Laws - Film Review - Eye For Film
A documentary following one gay Namibian man's battle to stand up for the rights of same-sex couples.
https://www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/review/out-laws-2025-film-review-by-jennie-kermode
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Feast your eyes on the delicious
@hotdocs.bsky.social
lineup!
boxoffice.hotdocs.ca
about 2 months ago
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Larry Fink on the theme of our film, HAPPY CAMPERS: “This is where much of today’s economic anxiety comes from: a deeper feeling that capitalism is working—just not for enough people.” Read on:
fortune.com/2026/03/23/l...
Watch here:
bit.ly/HappyCampersDoc
bit.ly/HappyCampersDocAmazon
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about 2 months ago
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