Amy Nicholson
@filmsbyamy.bsky.social
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Doc filmmaker. Commercial Director. Approaching the state of rigor mortis. filmsbyamy.com
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)
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Skip Bolden 💙🎬🎞️
1 day ago
Opening title sequence for Midnight Cowboy (1969) "Everybody's Talkin'" sung by Harry Nilsson
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Eye For Film
1 day 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
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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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FRONTLINE
3 days ago
“Syria’s Detainee Files,” our 2025 documentary with the BBC exposing the Assad regime’s arrest, torture and execution of detainees during the Syrian war, has won two Gracie Awards.
https://to.pbs.org/4bJa9v1
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FRONTLINE Documentary “Syria’s Detainee Files” Honored with Gracie Awards | FRONTLINE | PBS | Official Site | Documentary Series
https://to.pbs.org/4bJa9v1
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Your last chance to watch BEN-HUR, BOGGIE NIGHTS and MYOWN PRIVATE IDAHO on
@criterionchannl.bsky.social
Hurry!
www.criterionchannel.com/leaving-marc...
3 days ago
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nonfics.bsky.social
6 days ago
With this year's Oscars now over, we look back at 'With Byrd at the South Pole,' the first documentary to win an Academy Award, back in 1930. It was for Best Cinematography. Here's why the film is a classic:
www.nonfics.com/p/with-byrd-...
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Documentary Classics: 'With Byrd At The South Pole' Was The First Documentary Oscar Winner
The 1930 feature film follows Richard E. Byrd's historical first expedition to Antarctica, and it won the Oscar for Best Cinematography at the 3rd Academy Awards.
https://www.nonfics.com/p/with-byrd-at-south-pole-documentary
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Criterion Channel
6 days ago
Wishing a very happy birthday to the peerless visionary Spike Lee! ❤️ 🎥 Here he is on the set of his politically and emotionally charged masterpiece DO THE RIGHT THING (1989). On the Criterion Channel, you can watch his darkly comic hit of pure cinema SUMMER OF SAM (1999)
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Eye For Film
7 days ago
A businessman takes on the Oceans Seven marathon swimming challenge in documentary Don't Be Prey
www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/review/dont-...
#filmsky
🎬🏊
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Don't Be Prey - Film Review - Eye For Film
A man trying to recover his reputation and his confidence after a financial scandal decides to take on the Oceans Seven marathon swimming challenge.
https://www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/review/dont-be-prey-2026-film-review-by-jennie-kermode
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Careening across the tippy top of the country this week on the same train route as Albert Maysles’ IN TRANSIT, a brilliant doc directed by Al, Lynn True, Nelson Walker, Ben Wu and David Usui.
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Ones to watch (part 3) at
@sxsw.com
via
@purenonfiction.bsky.social
Doc Voices:
open.substack.com/pub/purenonf...
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What to watch at SXSW - part three
4 docs premiering in Austin taking on serious contemporary issues
https://open.substack.com/pub/purenonfiction/p/what-to-watch-at-sxsw-part-three?r=2qxt96&utm_medium=ios
9 days ago
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In a long line of NYC gentrification docs, GOWANUS CURRENT is a poem about one of the last true industrial neighborhoods. Coming to
@nitehawkcinema.bsky.social
in April!
nitehawkcinema.com/prospectpark...
9 days ago
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The Movie Buff
11 days ago
The 98th Academy Awards: Full list of nominations, winners, and takeaways from this year's Oscars.
#oscars
#academyawards
#awards
#hollywood
#filmreview
www.themoviebuff.net/2026/03/98th...
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The 98th Academy Awards - Winners, Nominees, and More | The Movie Buff
We offer some takeaways from the 98th Oscars as well as share the full list of nominations and winners.
https://www.themoviebuff.net/2026/03/98th-academy-awards-full-list-of-nominations-winners-and-takeaways/
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FRANK'S FILM REVIEW
11 days ago
O Fantasma
franksfilmreview.com/2025/04/16/o...
"O Fantasma" is a visually striking film that immerses viewers in themes of desire and alienation. It portrays the struggle of a gay man who feels completely out of place in society...
#FranksFilmReview
#OFantasma
#LGBTQ+
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Huge congrats to MR NOBODY AGAINST PUTIN on their Doc Feature Oscar!!!!!!
11 days ago
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nonfics.bsky.social
14 days ago
The latest edition of This Week in Documentary is out now! Highlights include new series from Liz Garbus and Ben Stiller, a new film by Oscar winner Louie Psihoyos, and the digital release of one of the top-grossing docs of the year. Read about them and more here:
www.nonfics.com/p/week-in-do...
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Eye For Film
14 days ago
Galaxy of ideas - Elisabeth Rasmussen on mixing science, myth and art in We Are Stardust
www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/feature/2026...
#FilmSky
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Mark your documentary-watching calendars!
@docnycfest.bsky.social
is bringing more SELECTS to
@ifccenter.bsky.social
www.docnyc.net/doc-nyc-sele...
14 days ago
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@dctvny.bsky.social
is having an Oscars watch party this Sunday!!!
15 days ago
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Nitehawk Cinema
16 days ago
Shot by future Oscar winner Rachel Morrison, Rick Famuyiwa's DOPE screens this Saturday at brunch at Nitehawk Prospect Park and again Monday 3/16. Part of our March series FEMME PHOTOGRAPHERS 🎥
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Good time to watch the brilliant Oscar nom, THE ALABAMA SOLUTION, to see just how horrid the AL prison system is and why this is so rare.
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16 days ago
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Going to see REMAKE tonight at MoMA - Ross McElwee in person!!!! Have I mentioned SHERMAN'S MARCH is one of of my fav docs ever?
www.moma.org/calendar/eve...
16 days ago
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Nitehawk Cinema
17 days ago
MADONNA: TRUTH OR DARE screens this Saturday at brunch at Nitehawk Prospect Park
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Love this show so much.
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17 days ago
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There's still time to see all the Oscar-nominated docs at
@dctvny.bsky.social
THE ALABAMA SOLUTION will blow your mind.
www.dctvny.org/s/firehousec...
17 days ago
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This is my fav documentary from last year, even over all the the brilliant Oscar noms. Sink into it!!!
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19 days ago
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Not weird and not dreams. I think every waking minute about this now!
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19 days ago
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Happy 35th anniversary to PARIS IS BURNING, Jennie Livingston's brilliant documentary. Gorgeous film.
22 days ago
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Eye For Film
24 days ago
Dragonfly star Dixie has been named BFI Best in the World at the Fido awards for cinematic canine excellence
www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/news/2026-03...
#filmsky
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It's March!!!! And the gross weather's not over yet. Time to watch a million great films on
@criterionchannl.bsky.social
www.criterion.com/current/post...
24 days ago
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This is amazing. Guarantee that someone is already making a documentary about this.
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28 days ago
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Sorry to miss this!!!!!
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28 days ago
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Werner!!!! In person at
@ifccenter.bsky.social
GHOST ELEPHANTS opens tomorrow!
ifccenter.com
28 days ago
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Vulture
30 days ago
Baz Luhrmann, director of the Austin Butler–led ‘Elvis’ and the new concert doc ‘EPiC’, thinks there could be new Elvis Presley films in theaters for years to come.
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Baz Luhrmann Wants an Elvis Cinematic Universe
Baz Luhrmann, director of the Austin Butler–led ‘Elvis’ and the new concert doc ‘EPiC’, thinks there could be new Elvis Presley films in theaters for years to come.
https://www.vulture.com/article/baz-luhrmann-elvis-cinematic-universe-concert-film.html?utm_medium=s1&utm_campaign=vulture&utm_source=bluesky
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Right on!!!!
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about 1 month ago
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I so agree!
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about 1 month ago
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Great interview with the fabulous Frederick Wiseman via
@metrographnyc.bsky.social
metrograph.com/an-interview...
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Frederick Wiseman - Journal - Metrograph
Frederick Wiseman talks about the evolution of his 50-plus-year career.
https://metrograph.com/an-interview-with-frederick-wiseman/?utm_source=email&utm_medium=campaign&utm_campaign=Editorial%20Newsletter&utm_id=01KHW0CY6KWZV8XN8E1S6ZQ217&_kx=M3QQIv4uFcxb6vDWzTGxHofSbFNPAJIn9wN_Sfsxka4.Rar8SJ
about 1 month ago
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EMERGENT CITY is now available to watch on
@ovidtv.bsky.social
- and seek out MY BROOKLYN while you’re at it!
www.ovid.tv/videos/emerg...
about 1 month ago
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nonfics.bsky.social
about 1 month ago
This year's Oscar nominees for Best Documentary Short Film are hitting theaters together this weekend. Here's our review and ranking of all five:
www.nonfics.com/p/2026-oscar...
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Read the whole thread and watch these docs.
@frontlinepbs.bsky.social
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about 1 month ago
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The Brian Lehrer Show
about 1 month ago
Andrew Jarecki and Charlotte Kaufman talk about their Academy Award-nominated film "The Alabama Solution," which documents abuses in the Alabama state prison system using cellphone footage recorded by incarcerated men over several years.
www.wnyc.org/story/oscar-...
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Oscar Docs: The Alabama Solution | The Brian Lehrer Show | WNYC
Andrew Jarecki and Charlotte Kaufman talk about their documentary "The Alabama Solution."
http://www.wnyc.org/story/oscar-docs-the-alabama-solution/
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Get ready for even more advocacy documentaries… From Bill’s Substack:
open.substack.com/pub/mrbillym...
about 1 month ago
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The ONLY way to win your Oscar pool is to watch the shorts. Noms at
@ifccenter.bsky.social
starting Fri!!!
www.ifccenter.com/films/animat...
about 1 month ago
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It’s early. It’s Tuesday. Pour a cup & catch up w the
@docnycfest.bsky.social
Monday Memo. The
@sxsw.com
lineup + lots of European doc fest news:
about 1 month ago
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Tricia Tuttle's response to the drama at the
@berlinfilmfestival.bsky.social
is spot on. I, for one, am exhausted.
variety.com/2026/film/gl...
about 1 month ago
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nonfics.bsky.social
about 1 month ago
For Miranda July's birthday today, check out the incredible documentary ‘Fire of Love,’ which she narrates (it's on Hulu and Disney+). Here's our review:
buff.ly/42UNid6
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For Valentine's Day, watch THE LOVING STORY on
@hbo.bsky.social
or any of these great documentaries. HT
@povmagazine.bsky.social
povmagazine.com/its-a-date-1...
about 1 month ago
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POV Magazine
about 1 month ago
Opening in theatres this weekend, Oscar nominee MR. NOBODY AGAINST PUTIN "is a brilliant film, accessible yet profound," writes
@filmfest.bsky.social
povmagazine.com/mr-nobody-ag...
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Mr. Nobody Against Putin Review: One Man Against a Regime - POV Magazine
Mr. Nobody Against Putin review: documentary follows schoolteacher Pasha Talankin as he teaches students to resist authoritarianism.
https://povmagazine.com/mr-nobody-against-putin-review-one-man-against-a-regime/
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IFC Center
about 1 month ago
Let’s all assuage
@mikeryan.bsky.social
’s fears and turn up for this movie. You’ll be very, very glad you did.
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