“The 52-hertz Whale,” which sings a song at a frequency no other whale uses, is a social media phenomenon. But this film shows that the phenomenon says more about us than whales.
Dan Schindel
Dan Schindel is Associate Editor for Documentary at Hyperallergic. He is studying in the masters program at Merz Akademie in Stuttgart, Germany. You can find his all his links and public profiles here.
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New Anthony Fauci Documentary Shows Why His Hero Image Is Flawed
Fauci is not quite a hagiography of “America’s doctor,” but it comes close. It ignores or twists the flaws in his responses to both AIDS and COVID-19.
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Film Reels Dredged from the Sea Become an Eerie Meditation on Mortality
Bill Morrison’s new documentary The Village Detective: A Song Cycle is an eerie meditation on mortality made from forgotten parts of cinema history.
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20 Years After the September 11th Attacks, What Does “Never Forget” Mean?
Much of what the media deems important coverage of the attacks is in fact retraumatizing gawking or empty nationalism.
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Fortnite Turns Martin Luther King Jr.’s Dream Into a Sci-fi Nightmare
“March Through Time,” an interactive educational experience inside the popular online game, recreates the March on Washington, with embarrassing results.
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Fall in Love with a Puppet Baby in the Arthouse Musical Annette
The newest feature from Leos Carax, a tempestuous romance between Adam Driver and Marion Cotillard, is gleefully strange and metafictional.
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Inside The Viewing Booth, an Israel Supporter Reacts to Videos of the Occupation
Ra’anan Alexandrowicz’s documentary studies in real time how people rationalize and interpret the media they encounter.
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Catch the Latest in International Cinema
Returning to the Museum of Moving Image, this year’s First Look 20/21 is the largest in the festival’s history.
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The 58th New York Film Festival, Now on the Big Screen
With quarantine restrictions now lifted, the festival’s virtual slate from last year is now getting play in theaters.
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The Summer’s Hottest Nonfiction Comes Together at AFI Docs
Like many film festivals, the DC-area event is going partially virtual this year, allowing people around the country to take part.
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50 Years of Films About Japan’s Downtrodden
Japan Society’s online retrospective Cinema of Struggle features eight movies from director Kazuo Hara and producer Sachiko Kobayashi.
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Sundance Institute Awards Grants to 18 Documentary Film Projects
The institute has allocated funds to projects about Black motherhood, conversion therapy, and more.