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The best of 2013 in cinematic nonfiction
Robert Greene reflects on a triumphant year for the art of documentary.
Robert Greene Monday 23 December 2013
Unfiction
Your world inside out: ¡Vivan las Antípodas! and Kossakovsky’s Ten Rules
Victor Kossakovsky, documentary visionary, through his words and eyes. By Robert Greene.
Robert Greene Saturday 23 November 2013
Expiry and its discontents: Let the Fire Burn and How to Survive a Plague
Two new ‘archival verité’ movies find creative ways to offset documentary cinema’s reality problem. By Robert Greene.
Robert Greene Thursday 24 October 2013
Alive and spinning: Only the Young
Robert Greene on why a gentle portrait of three skateboarding California teens marks the cutting edge of nonfiction cinema.
Robert Greene Wednesday 11 September 2013
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