It takes a certain level of creative madness to create something like Megalopolis, Francis Ford Coppola's long-gestating film that finally saw its release in 2024 after his script sat on the shelves for over 40 years. The legendary director fully realized his passion project with this self-financed, freewheeling portrait of an artist at his most unyielding. As a result, Megalopolis baffled most viewers who bothered to see it, and it seemed like a misbegotten idea and execution for a filmmaker wh
It takes a certain level of creative madness to create something like Megalopolis, Francis Ford Coppola's long-gestating film that finally saw its release in 2024 after his script sat on the shelves for over 40 years. The legendary director fully realized his passion project with this self-financed, freewheeling portrait of an artist at his most unyielding. As a result, Megalopolis baffled most viewers who bothered to see it, and it seemed like a misbegotten idea and execution for a filmmaker who directed The Godfatherand Apocalypse Now. Between the tumultuous production and the self-assurance of his own vision, the movie succinctly represents Coppola and his vision.
For more than a quarter century, Documentary Campus has been supporting the global nonfiction filmmaking community through training programs, conferences, and Silbersalz, βthe first international Science & Media festival of its kind.β Now the nonprofit is taking its mission even further. Doc Campus is partnering for the first time with Sunny Side of the Doc, [β¦]
For more than a quarter century, Documentary Campus has been supporting the global nonfiction filmmaking community through training programs, conferences, and Silbersalz, βthe first international Science & Media festival of its kind.β Now the nonprofit is taking its mission even further. Doc Campus is partnering for the first time with Sunny Side of the Doc, [β¦]
Actor Martin Short can go small, as in the movie Clifford, where he played a mischievous 10-year-old. Or he can go big, in a fat suit as Jiminy Glick, the portly entertainment journalist with the outsized appetite and outsized laugh. In fact, Short can do just about anything: sing, dance, sketch comedy, dramatic roles. βYou [β¦]
Actor Martin Short can go small, as in the movie Clifford, where he played a mischievous 10-year-old. Or he can go big, in a fat suit as Jiminy Glick, the portly entertainment journalist with the outsized appetite and outsized laugh. In fact, Short can do just about anything: sing, dance, sketch comedy, dramatic roles. βYou [β¦]
Sunny Side of the Doc, the international documentary marketplace held in La Rochelle, France, is about to open its 37th edition. It almost folded after the 36th. Faced with the cancellation of a key European grant, Sunny Side announced last December it wouldnβt happen in 2026. But a recognition of the eventβs importance to the [β¦]
Sunny Side of the Doc, the international documentary marketplace held in La Rochelle, France, is about to open its 37th edition. It almost folded after the 36th. Faced with the cancellation of a key European grant, Sunny Side announced last December it wouldnβt happen in 2026. But a recognition of the eventβs importance to the [β¦]