I spend a lot of time doing homework to be better prepared for HBO projects. Reading George R.R. Martin’s “Game of Thrones” definitely aided my enjoyment of the expansive epic fantasy series, which ...

Martin Scorsese stirred up controversy in 2019 by calling Marvel films “theme parks.” He argued that big franchise movies, with the main purpose of entertainment, were different from true cinema, an ...

The documentaries will be screened in a section named “World’s Best” during the event that is Iran’s major international festival for documentary films, the Documentary and Experimental Film Center ...

HBO has dominated the TV movie for ages. The network has won the last 7 Emmys for Outstanding Made for TV Movie, not to mention 16 of the last 19. But it's not the sexiest format, so HBO's efforts do ...

Revisiting the landmark 1973 documentary series "An American Family" serves as such a timely, provocative idea it's a shame the result, "Cinema Verite," isn't a better, more fully realized movie. An ...

The jury members for the national competition category included Kamran Shirdel (veteran documentarist), Younes Shokrkhah (journalist and academician), Seifollah Samadian (director and cinematographer) ...

Below is a montage of scenes from the first modern reality show, 1973's An American Family, and their counterparts in HBO's original movie Cinema Verite, which premiered on Saturday. Watching Diane ...

A lineup of top documentaries from Chilean filmmakers will be screened and reviewed by critics and film experts during the festival, which will be held totally online during December due to a spike in ...

Diane Lane wouldn’t want to do a reality show, but she’s getting a taste anyway. The Oscar-nominated actress (“Unfaithful”) plays one of the original stars of the genre -- Pat Loud, showcased in PBS’ ...

On a sunny afternoon in Paris’ Latin Quarter, Jean-Pascal Croux stands on the sidewalk outside the Cinoches Cinemas, a modest movie house with a run-down box office and two small theaters that open ...

SHARON, Conn. (AP) — Robert Drew, a pioneer of the modern documentary who in Primary and other movies mastered the intimate, spontaneous style known as cinema verite and schooled a generation of ...

Richard Brody on Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini’s “Cinema Verite ” (2011). Yeah, just keep on coming. Remember, we're invisible. You're right in front of me. and broadcast in 1973. The ...