Tom Roston shines a light on the slate of documentaries that Hulu has recently added. Amir Bar-Lev’s Re:Generation Music Project is of particular note and should play well to Hulu’s core audience.
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Independent journalist Tom Roston checks in and writes about the world of documentaries in his column, Doc Soup.You can follow Tom on Twitter @DocSoupMan.
Director Lee Hirsch on Bully’s MPAA Rating Battle and the Impact of the F-Word
The director of Bully, a victim of bullying himself, tells Tom Roston “the experience that these kids go through should be as it is.”
Continue reading this entry »My Five Favorite Documentaries from True/False Film Fest 2012
Tom Roston recaps the Midwestern film festival True/False, where he saw a slate of inspiring documentaries including How to Survive a Plague, The Imposter, Bully, Searching for Sugar Man and Undefeated.
Continue reading this entry »A Preview of the 2012 True/False Film Fest
Tom Roston gives a rundown of the films he is looking forward to seeing at the True/False documentary festival, as well as some of the quirky events he hopes to catch while he’s there.
Continue reading this entry »Oscar 2012: ‘Undefeated,’ and the New Rules for Predicting an Academy Award Win
Doc Soup Man Tom Roston’s Documentary Oscar streak is over, but he’s planning a come back next year with a new standard for predicting the winner.
Continue reading this entry »Oscar 2012: Predicting the Documentary Winners
Who will win? Doc Soup Man has picked it for four years running. But this year, he says, is one of the closest races in years.
Continue reading this entry »Documentaries for the Downton Abbey Fan
Ultimate fan and Crawley wannabe Tom Roston shares a trove of documentaries you can watch online about the upstairs-downstairs set.
Continue reading this entry »On ‘Gasland’ Director Josh Fox’s Arrest
After the controversy around the arrest of documentarian Josh Fox at a congressional hearing, Tom Roston delves into his take on the matter and brings to light the arrests of other documentary filmmakers.
Continue reading this entry »The Sundance 2012 Documentary Winners
Any documentary filmmaker will tell you that getting a film into Sundance is a Herculean achievement in itself, but some also come away with an award. Check out a rundown of the 13 prizes given to documentaries at this year’s festival.
Continue reading this entry »Oscar 2012: Surprises Among the Documentary Nominations
Wow. The Oscar nominees were just announced this morning and I have to admit I was shocked. I was so expecting a number of popular and incredibly well-made films to get the nods, but I was wrong.
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