The don drapers of manipulation
We don’t want to be fooled by commercials. But rational thinking cannot decide what our reptilian brain wants to do. This is what neuromarketing is all about.
A glittering sea of darkness
Joshua Openheimer experienced a surprising openness from mass murderers. This was the beginning of The Act of Killing.
THE LEIPZIG NETWORKING DAYS: A conversation starter
The idea of men being protagonists in a women’s rights story had solicited both extreme enthusiasm for freshness and a call for caution
DOK LEIPZIG 2012: The intricacies of the human condition
Documentary film festivals like DOK Leipzig have increasingly embraced creative documentaries that push the envelope, which feel like “movies” and could easily “pass for fiction films”. Strong political content with a distinct artistic vision and creative storytelling
CPH:DOX FORUM: ART:FILM
Pamela Cohn writes about a new international platform for art and film. Works of this nature must be careful not to devolve into a metaphysical morass, a soupy incomprehensible mess,to the point of total disengagement.
WHY POVERTY?: The way the story is told
In whose interest is it to maintain poverty? DOX looks at three films meant to make us question and discuss poverty from the new Why Poverty? series
Remember how to forget
A film about identity, memory, trauma, poetry, music, family, and death – a dive into Honig’s past
The rejected film
How can you violate basic ethical standards of documentary filmmaking? Iranian–American gadfly Caveh Zahedi discovers the structures of influence in his latest doc The Sheik and I.
SURROUNDED BY SECRECY
Making films under repressive regimes is a huge challenge. Making films about repressive regimes presents challenges of its own.
THE INTELLIGENT SMILE
Selected from 350 hours of film archives, the film on Swedish politician Olof Palme shows him in several interesting political situations. I do miss some deeper insights into a few of those situations, but the multiplicity of the film should definitely satisfy a large audience, or new generations.
Shin bet top guns
Director Moreh lets unrepentant and ruthless pensioners reminisce about the decades-long intelligence wars fought against Palestinians. These voices matter.