Pure Nonfiction: Inside Documentary Film
TV & Film
Alissa Wilkinson stands out amongst film critics for writing extensively about documentaries. She was based at Vox.com for many years, but a few months ago she moved to The New York Times where she launched a column called Documentary Download. This was welcome news to Pure Nonfiction host Thom Powers who years ago wrote the wishful post Wanted: Documentary Critics. Thom and Alissa discuss the state of film criticism and what's unique about reviewing nonfiction.
For more on Alissa, see Alissawilkinson.com.
On Instagram: @purenonfiction @thompowers1
149: W. Kamau Bell on "We Need to Talk About Cosby"
148: Abigail Disney & Kathleen Hughes on Disney’s Dark Side
147: Stanley Nelson on "Attica" and a Retrospective
146: Alex Pritz on “The Territory” at Sundance
145: Joe Hunting on “We Met in Virtual Reality” at Sundance
144: Ramin Bahrani on “2nd Chance” at Sundance
143: Isabel Castro on “Mija” at Sundance
142: Sara Dosa on “Fire of Love” at Sundance
141: Richard Rowley on “American Insurrection”
140: Ry Russo-Young on her “Nuclear Family”
139: Sonya Childress & Jesse Wente on Making Change
138: Nanfu Wang on “In the Same Breath”
137: Sonia Kennebeck on “Enemies of the State”
136: Fran Lebowitz on “Pretend It’s a City”
135: In Praise of Lewis Erskine @editorsavant
134: Astra Taylor on “You Are Not a Loan"
133: Remembering Leon Gast & “When We Were Kings”
132: Telling the Story of Fred Hampton
131: Alex Vitale on Rethinking True Crime
130: Jean Tsien Goes Outside Her Comfort Zone
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