SUNDANCE 2018 U.S. Documentary Competition: Dark Money Meet Kimberly Reed and why she made this movey abotu politics in Montana and across America,

SUNDANCE ALERT: Steve James is America's best living Documentary filmmaker and just nominated for an Oscar (Abacus: Small Enough to Jail). Lauren.Greenfield is an award-winning photo-journalist and provocative award-winning documentary filmmaker (The Queen of Versailles ) premiering her new doc Generation of Wealth..moderated by Carolyn Libresco Sundance Senior Programmer... this is special! (may start at 10:42)

Note: At Sundance, it was announced after its world premiere screening That the  10-part docuseries America to Me from the 'Hoop Dreams' director Steve James and Participant Media  Liongate'sStarz premium cable network had picked up the unscripted 10-part docuseries America to Me, from Hoop Dreams director Steve James, 

SUNDANCE 2018 Cinema Cafe chat betw/ NY Times contributing writer Logan Hill, DIrector Gus Van Sant, Danny Elfen re GVS new film Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot

I loved the new GUS VAN SANT film, DON'T WORRY, HE WON'T GET FAR ON FOOT which features JOAQUIN PHOENIX, JONAH HILL, ROONEY MARA and JACK BLACK . It is a story of a major fu*k-up, reality check, self-discovery, recovery, love, and redemption beautifully realized and acted. I made time for this NYTIMES sponsord chat between times contributor Loga Hill Gus Van Sant, and composer Danny Elfman chat .... NOTE STARTS 9:20 ...MOVE TO THAT POINT

Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot - Official Trailer (2018) Joaquin ...

2018 | Oscars.org | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences + Octavia Spenser, Steve James, Yancy Ford, Sufjan Stevens r

Here they is the OFFICAL announcement of who is in the running for the Academy Awards for the best work in film in 2017.  click on link 

2018 | Oscars.org | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

I will reserve my reaction to another post. But I will say  I am so thrilled abiut a few of the nominations that Octavia Spencer has been nominated again.  She fills any screen frame she appears in with such an authenticity of an actual human being regardless of the character she is playing 

two of my favorite docs are in contention: both were at Sundance 2017

And look who is nominated for the best original song!  swoon!