‘Bad Influence: The Dark Side of Kidfluencing’ Directors on the Danger of YouTube Stardom for Minors

‘Bad Influence: The Dark Side of Kidfluencing’ Directors on the Danger of YouTube Stardom for Minors

Within the world of YouTube influencers, Piper Rockelle and her “squad” weren’t doing anything too radical. Rockelle and her friends filmed multiple videos a day where they sometimes attempted extreme “challenges,” pranked each other and posted “crush” content about their latest romantic interests and dramas. But here was the rub: These burgeoning stars, with millions…

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#Berlin Hidden Gem: ‘Evidence’ Examines the Insidious Power of Institutional Money

#Berlin Hidden Gem: ‘Evidence’ Examines the Insidious Power of Institutional Money

The political right has long derided institutions of higher education as a dangerous web of liberal ivory towers, practically a network of Mordors disseminating progressive, anti-American ideas into the lands below. But as Evidence, the fourth feature-length documentary from director Lee Anne Schmitt, reminds us, the conservative movement has strategically and successfully infiltrated American higher…

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#A Pulitzer-Winning War Photographer Allegedly Tried to Stop Screening of Sundance Doc About Him

#A Pulitzer-Winning War Photographer Allegedly Tried to Stop Screening of Sundance Doc About Him

The retired Associated Press photographer Nick Ut, who is credited with taking the famous “Napalm Girl” photo in 1972, tried to stop Sundance from screening a movie that asserts the real photographer is not him but a little-known Vietnamese stringer, filmmakers told THR on Sunday.  The Pulitzer-Prize winner’s lawyers recently sent a cease-and-desist letter to…

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#Oleh Sentsov on Documenting “the Truth” From the  Ukraine War Trenches in One-Shot Film ‘Real’

#Oleh Sentsov on Documenting “the Truth” From the Ukraine War Trenches in One-Shot Film ‘Real’

20 Days in Mariupol, Mstyslav Chernov’s harrowing and Oscar-winning documentary about the siege of the Ukrainian port city in the first days of Russia‘s full-scale invasion, brought home the devastation wrought by war on a civilian population. A new documentary, Real, premiering at the Karlovy Vary international Film Festival, shows the reality of the Ukraine…

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#Albert Brooks on Comedy’s Good Old Days and the “Worst Notes” Stanley Kubrick Gave Him for ‘Lost in America’

#Albert Brooks on Comedy’s Good Old Days and the “Worst Notes” Stanley Kubrick Gave Him for ‘Lost in America’

Albert Brooks: Defending My Life pays tribute to a pioneer whose irreverent humor has spanned late night TV, comedy albums, features, animated voice work and a novel. But what makes the film sing is the extended rap session between Brooks and his dear friend Rob Reiner, who directed the HBO documentary. The Hollywood legends met…

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