‘Faces Places,’ ‘Abacus,’ ‘Risk’ Get Oscar Boost From DOC NYC’s Short List
The annual list of awards-worthy documentaries also includes “The B-Side,” “City of Ghosts,” “Jane” and “Kedi”
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6 Tech Giants Shaking Up News, From Jeff Bezos to Laurene Powell Jobs (Photos)
Tech is increasingly intertwined with news, for better or worse
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Director Laura Poitras on Death Threats: ‘Some Things Are Possible Only Because You Take Risks’ (Video)
Power Women Breakfast New York: Oscar-winning documentarian joins attorney Lisa Bloom and NYC Public Advocate Letitia James at event
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Trump’s Real-Time Insults Can’t Overpower Voices of #PowerWomen New York
While we gathered in New York to celebrate women’s empowerment, our president was once again debasing the nation with his misogynistic remarks about Mika Brzezinski
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The Scene With Cynthia Nixon, Lisa Bloom at TheWrap’s Power Women Breakfast NYC 2017 (Photos)
Women leaders in New York’s entertainment, media and business communities converge at annual gathering
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Cynthia Nixon on Why Her Broadway Revival Is ‘Unbelievably Trumpian’ (Exclusive Video)
Power Women Breakfast New York: Tony-winning drama “The Little Foxes” is a “very brutal examination of American capitalism,” actress says
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Watch ‘Risk’ Director Laura Poitras, Lawyer Lisa Bloom, NYC Public Advocate Speak on Facebook Live (Video)
Power Women Breakfast New York: Panel joins actress Cynthia Nixon at event on Thursday
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Watch Cynthia Nixon Speak at Power Women Breakfast on Facebook Live (Video)
Power Women Breakfast New York: Actress joins lawyer Lisa Bloom and Oscar winner Laura Poitras at event on Thursday
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Watch Beautycon CEO Moj Mahdara Speak at Power Women Breakfast on Facebook Live (Video)
Power Women Breakfast New York: Executive joins actress Cynthia Nixon and lawyer Lisa Bloom at event on Thursday
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Chelsea Manning Leaves Prison Today – And Documentary ‘XY Chelsea’ Already in the Works
Director Tim Travers Hawkins will be filming former U.S. intelligence analyst on her expected release from military prison Wednesday
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‘Risk’ Review: Julian Assange Doc Only Scratches Surface of Controversy
Oscar-winning documentarian Laura Poitras got plenty of access to the WikiLeaks founder, but a full portrait remains maddeningly elusive
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Laura Poitras Follows Julian Assange Through 2016 Election in ‘Risk’ Trailer (Video)
“Citizenfour” director follows Wikileaks founder in documentary
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How New York Times Op-Docs Change the Way Film and News Media Intersect
“We make sure all of our films, while very artistic and experimental, also stand up to the rigors of The New York Times,” executive producer Kathleen Lingo tells TheWrap
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Laura Poitras, Werner Herzog, Alex Gibney Make Cinema Eye List of Top Documentary Filmmakers
Most important non-fiction films of the last decade include “Citizenfour,” “Waltz With Bashir” and “Exit Through the Gift Shop”
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Oliver Stone Believes There’s a ‘Secret Government’ and 4 Other Takeaways From His Reddit AMA
The veteran director says his own film changed his mind about JFK and expects a Clinton presidency to end in “wreckage”
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‘Snowden’ Star Joseph Gordon-Levitt Blasts ‘Simplistic’ Media Coverage of NSA Leaker (Exclusive Video)
“I was playing the human being, I wasn’t playing the political symbol,” actor tells TheWrap
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All 20 of Oliver Stone’s Movies Ranked: From ‘Savages’ to ‘Born on the Fourth of July’ (Photos)
The director has helmed some of the memorable — and award-worthy — movies of the past 40 years, but there’s also some surprising duds buried in his filmography
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Why ‘Snowden’ Is Being Sold as a Thriller, Not an ‘Issue Movie’
“It’s about this guy who did this extraordinary thing that changed his life and the world. It sounds like a fictional story,” Open Road marketing chief Jonathan Helfgot tells TheWrap
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‘Snowden’ Toronto Review: Oliver Stone Plays It Aesthetically Safe
Toronto 2016: Stone names the right (and left) names in this biopic of the whistle-blower, but his storytelling style lacks punch
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‘Risk’ Director Laura Poitras on WikiLeaks, Julian Assange and US Election: ‘It’s Pretty Bleak’
Cannes 2016: Oscar-winning documentarian ends her new film with a tape recording of an FBI agent calling her “anti-U.S.”
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‘Risk’ Cannes Review: Laura Poitras Takes Intimate Look at WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange
Oscar-winning director tackles a controversial figure who wants to talk about politics, not feelings
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25 Buzziest Movies at Cannes 2016, From Woody Allen’s ‘Cafe Society’ to ‘Purple Rain’
Films at the Cannes Film Festival range from Hollywood popcorn movies to austere art-house offerings to Prince’s classic
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Tribeca Film Festival Award Winners Include ‘Dean,’ ‘Junction 48,’ ‘Do Not Resist’ (Complete List)
For the first time in the festival’s history, there were separate U.S. and international narrative competition categories
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Paul Schrader, Laura Poitras Films Are Chosen for Cannes’ Directors’ Fortnight Lineup
Independent section will open with Marco Bellocchio’s “Sweet Dreams”
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The Intercept Admits Reporter Fabricated Quotes, Invented Sources
Former employee Juan Thompson “went to great lengths to deceive his editors,” according to note from editor-in-chief Betsy Reed
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‘Citizenfour’ Director Laura Poitras Sues Homeland Security, Justice Department Over Alleged Harassment
Filmmaker says she was subjected to extra scrutiny while traveling
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Edward Snowden Responds to Neil Patrick Harris’ Oscar ‘Treason’ Joke
NSA whistleblower and subject of “Citizenfour” says he “laughed” when the Oscars host said he “could not be here tonight for some treason”
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‘Citizenfour’ Director Thanks Whistleblowers, Journalists for ‘Exposing Truth’ During Oscars Acceptance
Academy Awards host Neil Patrick Harris joked that Edward Snowden “could not be here tonight for some treason”
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Oscars’ 24 Final ‘Will Win, Should Win’ Predictions: ‘Birdman,’ ‘Boyhood,’ ‘Budapest’ Top Baffling Year
The signs all point in one direction, but the race still feels like a coin toss
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‘Morning Joe’ Remembers New York Times Media Columnist David Carr
“He was so good, he was so funny, he was always fair,” Washington Post columnist Eugene Robinson says
