...Scott MacDonald An interview with Michael Glawogger whose documentary practice takes him where the dirty work of the world is done. In his “Globalization Trilogy,” including the recent Whores’ Glory , he often puts himself in harm’s way to reveal the surreality of what for much of the world...

...Des O’Rawe This essay examines the relations between documentary style and political sensibility in the cinema of William Klein. It is structured around cultural phenomena that have remained integral to his artistic career, and encourages a more thorough engagement with the work of this diverse...

...Kris Fallon Though best known as a documentary filmmaker, Errol Morris's recent use of other mediums including books, a blog, Twitter and short films demonstrates a willingness to rethink old questions in new terms. As Morris begin working across media he seems to be offering a critical take...

...Gerald Sim Janus Metz discusses his award-winning film Armadillo (2010), which he shot while embedded with a platoon of Danish soldiers in Afghanistan's Helmand province. He locates the film within the discourse of the War on Terror, the possibilities of documentary style, and the mythologies...

...Abé Mark Nornes A report on the state of independent documentary filmmaking in China in 2009, covering in particular the Yunnan Multicultural Visual Festival (or Yunfest, as it is known) in Kunming and the China Documentary Film Festival in Songzhuang. A variety of factors have converged to make...

... experiments, Yucatan, and Vermeer's wife Catharina Bolnes. © 2009 by the Regents of the University of California. 2009 documentary essay film Peter Thompson El movimiento Lowlands A Handful of World : The Films of Peter Thompson An Introduction and Interview Jonathan Rosenbaum...

... of interpretation in the construction of visual evidence. © 2009 by the Regents of the University of California. 2009 Standard Operating Procedure documentary Errol Morris Abu Ghraib digital photography STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE : MEDIATING TORTURE CAETLIN BENSON-ALLOTT EXPLORES THE INCONCLUSIVE...

...James S. Williams This essay assesses Antonioni's oeuvre in its totality, focusing in particular on its constant negotiation of two extremes: documentary and melodrama. The essay argues that Antonioni's is a visionary project which, by achieving a genuine encounter between art and technology...

...Jonathan Rosenbaum This essay discusses the most recent BBC documentary series by Adam Curtis: The Century of the Self, The Power of Nightmares , and The Trap . It is argued that the theses of the films are to a degree undermined by Curtis's reliance on the same persuasive, advertising-style...

...William Johnson This essay reviews two documentaries: Biùtiful Cauntri , an exposé of waste-disposal criminality in the Naples area of Italy, and Traces of the Trade , in which members of New England family uncover their ancestors' deep involvement in the slave trade. © 2008 by the Regents...

...Dudley Andrew This article includes a translation, facsimile, and analysis of a typescript fragment by Bazin, which is evidence of his engagement with Sartre's The Imaginary . © 2008 by the Regents of the University of California. 2008 Bazin Sartre Barthes documentary photography...

...William Johnson This comparative essay deals with two films, Forever (a documentary about the Père Lachaise cemetery in Paris directed by Heddy Honigman), and Silent Light (a fiction film set among Mexican Mennonites, and featuring a non-professional cast directed by Carlos Reygadas), both of which...

...Ernest Callenbach ABSTRACT Michael Moore's latest polemical documentary is, as this review of Sicko argues, characteristically obstreperous and heartfelt. Moore's indictment of U.S. healthcare is in its ambition comparable to the work of Frederick Wiseman, who also depicts the parlous state...

...William Johnson ABSTRACT A review of Philip Gröning's documentary about the Grande Chartreuse monastery in France. Particular attention is paid to the film's use of available light and speech (and other sounds) in its successful attempt, in a manner that arguably evokes Bresson and Dreyer...

...Jennifer Malkowski ABSTRACT Steve James's Reel Paradise and Kim Longinotto and Florence Ayisi's Sisters in Law exemplify divergent paths in the field of ethnographic documentary since 1922's formative Nanook of the North . The observational style of Sisters in Law bests the self-indulgence of Reel...

...Ernest Callenbach ABSTRACT Spike Lee's documentary about the Hurricane Katrina disaster in New Orleans is a harrowing assemblage of personal testimonies from city residents and an indictment of the response from government agencies. This review analyzes When the Levees Broke as a documentary film...