“The Square,” one of the 15 titles shortlisted by the Academy earlier this week, is looking increasingly formidable in the Best Documentary Feature race: last night, it won the IDA’s top prize, beating the likes of “Stories We Tell” and “Blackfish.”
Oscar hopeful 'The Square' leads International Documentary Association winners
Posted by Guy Lodge · 12:30 am · December 7th, 2013
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PGA surprises with documentary nominees, but Alex Gibney makes the cut
Posted by Guy Lodge · 6:00 pm · November 26th, 2013
Unlike many other guilds, the Producers’ Guild of America doesn’t regularly match the Oscars, and this year’s nominees are a particularly unexpected bunch. Alex Gibney’s WikiLeaks doc “We Steal Secrets” is among the contenders.
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Alex Gibney on 'The Armstrong Lie' and the Assange connection
Posted by Guy Lodge · 4:00 pm · November 10th, 2013
We talk to the Oscar-winning documentary director about how he had to change his entire approach on his long-gestating project about disgraced athlete Lance Armstrong. He also discusses the unexpected connection that emerged between the film and his other 2013 release, “We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks.”
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Alex Gibney to receive Career Achievement Award from IDA
Posted by Guy Lodge · 6:10 pm · September 25th, 2013
Laura Poitras and Geralyn Dreyfous will also be honored.
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Venice: American tricksters under scrutiny in 'The Armstrong Lie' and 'The Unknown Known'
Posted by Guy Lodge · 3:31 am · September 4th, 2013
Lance Armstrong and Donald Rumsfeld the focus of the fest’s showcase docs.
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WGA gets stricter on documentary eligibility
Posted by Guy Lodge · 11:15 am · August 19th, 2013
New rules impose same eligibility criteria on documentary and narrative films.
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Venice lineup features new films from Gilliam, Franco, Morris, Miyazaki and many more
Posted by Guy Lodge · 1:16 am · July 25th, 2013
Stars set to grace the Lido range from Scarlett Johansson to Judi Dench.
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Oscar winners crash the 2013 Emmy nominations
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 7:47 am · July 18th, 2013
I’ll leave it to those more embedded in Emmy history to tell us whether Oscar winners landing a slew of nominations from the TV Academy is typical or not. But it was nevertheless striking to me how many Academy Award winners popped up on today’s nominations list.
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WikiLeaks goes to war with Alex Gibney over 'We Steal Secrets'
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 11:13 am · May 25th, 2013
A series of talking points and a full annotated transcript have hit the net.
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Interview: Alex Gibney on exposing the Catholic Church and giving voice to the deaf in 'Mea Maxima Culpa'
Posted by Guy Lodge · 4:10 pm · November 16th, 2012
The Oscar-winner also weighs on on the Academy’s new documentary rules
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'Rust and Bone' and 'Beasts of the Southern Wild' take top honors at BFI London Film Festival
Posted by Guy Lodge · 3:10 am · October 21st, 2012
Alex Gibney’s ‘Mea Maxima Culpa’ takes the documentary prize.
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