Continuing its dominance of the circuit this year, “CITIZENFOUR” won big at Wednesday night’s Cinema Eye Honors.
'CITIZENFOUR' wins big at Cinema Eye Honors documentary awards
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 5:21 pm · January 7th, 2015
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'The Act of Killing,' 'Stories We Tell' take top awards at Cinema Eye Honors
Posted by Guy Lodge · 9:10 am · January 9th, 2014
The Cinema Eye Honors for documentary filmmaking spread the wealth at last night’s awards, as winners ranged from “The Act of Killing” to “Stories We Tell” to Dave Grohl’s “Sound City.”
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Classic Oscar-winning doc 'Harlan County, USA' honored by Cinema Eye
Posted by Guy Lodge · 4:17 am · December 18th, 2013
Barbara Kopple’s Oscar-winning 1976 documentary “Harlan County, USA” will receive the Legacy Award at the Cinema Eye Honors ceremony on January 8, months after the group named it among the 25 most influential docs of all time.
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James Franco among nominees for Cinema Eye's Heterodox Award
Posted by Guy Lodge · 7:47 am · November 26th, 2013
The Cinema Eye Honors for documentary filmmaking have announced the five nominees for their Heterodox Award for narrative films that incorporate documentary elements. Among the nominees are James Franco and Travis Matthews’ “Interior. Leather Bar.”
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Cinema Eye's list of 25 most influential docs ranges from Michael Moore to Orson Welles
Posted by Guy Lodge · 5:05 am · October 17th, 2013
Only five Oscar-winning films make the grade.
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Steve James's Oscar-snubbed 'The Interrupters' wins big with Cinema Eye Honors
Posted by Guy Lodge · 3:00 am · January 12th, 2012
Despite critics furiously protesting its exclusion from the Oscar longlist, Steve James’s “The Interrupters” has been largely sidelined on the precursor circuit thus far. So it took the Cinema Eye Honors to right that wrong. Other films honored by them include “Pina,” “Senna” and “Tabloid.”
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'Beginners' nominated for Cinema Eye Heterodox Award
Posted by Guy Lodge · 3:20 pm · January 5th, 2012
The Cinema Eye Honors may chiefly be a celebration of the documentary form, but their Heterodox Award has been created to recognize documentary influences in fiction filmmaking. Mike Mills’s autobiographical indie “Beginners” is one of this year’s nominees.
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Cinema Eye honors Frederick Wiseman film with Legacy Award
Posted by Guy Lodge · 6:08 pm · December 7th, 2011
Just as veteran American documentarian’s latest film “Crazy Horse,” hits theaters in January, the Cinema Eye documentary awards hand a retrospective award to his 1967 debut ‘Titicut Follies.’
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Cinema Eye honors 'Paradise Lost' for real-world impact
Posted by Guy Lodge · 1:28 pm · November 4th, 2011
“Paradise Lost,” a trilogy of documentaries that played a role in the acquittal of the falsely imprisoned West Memphis Three, will receive the inaugural Hell Yeah Award from Cinema Eye.
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Oscar Talk: Ep. 67 — 'Shame' and NC-17, documentary feature discussion and the weekend's releases
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 7:58 am · October 28th, 2011
In this weekend’s podcast, Anne and Kris discuss the NC-17 rating leveled toward Steve McQueen’s “Shame,” the documentary feature category in the wake of a pair of documentary organizations’ nominations announcements and this weekend’s releases, from “Anonymous” to “The Rum Diary.”
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International Documentary Association announces nominees
Posted by Guy Lodge · 5:06 am · October 28th, 2011
In the week’s second set of documentary award nominations, the IDA goes lower-profile than the Cinema Eye Honors — though Chilean critics’ favorite “Nostalgia for the Light” scores with both.
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Cinema Eye Honors nominees include 'Senna,' 'Project Nim' … and Justin Bieber
Posted by Guy Lodge · 6:00 pm · October 26th, 2011
The Cinema Eye Honors, the premier international documentary awards, announced their nominees in London night. Multiple nods for “Senna,” “The Interrupters” and “Project Nim” were predictable — a nod for “Justin Bieber: Never Say Never” less so.
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