Press

General STF coverage

Still In Motion reviews STF’s spring season (4/13/10)

Indiewire previews STF’s spring season (3/18/10)

About.com provides an overview of STF’s spring season (2/21/10)

Indiewire previews STF’s upcoming twelfth season (12/22/09)

Metromix New York reviews STF’s fall season and interviews Thom Powers (10/27/09)

POV video interview with Thom Powers about Stranger Than Fiction - Part 1 (9/28/09)

Indiewire previews STF’s upcoming eleventh season (9/28/09)

About.com provides an overview of the Docurama 10th anniversary screening series, to be held in conjunction with STF (9/13/09)

About.com provides an overview of the STF Fall 2009 line-up (9/12/09)

Indiewire previews STF’s upcoming tenth season (3/13/09)

About.com provides an overview of the STF Spring 2009 line-up (3/11/09)

About.com provides an overview of the STF Winter 2009 line-up (1/5/09)

Indiewire previews the STF Winter 2009 line-up (12/15/08)

New York Sun previews the STF Fall 2008 line-up (9/22/08)

New York Sun on “Tuesdays with Thom” (10/29/07)

Film specific coverage

Filmmaker Magazine interviews Matthew Galkin in conjunction with KEVORKIAN (6/9/10)

Filmmaker Magazine interviews Gregory Kallenberg in conjunction with HAYNESVILLE (6/3/10)

PopMatters reviews HAYNESVILLE (6/1/10)

PopMatters reviews PROMISED LAND (5/26/10)

Filmmaker Magazine covers MAN WITH A MOVIE CAMERA (5/26/10)

Filmmaker Magazine interviews Robin Hessman in conjunction with MY PERESTROIKA (5/19/10)

PopMatters reviews RACING DREAMS (5/13/10)

Filmmaker Magazine interviews Jason Spingarn-Koff in conjunction with LIFE 2.0 (5/12/10)

PopMatters reviews LIFE 2.0 (5/11/10)

Filmmaker Magazine interviews Larry Locke in conjunction with PIN GODS (5/5/10)

PopMatters reviews PIN GODS (5/4/10)

Indiewire covers THE KIDS GROW UP (2/23/10)

Filmmaker Magazine interviews Doug Block in conjunction with THE KIDS GROW UP (4/21/10)

PopMatters reviews THE KIDS GROW UP (4/20/10)

PopMatters reviews FAMILY AFFAIR (4/14/10)

Filmmaker Magazine interviews Liz Mermin in conjunction with HORSES (4/1410)

art:21 writes about Best of the Orphan Film Symposium (3/3/10)

Tentacles blogs about A Night with Ross McElwee (3/3/10)

PopMatters reviews A HEALTHY BABY GIRL (3/2/10)

PopMatters reviews THE ART OF THE STEAL (2/26/10)

PopMatters reviews BURMA VJ (2/25/10)

about.com promotes BURMA VJ (2/25/10)

NY Examiner plugs Robert Kenner’s STF visit for FOOD INC. (2/18/10)

NY Magazine blogs about the STF screening of THE SEPTEMBER ISSUE (2/5/10)

The Unpaid Film Critic covers A NIGHT WITH ROSS McELWEE (2/5/10)

The Film Panel Notetaker writes about A NIGHT WITH ROSS McELWEE (2/5/10)

PopMatters reviews THE BIGGEST CHINESE RESTAURANT IN THE WORLD (1/26/10)

NY Magazine selects THE BIGGEST CHINESE RESTAURANT IN THE WORLD as a critic’s pick (1/25/10)

NewBlaze on THE BIGGEST CHINESE RESTAURANT IN THE WORLD (1/20/10)

Grub Street plugs STF’s screening of THE BIGGEST CHINESE RESTAURANT IN THE WORLD (1/20/10)

The Film Panel Notetaker writes about RUNNING FENCE (1/20/10)

PopMatters reviews RUNNING FENCE (1/19/10)

The Film Panel Notetaker writes about SNOWBLIND (1/15/10)

The Film Panel Notetaker writes about WHICH WAY HOME (1/5/10)

PopMatters reviews BIG RIVER MAN (12/2/09)

PopMatters reviews HOW TO FOLD A FLAG (12/1/09)

NY Magazine selects HOW TO FOLD A FLAG as a critic’s pick (12/1/09)

The New York Times UrbanEye highlights the STF screening of DOUBLE DARE (11/24/09)

Flavorwire provides a list of “Lessons We Can Learn from Hollywood Stuntwomen” in advance of STF’s screening of DOUBLE DARE (11/23/09)

Action Flick Chick plugs DOUBLE DARE (11/20/09)

PopMatters reviews COPYRIGHT CRIMINALS (11/10/09)

About.com plugs the STF screening of HOOP DREAMS (11/4/09)

The New York Times UrbanEye highlights the STF screening of COLONY (11/3/09)

Hammer To Nail promotes the STF screening of LOOT: “be sure not to miss it tonight if you are in NYC - I will give this screening my own personal money back guarantee.” (11/2/09)

PopMatters reviews STILL BILL (10/20/09)

Indiewire plugs STILL BILL  (10/20/09)

Time Out NY writes about VIDEOCRACY “You must must must see this documentary tonight” (10/13/09)

The New York Times plugs VIDEOCRACY at STF as a film to see in its “Week Ahead” section (10/13/09)

The New York Times UrbanEye highlights the STF screening of THE REAL SHAOLIN (10/6/09)

Indiewire interviews directors of OCTOBER COUNTRY and STF artistic director Thom Powers (10/5/09)

PopMatters reviews OCTOBER COUNTRY (10/5/09)

Still In Motion writes about OCTOBER COUNTRY “do not miss this opportunity to see one of the best films of the year.” (10/3/09)

TheaterMania plugs the STF/Docurama screening of JANE (9/16/09)

Indiewire highlights Peter Davis Tribute as a “must-attend event” (5/19/09)

SpoutBlog reviews SWIMMING TO CAMBODIA (5/13/09)

Still In Motion covers the screening of THE WAY WE GET BY (4/29/09)

NY Magazine selects NATIVE LAND as a critic’s pick with moments of “sheer cinematic poetry”  (4/18/09)

SpoutBlog reviews AL FRANKEN: GOD SPOKE (4/15/09)

Britical writes about the STF screening of THE ENGLISH SURGEON (4/2/09)

Still In Motion covers the screening of THE ENGLISH SURGEON (4/2/09)

POV blog discusses the WILLIAM GREAVES TRIBUTE (02/20/09)

The Brooklyn Socialite reviews the WILLIAM GREAVES TRIBUTE (02/18/09)

The Film Panel Notetaker writes about AXE IN THE ATTIC (2/10/09)

The Film Panel Notetaker writes about MUST READ AFTER MY DEATH (2/03/09)

The Film Panel Notetaker writes about THE EDUCATION OF SHELBY KNOX (1/20/09)

The Film Panel Notetaker writes about STF’s opening night screening of UPSTREAM BATTLE (1/14/09)

The Brooklyn Socialite captures the magic of STF’s THE GARDEN screening (12/17/08)

Gallant Films blogs about their first STF visit for THE GARDEN (12/17/08) - “I attended the weekly Stranger Than Fiction screening event in New York last night, and it was the best experience I have had as a fan of documentary films outside of major world film festivals. A full house with an engaged audience roughly divided between people passionate about making documentary films and people passionate about the subject matter…”

The New York Times plugs THE GARDEN as a “pick of the week” (12/12/08)

The Reeler discusses STF’s presentation of PRESSURE COOKER (12/10/08)

SpoutBlog plugs Richard Leacock’s visit to STF as a pick of the week (12/09/08)

The Brooklyn Socialite discusses STF’s fall closing night THE LAST CIGARETTE (11/27/08)

The Village Voice selects THE DUNGEON MASTERS as one of its main picks of the day (11/05/08)

The Brooklyn Socialite discusses STF’s tribute to George Stoney (10/22/08)

SpoutBlog covers STF’s presentation OF ALL THE THINGS (10/15/08)

The Brooklyn Socialite hosts a dialogue with filmmaker Dan Stone about STF’s fall opener AT THE EDGE OF THE WORLD (9/25/08)

Docsider previews STF’s Fall 2008 line-up - “STF is a weekly must-go-to for the NYC indie crowd” (9/9/08)

SpoutBlog discusses STF’s Spring 2008 closing night with Albert Maysles (6/4/08)

Shooting People covers various STF presentations, including OPERATION FILMMAKER and THE AGRONOMIST (6/2/08)

Indiewire covers STF’s presentation of WHEN WE WERE KINGS (5/22/08)

Woodstock Film Festival reviews STF’s presentation of WHEN WE WERE KINGS, MY GENERATION and THE AGRONOMIST (all three co-presented with WFF)

The Film Panel Notetaker writes about WHEN WE WERE KINGS (5/20/08)

The Film Panel Notetaker writes about MY GENERATION (5/14/08)

Indiewire covers STF’s presentation of VERY YOUNG GIRLS (4/24/08)

Indiewire covers STF’s presentation of JOIN US (4/10/08)

NY Mag plugs THE BURGER AND THE KING as its daily pick (4/10/08)

The Film Panel Notetaker writes about JOIN US (14/8/08)

Indiewire provides an overview of STF’s Spring 2008 season (3/27/08)

The Film Panel Notetaker writes about WHOLPHIN (2/12/08)

Indiewire covers STF’s presentation of SWEET DREAMS (2/7/08)

The Reeler discusses STF’s presentation of FILM AS A SUBVERSIVE ART (1/30/08)

The Film Panel Notetaker writes about FILM AS A SUBVERSIVE ART (1/29/08)

The Reeler provides an overview of STF’s Winter 2008 season (1/9/08)

Indiewire covers STF’s presentation of BILLY THE KID with John Turturro (10/4/07)

The Reeler discusses Michael Moore’s STF presentation of CZECH DREAM” (3/21/07)

The Reeler  “STF Triple Whammy: Michael Moore, BILLY THE KID and CZECH DREAM” (3/20/07)

The Reeler covers STF’s presentation of EVERYTHING’S COOL” (2/21/07)

The Reeler discusses STF’s tribute to Richard Leacock (10/18/06)

The Reeler discusses STF’s presentation of THIS FILM IS NOT YET RATED (4/19/06)

Other Press

Variety provides an update as to Academy qualifying rules for docujms and interviews Thom Powers who led the 2008 protest (11/15/09)

China News interviews Thom Powers about TIFF’s documentaries (9/20/09)

The National Post covers Thom Powers’ press conference with The White Stripes (9/19/09)

The New York Times attributes its insight into TIFF’s main themes to Thom Powers (9/16/09)

Indiewire povides excerpts of Thom Powers’ 80 minute on-stage interview with Chris Rock as part of TIFF’s Mavericks series (9/14/09)

All These Wonderful Things offers additional coverage of Thom Powers’ interview with Chris Rock (9/14/09)

The National Post summarizes Thom Power’s’ interview with Michael Moore during the TIFF press conference (9/14/09)

Indiewire reprints Liesl Copland’s keynote speech from the TIFF Doc Conference where she cites STF as a model film series (9/13/09)

Indiewire interviews Thom Powers about the complete TIFF 2009 line-up “Michael Moore, Concerts, Free Screenings & A New Prize Highlight TIFF Docs for ‘09’” (8/26/09)

The Toronto Star provides an overview of the TIFF 09 Mavericks’ line-up (8/20/09)

Indiewire “Cinema Eye Doc Awards Move to January; Take on Rosen and Robinson” (8/20/09)

Indiewire “Toronto Adds New Docs; Introduces One Day ‘Doc Conference’” (8/18/09)

Toronto Life: “TIFF’s documentary films observe an askew planet (ours)” (7/22/09)

The Globe and Mail reviews the 2009 TIFF doc slate (7/22/09)

CBC “White Stripes Canadian tour doc to premiere at TIFF” (7/22/09)

Realscreenl reviews the 2009 TIFF docs (7/22/09)

All These Wonderful Things interviews Thom Powers about the TIFF 09 documentary line-up (7/21/09)

Indiewire “Sense of Immediacy” In Toronto Fest’s 17 Docs” (7/21/09)

Indiewire’s mid-year report on box office winners and losers: “Winner: Documentaries That Came Out Of Toronto” (7/8/09)

SpoutBlog covers the Silverdoc’s panel on documentary criticism (6/22/09)

Film Panel Notetaker provides a transcript of the Silverdoc’s panel on documentary criticism (moderated by Thom Powers and based on his essay “Wanted: Documentary Critics” ) (6/19/09)

Still In Motion highlights the new STF forum on D-Word (5/1/09)

The New York Times interviews Thom on the Obama documentary (11/13/08)

RealScreen: “Oscar’s doc rules rally the troops” (10/9/08)

Hollywood Reporter discusses Oscar-qualifying rules for docs (10/7/08)

Indiewire provides a critical round-up of the TIFF 08 docs (9/11/08)

The Wall Street Journal discusses the revitalization of industry buyers at TIFF 08, including the docs (9/10/08)

The New York Times covers one of Thom’s lighter moments at TIFF (9/9/08)

The Defamer checks in with Thom regarding TIFF doc controversy (9/4/08)

The NY Post gives Thom his first Page Six moment! (9/4/08)

Media Rights interviews Thom Powers about his TIFF 08 line-up in the article “Doc, Doc, Who’s There: A Conversation with Thom Powers at TIFF08” (9/3/08)

Globe & Mail provides an overview of the TIFF 08 documentaries - “For a certain in-crowd, from high-art denizens to cool party hounds, the lineup of documentaries and the filmmakers and subjects of those docs could well eclipse most everything else happening at the Toronto International Film Festival” (9/2/08)

About.com interviews Thom on his TIFF 08 documentary line-up (8/29/08)

CTV weighs in on the hottest docs of TIFF 08 (8/26/08)

The Toronto Star provides an overview of the TIFF 08 documentary line-up (7/30/08)

Indiewire “Docs Across America: Can Michael Moore Save the Theatrical Nonfiction Market?” (3/3/08)

CBC provides an in-depth interview with Thom Powers on his TIFF 07 line-up (9/5/07)

Forbes Tastemakers column discusses new director trends (3/14/07)

Articles by Thom Powers

Indiewire “Michael Moore Offers Surprises and a “Capitalism” Tease in Traverse City” (8/4/09)

Indiewire “Dispatch from Michigan: Michael Moore’s Peeps Have Their Turn in the Spotlight at Traverse City” (8/4/08)

Indiewire “Dispatch from Tel Aviv: Doc Aviv’s 10th Anniversary Presents a Strong Israeli Scene” (4/15/08)

Indiewire “Festivals: Yoopers and Borat Behind the Scene at Michael Moore’s Traverse City Film Festival” (8/7/07)

Indiewire “Traverse City Film Festival: Kubrick Tribute, “Just Good Movies” and the Fest’s Star Founder” (8/9/06)

LA Times Book Review “Porn is bad for society and bad for you.  Right?” (9/11/05)

Boston Globe “Eyes on the prize, off the shelf: Due to copyright issues, the landmark civil rights documentary can no longer be shown on television or released on DVD” (1/16/05)

Boston Globe “Home movie buffs: A new generation of film archivists is salvaging history from the attics and ash heaps of everyday life” (12/12/04)

Boston Globe “Capturing Kennedy: Four decades ago, a young filmmaker gained unprecedented behind-the-scenes access to John F. Kennedy. His films started a revolution that changed the way America watches its leaders—and itself” (11/16/03)

JFK Library & Museum Lecture “Filming JFK” (11/16/03)

LA Times Book Review “Don’t tread on the NRA” (5/18/03)

Boston Globe “Who Wants to Fund a Documentary? Scenes from the money chase behind the film festivals” (2/9/03)

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