Favorite Documentaries of 2013
Hi. How are you? If you’ve been following along, then you know I’m scrambling to catch up on 2013 movies. If there’s one thing I can take away from working in film distribution, it’s that watching films outside of your company’s is rare. Why? Because you watch the same clips and the same films over and over (a four-year-old’s dream) to strategize how to get as many butts in the theater seats as possible, and sometimes, after calling it a day, it’s nice to just go home and read, eat peanut butter, or do anything that doesn’t involve turning on your television. (That’s not easy for a guy like me: movies are my life. I love escaping from the real the world for 90+ minutes.)
In time, however, you learn to balance that, shut down the brain, and do what you love most: watch movies. Over the last few months, I managed to watch a handful of documentaries I’ve been wanting to see and below are my favorites. In no particular order, of course.
BLACKFISH - Trailer
CALL ME KUCHU - Trailer
CUTIE AND THE BOXER - Trailer
THE PERVERT’S GUIDE TO IDEOLOGY - Trailer
SHEPARD & DARK - Trailer
NARCO CULTURA - Trailer
SOUND CITY - Trailer
STORIES WE TELL - Trailer
THE ACT OF KILLING - Trailer
THE PUNK SINGER - Trailer
TV JUNKIE - Trailer
(Note: TV JUNKIE played at Sundance in 2006 but never released on home video until this year.)
Docs I have not seen when this article was written (but wanted to):
BLOOD BROTHER
THE SQUARE
20 FEET FROM STARDOM
AFTER TILLER
CRASH REEL
THE MACHINE WHICH MAKES EVERYTHING DISAPPEAR
DIRTY WARS
GOD LOVES UGANDA
LET THE FIRE BURN