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The documentaries of 2017: When the best laid plans go beautifully awry | LIVING LIFE FEARLESS

The Documentaries of 2017: When the Best Laid Plans Go Beautifully Awry

Oftentimes the best documentaries to come out turn out radically different than what was originally envisioned. That's the beauty of the art form and 2017 was a year of uncommon depth featuring many great docs that evolved over the course of filming such as Icarus, Risk, Get Me Roger Stone, and many more.

Screenwriting Tips From Hollywood's Favorite Writers | Features | LIVING LIFE FEARLESS

Screenwriting Tips From Hollywood’s Favorite Writers

This article is about those teachers that have stood out, that have challenged the norm, and made us question the basics and what we deem as fundamental. Highlighting what I think to be the most insightful tips on the craft of Screenwriting, I will list just a few, and hope that it will enlighten those who have reached a wall in their script or feel they need to make the hero/ heroine’s goal a little more challenging/relatable.

2018: The Year That Documentaries Became Great | Features | LIVING LIFE FEARLESS

2018: The Year That Documentaries Became Great

While a whole generation is growing up with "Netflix documentary" as a genre, docs are cleaning up at the box office, too. According to The Numbers, documentaries grossed a total of $95 million domestically in 2018, more than doubling last year's total of $44 million. A big factor in that is that there were a lot of really great documentary films this year.

After 'Yesterday': Six More Beatles Movies We'd Like To See | Features | LIVING LIFE FEARLESS

After ‘Yesterday’: Six More Beatles Movies We’d Like To See

There won't be any of that 'Straight Outta Compton'/'Bohemian Rhapsody' stuff where the surviving band members who are involved with producing the movie use it to settle scores with their disassociated and/or deceased collaborators.

A List of Rock’s Essential Viewing: Music at the Core | Features | LIVING LIFE FEARLESS

A List of Rock’s Essential Viewing: Music at the Core

Ljubinko Zivkovic

The amount of good films about rock and its culture is quite vast, but here's a list of some essential ones concentrating ‘mostly’ on the music first and foremost.

Cinema Is Alive and Well: The Top 10 Films of the 2010s | Features | LIVING LIFE FEARLESS

Cinema Is Alive and Well: The Top 10 Films of the 2010s

The 2010s have brought to cinema an almost exponential rise in diversity, renowned directors have released acclaimed opuses, and while the Marvels and Star Wars of the industry have gobbled up studio budgets, independent creators have still been getting it done. Don't listen to the haters--cinema is alive and well.

'Portrait of a Lady on Fire' Is a Masterpiece, and Here's 3 More for You | Features | LIVING LIFE FEARLESS

‘Portrait of a Lady on Fire’ Is a Masterpiece, and Here’s 3 More for You

'Portrait of a Lady on Fire' may have been criminally overlooked in this current awards season cycle, but the film is, frankly, a masterpiece; and if you agree with that sentiment, here's 3 more films you should check out.

The Best of BlackStar 2020 | Features | LIVING LIFE FEARLESS

The Best of BlackStar 2020

BlackStar Film Festival, founded 9 years ago, is an annual celebration of the visual and storytelling traditions of the African diaspora and of global communities of color and here's a look at some of the best features we saw.

The 2020 Philadelphia Film Festival: A Look Back | Features | LIVING LIFE FEARLESS

The 2020 Philadelphia Film Festival: A Look Back

Like most years, the Philadelphia Film Festival was held at the end of October. Unlike most years, they held a series of drive-in screeners and an online streaming platform. Here's our thoughts on some of the fest's most notable films.

10 of the Best Documentaries at Sundance 2021 | Features | LIVING LIFE FEARLESS

10 of the Best Documentaries at Sundance 2021

This year's Sundance Film Festival largely took place virtually, and in addition to its huge variety of feature films, this year's program featured lots of memorable documentaries. Here's 10 of the best.

Demi, Petty, Charli, and Foo: Four Music Docs at the 2021 SXSW | Features | LIVING LIFE FEARLESS

Demi, Petty, Charli, and Foo: Four Music Docs at the 2021 SXSW

This year's South by Southwest Film Festival has offered plenty of noteworthy music films, from the likes of Demi Lovato, Tom Petty, the Foo Fighters, and Charli XCX.

Miniatures: 5 Classic Films Who Brought The Impossible To Life By Going Small | Features | LIVING LIFE FEARLESS

Miniatures: 5 Classic Films Who Brought The Impossible To Life By Going Small

Francesca Escarraga

If there’s any kind of magic that exists in the world, filmmaking is undoubtedly one of the first thing that comes to mind. And some of the industry's best have pulled off truly mind-blowing feats by shrinking things down.

Beyond I, Tonya: 7 more revisionist sports biopics we’d love to see | Opinions | LIVING LIFE FEARLESS

Beyond I, Tonya: 7 More Revisionist Sports Biopics We’d Love to See

I, Tonya, which won a Golden Globe for supporting actress Allison Janney and since notched acting Oscar nominations for both Janney and Margot Robbie, has shown that there’s an appetite out there for nontraditional sports biopics, telling versions of stories that you thought you knew well, but telling them from a surprising or counter-intuitive angle.

Forget Traditional Humor, Dramedies and Dark Comedies Are the Cure to Your Gloom | Features | LIVING LIFE FEARLESS

Forget Traditional Humor, Dramedies and Dark Comedies Are the Cure to Your Gloom

'Dramedies' and dark comedies that don’t make you forget your drama, but help you reevaluate it and capture some of its bitter-sweet beauty is the type of cinematic experience with real healing power.

Tribeca Film Festival 2019 Wrapup: 20 Paragraphs About 20 Films | Features | LIVING LIFE FEARLESS

Tribeca Film Festival 2019 Wrapup: 20 Paragraphs About 20 Films

The annual Tribeca Film Festival wrapped up on Sunday, here's a look at the 20 films I saw at the festival - some in person, and others on awards screeners.

A List of Rock's Essential Viewing: Documentaries and Concerts Galore | Features | LIVING LIFE FEARLESS

A List of Rock’s Essential Viewing: Documentaries and Concerts Galore

Ljubinko Zivkovic

Oftentimes music documentaries are aimed squarely at their respective fandoms, but there’s quite a few that should be viewed from a much wider cultural perspective. Here's a list of some that should be essential viewing.

A List of Rock's Essential Viewing: Social Commentary | Features | LIVING LIFE FEARLESS

A List of Rock’s Essential Viewing: Social Commentary

Ljubinko Zivkovic

There are a number of great movies in which rock, and other musical genres, play an integral part in the larger social messages they are attempting to convey, and here's a list of some essential ones that do that better than most.

The Top 20 Music Documentaries of 2019 | Features | LIVING LIFE FEARLESS

The Top 20 Music Documentaries of 2019

What was an overall strong year for movies was especially strong when it came to documentaries about music, musicians, and music history. Here are the year's 20 best.

Reviewing Seven Summer Political Documentaries | Features | LIVING LIFE FEARLESS

Reviewing Seven Summer Political Documentaries

It's an election year, and if instead of watching the two party conventions this month you'd prefer a more cinematic view of politics, various streaming services and other platforms have launched a series of political documentaries throughout this summer.

From Robin Williams to Stacy Abrams: A Fall Documentary Roundup | Features | LIVING LIFE FEARLESS

From Robin Williams to Stacy Abrams: A Fall Documentary Roundup

Due to the proliferation of streaming services, and also the pandemic pushing a whole new class of movies to video on demand channels, there's been a sudden glut of documentaries in the late summer and early fall.

Bruce, Byrne, Beasties, and Bee Gees: The Best Music Documentaries of 2020 | Features | LIVING LIFE FEARLESS

Bruce, Byrne, Beasties, and Bee Gees: The Best Music Documentaries of 2020

Music, and the stories behind the music, was the subject of a lot of documentaries in 2020. Ranging from legacy acts looking back into their pasts to rare untold stories of cult favorites.

The Movies of the 2020/2021 Limbo | Features | LIVING LIFE FEARLESS

The Movies of the 2020/2021 Limbo

With the 2020 "Oscar season" looking very different, there's a whole 60-day period in which movies with serious ambitions are coming out every day. Here's some of the notable ones.

Ranking the 15 Oscar-Nominated Short Films | Features | LIVING LIFE FEARLESS

Ranking the 15 Oscar-Nominated Short Films

Short films have historically been among the most obscure Oscars of each year, but thanks to streaming things are starting to change. Here's our ranking of this year's nominees and where you can watch each one.

Three About Sondheim: A Trio Of Great Documentaries About The Musical Theater Master | Features | LIVING LIFE FEARLESS

Three About Sondheim: A Trio Of Great Documentaries About The Musical Theater Master

Stephen Sondheim's recent passing sparked worldwide mourning from theatre fans all over the world ― in addition to the countless songs there are three great documentaries worth checking out.

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