Joshua Oppenheimer

  • Festivals

Context and Conversation: The Discourse within Telluride’s Programming

It is a common feature of film festivals for the selections in the program to be conversant with one another.…

7 years ago
  • Festivals

Telluride or Die: Telluride’s Student Symposium is a Young Filmmaker’s Dream Come True, Says a 2017 Grad

I had the honor of attending last weekend's Telluride Film Festival as a member of its 44th Student Symposium, which…

7 years ago
  • Documentary

“I Don’t Give Audiences Breathers:” More Conversation with Joshua Oppenheimer

In MovieMaker's Summer 2015 issue, critic Sam Adams interviewed Joshua Oppenheimer and offered a sage contemplation on the intellectual and…

9 years ago
  • Documentary
  • Summer 2015

A Cinema of Confrontation: With The Look of Silence, Joshua Oppenheimer Ekes Truth from Guilt and Denial

Over the years, many filmmakers have redefined documentary. Few, however, have composed a new vocabulary for the medium as systematically…

9 years ago
  • Articles
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  • Documentary

MovieMaker Editor’s Weekend Pick: The Act of Killing

Two MovieMaker editors talk about their favorite moments in Joshua Oppenheimer’s The Act of Killing, a shockingly unique record of…

11 years ago