The Film Panel Notetaker

Delta Boys – World Premiere
Q&A with director Andrew Berends
Stranger Than Fiction at IFC Center
May 29, 2012
New York, NY
Notes by Brian Geldin

In 2008 while making his documentary Delta Boys, filmmaker Andrew Berends (The Blood of My Brother, When Adnan Comes Home) was arrested and falsely accused of espionage at the bustling Nembe waterside in Port Harcourt, [...]

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Salesman
Q&A with director Albert Maysles
Stranger Than Fiction at IFC Center
New York, NY
May 22, 2012
Notes by Brian Geldin
I have been very lucky to see Albert Maysles speak at several discussions after viewing his collaborative work with his late brother David, and Tuesday night, I was captivated again upon my first screening of the Maysles Bros. classic, [...]

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Hard to believe 2011 is almost over already. It’s been another great year of notes from film panels and filmmaker Q&As, but I have to give most of the credit to my contributing notetakers Erin Scherer, Liz Nord, Erin Essenmacher, and Rebecca Banach, all of whom have an incredible knack for transforming source discussion into compelling summations and analysis. We also had the great privilege to be chosen by The Christian Science Monitor as a blog partners in its Culture Cafe.

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The Tillman Story
Q&A with Director Amir Bar-Lev
Stranger Than Fiction
December 20, 2010
IFC Center
New York, NY
The Film Panel Notetaker is no stranger to Stranger Than Fiction, but for the first time we co-presented an evening at the invitation of STF founder Thom Powers on the occasion of our 5th anniversary, and what a powerful film [...]

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One-on-One Q&A with Amir Bar-Lev – Director, The Tillman Story

The Film Panel Notetaker will co-present Amir Bar-Lev’s The Tillman Story at Stranger Than Fiction at IFC Center on Monday, Dec. 20 at 8:00 P.M. The Tillman Story will be available on DVD beginning February 1 (Pre-Order here), but if you can’t wait, or already saw the [...]

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To commemorate its 5th Anniversary, The Film Panel Notetaker will co-present Amir Bar-Lev’s, The Tillman Story at Stranger Than Fiction at IFC Center on Monday, Dec. 20 at 8:00 P.M. A Q&A with Bar-Lev will follow the screening. To read more about the screening and to purchase tickets, visit http://stfdocs.com/films/the_tillman_story/.

About The Tillman Story:
When Pat Tillman [...]

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12th & Delaware
Q&A with Co-Director Rachel Grady
Stranger Than Fiction
November 16, 2010
IFC Center
New York, NY
Notes by Brian Geldin
For those of The Film Panel Notetaker’s loyal followers who’ve been pining for some more notes from film discussions, my apologies for the long wait. The past two months have been extremely busy for me, but in the best [...]

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CRUDE Screening & Benefit for Joe Berlinger’s Legal Defense Fund
Stranger Than Fiction
June 22, 2010
New York, NY
By Brian Geldin

L to R: Thom Powers, Joe Berlinger, Maura Wogan, Morgan Spurlock and Michael Winship. Not pictured: Ilan Maazel. Photo by Brian Geldin.
As reported in the press recently, Chevron served a subpoena on Joe Berlinger’s documentary CRUDE in [...]

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“The Cove”
Q&A with Louie Psihoyos and Fisher Stevens
Stranger Than Fiction
February 8, 2010 (Notes by Brian Geldin)
IFC Center
New York, NY

(L to R: Thom Powers, Louie Psihoyas & Fisher Stevens. Photo by Brian Geldin)
Stranger Than Fiction continued its string of screenings this season of 2010 Academy-Award nominated documentaries Monday night with “The Cove.” (STF recently screened Oscar [...]

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A Night with Ross McElwee
“Charleen” and “Backyard”
Stranger Than Fiction
February 2, 2010 (Notes by Brian Geldin)
IFC Center
New York, NY

Ross McElwee, perhaps most noted for his films “Sherman’s March,” “Time Indefinite,” and “Bright Leaves” presented two lesser-seen gems Tuesday night during Stranger Than Fiction – “Charleen” (starring the outspoken Southern poetry teacher Charleen who later appears again [...]

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