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June 2019 U.S. Releases Directed by Women

June 7 Late Night dir. Nisha Ganatra (LIMITED) Framing John DeLorean dir. Don Argott & Sheena M. Joyce (LIMITED)

June 14 Being Frank dir. Miranda Bailey (LIMITED) Head Count dir. Elle Callahan (LIMITED)

June 26 The Chambermaid dir. Lila Avilés (LIMITED)

Framing John DeLorean - Documentary Poster

2019 has seen no shortage of documentaries about the rise and self-destruction of so-called American geniuses. Two of the highest profile docs so far this year were Hulu and Netflix’s dueling films about the 2017 Fyre Festival, both of which were just as much about its founder—the notoriously charismatic and sociopathic fraudster Billy McFarland—as they were about the doomed music festival. Likewise, two of the docs premiering at this year’s Tribeca Film Festival are about similar forces of personality who wooed the world with their brilliance before collapsing in on themselves through a mixture of hubris, arrogance, and disastrous business decisions. The first, Frédéric Tcheng’s Halston, is an underwhelming look at the enfant terrible of 70s fashion in America, the eponymous Halston whose minimalistic, chic designs made him the toast of the New York fashion scene before his tyrannical personality and catastrophic choice to design a ready-to-wear franchise for J. C. Penney destroyed his credibility in high fashion and transformed him into a societal pariah before his tragic death of HIV/AIDS in 1990.

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2017:167 — Batman

(1989 - Tim Burton) **** Rewatch

2017:168 — Batman Returns

(1992 - Tim Burton) *** Rewatch

2017:169 — Batman & Bill

Batman & Bill (2017)

Everyone thinks that Bob Kane created Batman, but that’s not the whole truth. One author makes it his crusade to seek justice for Bill Finger, a struggling writer who was the key figure in creating the iconic superhero, from concept to costume to the very character we all know and love. Bruce Wayne may be Batman’s secret identity, but his creator was always a true mystery.

Directed by:   Don Argott & Sheena M. Joyce

Starring:   Athena Finger, Roy Thomas, Michael Uslan, Thomas Andrae, Marc Tyler Nobleman, Alethia Mariotta, Kevin Smith