Frederick Wiseman has been making documentaries for the last 40 years, turning a sharp eye on a huge number of social and cultural institutions. His new film, "La Danse: The Paris Opera Ballet," ...

Like all of his documentaries, La Danse, Wiseman’s 38th film and his second on ballet (1995’s Ballet captured the American Ballet Theater), forgoes voiceover and identifying intertitles, allowing for ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. In 1995, Frederick Wiseman released his documentary ‘Ballet,’ a nearly ...

Minnesota Film Arts, god bless ‘em, has gotten a hold of director Frederick Wiseman’s much-talked-about new documentary, “La Danse: The Paris Opera Ballet.” The film opens this weekend at the St.

To me, the best movies aren’t just movies, they are experiences. In the case of my own top ten, these are the films that really mattered to me, the ones that I watched and pondered, discussed and ...

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The last great dance film (vastly more fun than anything from modern Hollywood) was Ballets Russes five years ago, a celebration of old dancers’ nostalgia for golden days in the Thirties and Forties, ...

Frederick Wiseman has spent more than 40 years as a documentary filmmaker, virtually defining the “fly on the wall” approach... Frederick Wiseman has spent more than 40 years as a documentary ...

At this point Frederick Wiseman’s documentaries are almost beyond reproach. For more than 40 years he’s stuck to the same ascetic storytelling style: no title cards, no voice-over narration, no ...

Documentary filmmaker Frederick Wiseman applies his famously organic storytelling style to the Paris Opera Ballet, and the result is a dance film like no other. In the numerous rehearsal scenes ...