Sundance 2020: The evolution of L.A.-based news pales in comparison to the personal story in Matt Yokaâs documentary Elizabeth Weitzman | January 26, 2020 @ 3:15 PM Thereâs more, though. And since itâs not presented as a spoiler, it should be…
Sundance 2020 Documentaries: How I Shot That
Chris O’Falt Jan 29, 2020 1:32 pm Shooting âWhirlybirdâ Dir: Matt Yoka Format: 2.8k ProRes 4444Camera: ARRI Alexa MiniLens: Panavision PCZ 19-90mm T2.8 zoom Cinematographer Ed Herrera: Our earliest conversations revolved around the color photographs of Nan Goldin from the 1980âs. Thereâs something inherently personal…
âWhirlybirdâ Review: An Absorbing Look at a Sky News Pioneerâs Unconventional Life
Jude Dry Jan 29, 2020 12:39 pm The Tur family tale, in which a plucky young couple fall in love and raise children to a soundtrack of manhunts and forest fires, is undeniably compelling and an obvious fit for the…
Sundance Film Review: âWhirlybirdâ Soars Just As High As Its Subject
BY TONI GONZALES -January 30, 2020 The history of Los Angeles isnât in a museum that you visit. No, it sits on thousands of videotapes in a U-haul storage unit. Or, it did until director Matt Yoka and his team came along to convert…
Whirlybird premieres at the Sundance Film Festival
News Up Now Gleidson Martins January 29, 2020
Sundance 2020: Whirlybird
Matt Yoka beautifully weaves in archival footage with contemporary interviews. One can look at Whirlybird as a time capsule. The film captures around 40 years or so in the industry. When it comes to the news business, itâs about being in the…
Sundance 2020 reviews: Day 4
Scott Renshaw on January 27, 2020 The central subject is the founders of L.A. News Service, a breaking news operation that began by chasing police scanner calls at street level in the 1980s, before taking to the skies with helicopter footage that…
Sundance Review: Whirlybird Explores the Adrenaline-Fueled Aerial News Game
Matt Cipolla January 28, 2020 Itâs curious to see something like Whirlybird in a time when traditional television use is 1.) on the decline and 2.) retroactively looked as a precursor to todayâs voyeurism. Director Matt Yoka frames the archive footage almost…
The LGBTQ Films of Sundance 2020
by Daniel Reynolds Many of the year’s best films â LGBTQ or otherwise â gain momentum at the Sundance Film Festival, the annual cinematic gathering in Park City, Utah. This year’s queer offerings are the strongest yet. Below, see the…
âWhirlybirdâ shows a filmmaker swinging for the fences at Sundance
Entertainment | January 23, 2020 JAY MEEHAN With adrenaline driving the narrative from both the air and the ground, the never-ending breaking news cycle and the competition to capture its most intriguing visual aspects for L.A.âs prime-time news make for a…