Critics thought that Vertov concentrated more on technique and less on meaning, and also that his rhythms were completely ...

The magic of Dziga Vertov’s ground-breaking film appeals to modern audiences more than ever, writes Phoebe Taplin. This month, for the first time, the British Film Institute’s “Sight and Sound” ...

David Abelevich Kaufman – a.k.a. Dziga Vertov, a Ukrainian phrase meaning “spinning top” – is best known for his pioneering 1929 film “Man With a Movie Camera,” a snapshot of daily life in various ...

He might be the most influential filmmaker hardly anyone knows anything about. Though his admirers have run the gamut — Charlie Chaplin, Jean-Luc Godard, those who venerate cinéma vérité — his ...

One of the works that documentary film pioneer Dziga Vertov shot in the beginning of the 20th century is today considered by some to be among the best films of all time, while his other films still ...

LONDON — Dziga Vertov’s 1929 silent film “Man with a Movie Camera” has been voted the world’s best documentary ever by a poll of filmmakers and critics organized by the British Film Institute’s Sight ...

In the most recent Sight & Sound poll – that gold standard of film polls – Dziga Vertov's 1929 film was named the eighth best film of all time. If anything, that placing seems a little low. No other ...

David Abelevich Kaufman – a.k.a. Dziga Vertov, a Ukrainian phrase meaning “spinning top” – is best known for his pioneering 1929 film “Man With a Movie Camera,” a snapshot of daily life in various ...

LONDON — Dziga Vertov’s 1929 silent film “Man with a Movie Camera” has been voted the world’s best documentary ever by a poll of filmmakers and critics organized by the British Film Institute’s Sight ...