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When one thinks of documentaries that could rightly be described as “enjoyable,” a look into the life and work of men and women sitting behind obituary desks at the world’s largest newspaper doesn’t instantly leap to mind. However, in the hands of director Vanessa Gould, that’s ostensibly what one gets in her latest film, Obit.

Obit introduces us to the obituary writing team at The New York Times, led by editor William McDonald, and his team including writers Bruce Weber, Margalit Fox, William Grimes and Paul Vitello, among others. All with distinct senses of humor and perspective, Gould’s film shines a distinctly vital light on each writer and the process they and the paper go through to pen their pieces. From giving a word length to a person’s life, to trying to define just what constitutes an obituary in today’s boundary pushing world, each...

Obit Kino Lorber Director: Vanessa Gould Written by: Vanessa Gould Cast: Bruce Weber, William McDonald, Margalit Fox, William Grimes, Douglas Martin, Paul Vitello, Jeff Roth, Jack Kadden, Peter Keepnews, Dolores Morrison, Jack Pareles, Daniel Slotnik, Earl Wilson Opens: April 26 at New York’s Film Forum “Would you like to live to 100?” is a question […]

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Kino Lorber has acquired U.S. rights to Vanessa Gould's documentary Obit., which offers a rare inside look that the New York Times‘ obituaries desk. The pic, which had its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival, now has an April 26, 2017 release date at New York's Film Forum and Lincoln Plaza Cinema before expanding wider. Longtime Nyt obituary editor William McDonald and past and present staff are featured as the discuss the art of crafting stories of unusual and…...

Exclusive You don’t have to be, let’s say, of a certain age to appreciate a good obituary. In her new documentary Obit, premiering today at the Tribeca Film Festival – and with a teaser trailer debuting right here – director Vanessa Gould takes an unprecedented look at The New York Times‘ legendary obit department. Obit editor William McDonald, along with past and present staff writers Bruce Weber, Margalit Fox, William Grimes, Douglas Martin and Paul Vitello open up…...