Dan Einav

Writing and editorial freelancer. Features on film, music and TV found in @FTLifeArts

[Dan Einav @einav_dan]

Can you survive as a filmmaker who speaks truth to power? I spoke to three of the biggest names in the genre, @aiww, @TheDissidentMov director Bryan Fogel, and Gianfranco Rosi, to discuss the state of the documentary today for @ftweekend
https://t.co/iZlMxOz3Dv

[Dan Einav @einav_dan]

The Nest, an exquisite domestic drama that plays out like a thriller is out today. I spoke to the director Sean Durkin for the FT on the horror of family.

https://t.co/cmoSc9vxlA

[Dan Einav @einav_dan]

@IanDunt Hi Ian thought you might be interested in my interview with the director Bryan Fogel about the difficulties he encountered getting The Dissident released. The piece also features @aiww and Gianfranco Rosi talking about the decline of political docs.

https://t.co/iZlMxOz3Dv

[Dan Einav @einav_dan]

It was a real pleasure to speak with Best Picture and Best Director nominee Lee Isaac Chung about his beautiful film @MinariMovie for the FT. #Oscars

[Financial Times @FinancialTimes]

Director Lee Isaac Chung almost quit the business before making his new film Minari — now it is nominated for six Oscars https://t.co/eyqnMsh820

[International Documentary Association (IDA) @IDAorg]

This week, @einav_dan asks whether docmakers can speak truth to power in the age of Netflix for @FinancialTimes, @Sohonet dives into the Ken Burns-directed doc on Ernest Hemingway, @UCIrvineIPAT reviews #fairuse over the last 2 years, and more.
https://t.co/IvVdLeENcM

[Alex Jackson @alexkeysjackson]

Great @FTLifeArts @einav_dan feature on the struggle to speak truth to power in the age of streaming w/ @aiww & @bryanfogel.

“The message that has been sent is clear: you cannot survive if you question power.” https://t.co/RSg9QV48kD

[Dogwoof @Dogwoof]

Will political documentary survive the age of Netflix? https://t.co/KPIkcKNyWh via @financialtimes

[Raf Sanchez @rafsanchez]

Very interesting look by @einav_dan at the future of political documentaries when streaming giants are wary of angering China + other authoritarian regimes.

Netflix’s refusal to distribute The Dissident - about Khashoggi’s murder - isn’t encouraging. https://t.co/DC8iZiSvRa

[FT Weekend @ftweekend]

Does music become tainted when its creator has done terrible things? 'Be My Baby' producer Philip Spector went to prison for murder – does his crime run the joy elicited by the indelible beats that open the song? Read here to find out more: https://t.co/QOwNopM62Q

[艾未未 Ai Weiwei @aiww]

Will political documentary survive the age of Netflix? | Financial Times https://t.co/1fxp9GaiKb

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'"Famous Blue Raincoat" offers up perhaps the clearest synthesis of Cohen the poet-novelist and Cohen the singer-songwriter.' Dan Einav on Leonard Cohen's tale of adultery, regret and loneliness https://t.co/leVHGLvewP

[Dan Einav @einav_dan]

To be fair to my landlord here, he's taken a run-of-the-mill complaint about a leak in my room and elevated it to a metaphysical debate. #londonliving #landlords #generationrent

[Dan Einav @einav_dan]

I wrote about the ultimate road trip song, CCR's electrified anti-privilege anthem "Fortunate Son", for this week's @FTLifeArts "Life of a Song".

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It was the lavish wedding of Nixon’s daughter and Eisenhower’s grandson – while thousands of American soldiers were being sent to their deaths in Vietnam – that was the final straw for Creedence Clearwater Revival's John Fogerty. So he wrote Fortunate Son https://t.co/oPgnIkhSM2

[Dan Einav @einav_dan]

Another plug for my interview with the excellent @sharonvanetten in today's @FTLifeArts

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For the best part of a decade, the American singer-songwriter Sharon Van Etten has penned achingly beautiful, heartbreaking records. But her latest album has surprised reviewers and fans alike https://t.co/iH2rMCKSM8

[Dan Einav @einav_dan]

I met with one of the best singer-songwriters working today, @sharonvanetten, for this weekend's @FT to talk about her latest album (for me, the best of 2019 so far), personal growth and mental health. Give it a read here:

[FT Weekend @ftweekend]

For the best part of a decade, the American singer-songwriter Sharon Van Etten has penned achingly beautiful, heartbreaking records about her experiences of heartbreak. But her latest album has surprised reviewers and fans alike https://t.co/tkxUGmuPP8

[Dan Einav @einav_dan]

Bob Dylan wrote it, Jimi Hendrix turned it into a rock anthem. Here's my piece about the story behind "All Along the Watchtower" https://t.co/4X73ZgqOg8

[FT Weekend @ftweekend]

Who performed it better? Bob Dylan or Jimi Hendrix? https://t.co/GVNBATPEQj

[Dan Einav @einav_dan]

I interviewed the brilliant British director Andrew Haigh for the FT about his new film @LeanOnPeteMovie out in the UK on 4 May. Give it a read here: https://t.co/PFMSo5ntxu https://t.co/SriRiVE4U2

[FT Weekend @ftweekend]

'[Charlie] Plummer is wise beyond his years; he considers his scenes and tries to feel them in the moment' https://t.co/PoG6HAYR6N