Flixclusive Interview: Cutie and the Boxer
I might have missed Ushio and Noriko Shinohara’s apartment if it wasn’t for the doorbell and the little handwritten sign above it. Now ...
Tag: Documentary
Trailers
Trailer: The Pervert’s Guide to Ideology w/ Slavoj Zizek
I really enjoyed the free-wheeling philosophical monologue that was The Pervert’s Guide to Ideology with Slavoj Žižek. Directed by Sophie Fiennes’s, the film ...
A clip from The Act of Killing on history’s winners
The Act of Killing is one of my picks for best films of 2013. It’s a disturbing and yet fascinating documentary in which ...
Help complete the doc Ultimate Christian Wrestling
About a year ago I reviewed the documentary Ultimate Christian Wrestling and did an interview with directors Jae-Ho Chang and Tara Autovino. The ...
Sony Pictures Classics acquires Jodorowsky’s Dune
There was a double dose of Alejandro Jodorowsky at Cannes earlier in the year, which made me wish I was there. The biggie ...
NYC: See Bending Steel at Coney Island for free on 7/8
One of my favorite films from the 2013 Tribeca Film Festival was Bending Steel, a documentary on Chris Schoeck’s quest to become an ...
Reviews
NYAFF Review: Taiwan Black Movies
Sometimes it’s difficult for documentaries to convey all they hope to convey, especially when the documentary is about a film genre or a ...
Reviews
Review: Behind the Camera: Why Mr. E Went to Hollywood
As a reviewer, there’s only so many, there is a constant cloud hanging over my head questioning whether or not I am just ...
Trailers
Trailer: One Direction: This Is Us
It was really only a matter of time before there was a One Direction documentary. After being formed in and finishing in 3rd ...
Reviews
Review: A Band Called Death
It’s weird what manages to slip through the cracks. In last year’s Academy Award-winning documentary Searching for Sugar Man, the music of Sixto Rodriguez ...
Review: After Tiller
Before After Tiller even began, I thought I knew how I was going to start this review: I was going to comment on the ...
Reviews
Review: High Tech, Low Life
The semantic distinction some people make between “journalist” and “blogger” is pretty amusing. Many cling to one term or the other to describe ...