Review: Leviathan
Watching Leviathan made me think about how important the venue is for certain movies. The same goes for the difference between idea/intent and ...
Tag: Documentary
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Trailer: After Porn Ends
You guys like sex and porn, right? Ever thought about what happens to your favorite porn stars after they leave the industry? Scratch ...
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Review: Deceptive Practice
For years I’ve had a mild obsession with Ricky Jay. He’s one of the best living magicians in the world. He’s an archaeologist ...
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Review: Room 237
[This review was originally posted as part of our 2012 New York Film Festival coverage. It has been reposted to coincide with the ...
Scorsese and Steve James making doc about Roger Ebert
Last week, Roger Ebert dropped the news that his memoir, Life Itself, would be turned into a documentary by Steve James (Hoop Dreams, ...
Help the director of The Cove pull off The Heist
2009’s The Cove was an award-winning eco-doc that played like an action-thriller. It examined the whaling culture in Japan and exposed the brutal ...
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Trailer: A Liar’s Autobiography
I just happened to watch Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life over the weekend, and it reinforced two things. Meaning of Life is way better ...
Flix for Short: The Dude
You might have heard that Jeff “The Dude” Lebowski of The Big Lebowski was based on a real person. (Much like Walter Sobchak, ...
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Trailer: How to Make Money Selling Drugs
Unfortunately for broke hipsters like myself, this isn’t some “how to” documentary as the title suggests. I was lured in with false promises ...
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Trailer: Heart of Dorkness
In 2007 director Patrick Read Johnson created a movie, called 5-25-77, based on his real life experiences growing up in a small Midwestern ...
Review: Wild Horse, Wild Ride
Buck was a surprise of a documentary. It focused on Dan “Buck” Brannaman, one of the real-life horse trainers who inspired the Nicholas ...
Flix for Short: The Real Rocky
Rocky has always been a sentimental favorite, and I think it’s because I like stories about impossible struggles. That quiet moment of doubt ...