Errol Morris Articles

Joyce McKinney, Errol Morris' Tabloid A few days ago, the Detroit Film Critics chose Michel Hazanavicius' The Artist, starring Jean Dujardin and Bérénice Bejo, as their top film of 2011. Set in Hollywood at the dawn of the sound era, The Artist is currently the favorite for the 2012 Best Picture Oscar. Competition, however, remains fierce, including Martin Scorsese's Hugo, Steven Spielberg's War Horse, and [...]

Jodie Foster, Kate Winslet in Roman Polanski's Carnage THE ARTIST, Kidnapped Mormon Missionary/Sex-Slave Documentary TABLOID Top Detroit Film Critics Awards BEST PICTURE * THE ARTIST THE DESCENDANTS HUGO TAKE SHELTER THE TREE OF LIFE BEST DIRECTOR * MICHEL HAZANAVICIUS – THE ARTIST TERRENCE MALICK – THE TREE OF LIFE JEFF NICHOLS – TAKE SHELTER MARTIN SCORSESE– HUGO NICHOLAS WINDING REFN – DRIVE BEST ACTOR GEORGE [...]

CAPTURING REALITY: THE ART OF DOCUMENTARY (2008) Director: Pepita Ferrari Cast: Kevin Macdonald, Jean-Xavier de Lestrade, Jennifer Baichwal, Eduardo Coutinho, Joan Churchill, Nick Broomfield, Patricio Guzmán, Werner Herzog, Jessica Yu, Scott Hicks, Albert Maysles, Errol Morris, Hubert Sauper, Peter Wintonick Pepita Ferrari's Capturing Reality: The Art of Documentary Pepita Ferrari’s 2008 documentary on the insights of the documentarian’s craft, Capturing Reality: The Art of Documentary, [...]

From Paul Newman to Leonardo DiCaprio – Non-Nominated Actors: Biggest Oscar Snubs #8g For better or for worse, Errol Morris' 1988 documentary The Thin Blue Line has become so influential that it's now commonplace for documentary filmmakers to use (however cheesy) reenactments whenever they get the chance. Additionally, Morris' investigative piece, which argued that a man had been wrongly convicted of murder thanks to Dallas [...]