Sylvie of the Sunshine State (movie 2022) review: Sasha Levinson’s mother and daughter documentary depicts the difficulties of parenting during the COVID-19 pandemic era.
Documentaries
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It’s So Easy and Other Lies (movie 2016) review: Guns N’ Roses bassist Duff McKagan is the subject of the biographical documentary geared to fans.
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Harry Potter plus Clint Eastwood equals The Decline of Western Civilization? They’re all connected as Packard plays both Misty and Heavy Metal.
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Around China with a Movie Camera (film 2015) review: British Film Institute compilation offers a magical window into long-gone Chinese sights.
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Amy (movie 2015) review: Asif Kapadia’s remarkable Amy Winehouse documentary chronicles the rise and fall of the tragic singer.
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Best Documentary Short Oscar Contenders: The prospect of death and Illness are key topics plus art, oil and a hotline for war veterans.
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The San Francisco Silent Film Festival’s ‘A Night at the Cinema in 1914’ was the second best thing to a time machine. World War I and Charles Chaplin featured.
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Sarah Polley [with camera] directing Stories We Tell. Stories We Tell & Blackfish out of Oscar race: Does that mean the Academy’s Documentary Branch is ‘anti-female’? Besides Tom Hanks and…
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Justin Bieber Believe Bombs but comparisons to Never Say Never unfair + David O. Russell Movies: All-Star Crime Film to become his biggest box office hit?
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Buck Angel documentary Mr. Angel. Buck Angel documentary ‘Mr. Angel’ DVD: Life of the transgender adult star In the United States, it’s Thanksgiving Day on Thursday, Nov. 28. It’s an inspirational…
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Gay Erotic Thriller Wins Cannes Award + Jerry Lewis ‘Disastrous’ Comeback + ‘Pussy Riot’ Documentary
Gay erotic thriller Stranger by the Lake: Cannes Film Festival’s Queer Palm winner. Gay erotic thriller ‘Stranger by the Lake’ is Cannes’ Queer Palm winner Writer-director Alain Guiraudie’s gay erotic…
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War on Whistleblowers (movie 2013) review: Robert Greenwald presents an indictment of the United States government and its eagerness to maintain its dirty secrets hidden from view.
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Werner Herzog Burden of Dreams: Les Blank documentary about the making of Herzog’s troubled Fitzcarraldo. Documentary filmmaker Les Blank has died: Best remembered for Werner Herzog documentary ‘Burden of Dreams’…
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Best Documentary Oscar: Michael Moore Changes Miserable Failure? + ‘Subversive’ Iranian Filmmaker Jafar Panahi in despite house arrest and smuggled movie.
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2016 Obama’s America free on demand: Anti-Obama movie used as political tool? 2016 Obama’s America, Dinesh D’Souza and John Sullivan’s anti-Obama documentary, has been derided by the vast majority of…
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Seth MacFarlane Oscars host confirmed: Unusual pick Seth MacFarlane, best known internationally for the comedy box office hit Ted, will host the 2013 Oscar ceremony on Sunday, Feb. 24, Oscarcast…
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2016 Obama’s America poster. Barack Obama movie 2016 about to end its run Oct. 6 update: 2016 Obama’s America is on its last legs at the domestic box office. Despite…
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South (movie 1919) review: Explorer Ernest Shackleton and his landmark Antarctic expedition are depicted in beautiful and harrowing detail in this silent era documentary.
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Kirk Cameron made headlines in early March after appearing on CNN’s Piers Morgan Show, where Cameron voiced his views on homosexuality: “I think that it’s – it’s – it’s unnatural.…
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Pierre Schoendoerffer, who won an Academy Award for the 1967 Vietnam War documentary The Anderson Platoon, died following an operation at a hospital outside Paris. He was 83. While still…
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The Artist‘s Michel Hazanavicius is the only first-timer among the five nominated directors for the 2012 Directors Guild of America Awards. Hazanavicius’ competition consists of Woody Allen for Midnight in…
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Film Critics Awards: Mormon Missionary Sex Slave documentary surprise win + ‘sex drama’ tops acting categories + and Hollywood homage fave status.
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Swedish lesbian film: Ruth Vega Fernandez and Liv Mjönes in With Every Heartbeat. AUDIENCE AWARDS Breakthrough Section (award accompanied by a $5,000 cash prize) WITH EVERY HEARTBEAT by Alexandra-Therese Keining…
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Glenn Close: Palm Springs Film Festival Career Achievement Award Glenn Close’s publicists must have been working round the clock these last few months. A highly likely Best Actress Oscar contender…
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Festival of Legends: Bob Dylan, Joan Baez and Peter Yarrow in Murray Lerner Oscar-Nominated Folk Music Documentary.
Lord Montagu (movie 2013) review: Real-life victim of British anti-gay bigotry went on to become a successful businessman and popular jet-setter.
Topics at the San Francisco Silent Film Festival’s Amazing Tales from the Archives included Fred Ott’s seminal ‘sneeze face’ and the technological Charles Chaplin.
Call Me Kuchu (movie 2012) review: Though focused on anti-gay bigotry in Uganda, this well-made documentary is a reminder that deadly hate is a global plague.
Kathryn Bigelow and Benh Zeitlin are Best Director favorites but Michael Haneke surprisingly bypassed also for Best Screenplay despite acclaimed film.
2016 Obama’s America: Organized misinformation campaign against 2016 movie as box office grosses plummet? Dinesh D’Souza and John Sullivan’s 2016 Obama’s America was down 53 percent at the North American…
Saoirse Ronan, Max Irons, The Host ‘The Host’ trailer “The Earth is at peace. There are no wars. There’s no hunger,” intones Saoirse Ronan in The Host‘s teaser trailer (see…
Bruce the Shark to leave Universal + The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Filmmakers vs. Critic spat and slavery in 20th-century America at Sundance.