It’s very rare that a regarded documentary crew would get banned away from filming on Capitol Hill, but this morning, Gasland director Josh Fox was arrested and charged with “unlawful entry” after House Republicans specifically requested his removal from the hydrofracking hearing. Read more »
Ever wonder why the cassette made a comeback, as it sounds comparatively shitty and wait, they still make those? Well, learn up with this here Cassette: A Documentary Film in progress as various industry and cultural talking heads assure you it’s “not necrophilia” to like tape. Read more »
This is not the first nor the last documentary to be made about Bruce Lee, because he’s Bruce fucking Lee! But, let’s see this trailer, why not. I Am Bruce Lee features “people who knew Bruce intimately” and excited commentary by Mickey Rourke, Black Eyed Peas’ Taboo and Kobe Bryant for some reason. Read more »
Did you know that A History of Violence was the last film to be released on videotape? Remember going to the video rental store? Remember Elvira, Heavy Metal Parking Lot, Toxic Avenger? Now check the REWIND THIS! documentary, “the definitive account of the home video revolution and a showcase of its continuing legacy.” Read more »
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will announce a monopolistic new rule this week, only allowing documentary films to be nominated for the 2013 Oscar if they were reviewed by either The New York Times or The Los Angeles Times. Read more »
Premiering tonight at the FilmForum, Gianfranco Rosi’s El Sicario: Room 164 takes you into a drab hotel room where a hooded narco hitman with $250,ooo contract on his head will boast about his 20 years of killing and torturing hundreds. Read more »
Judy Chaikin’s new documentary The Girls in the Band is finally premiering in the US next month at the Palm Springs International Film Festival. Highlighting the stories of some badass chicks who were awesome musicians and got on stage to do something other than croon in a shiny dress, from the 1930′s and to the present. Read more »
This fresh trailer for Magnolia’s Jiro Dreams of Sushi is full of majestic, mouthwatering, slow-motion food porn that going to make you want to run out immediately for an amorous chomp on some succulent, delicately prepared raw fish. You’ve been warned. Read more »
Here’s a fresh trailer for New York Is Now which appears to be an art world doc featuring Richard Phillips, Spencer Tunick, other fancy people, gallery run-tours, enthusiastic hand gestures and disembodied catchphrases like “They don’t see art anymore, they see money.” Read more »
Here’s a trailer for the documentary The Rep on repertory movie theaters where you watch the best/cultiest/classic-most of cinema. From NYC’s FilmForum to Austin’s Alamo Drafthouse to LA’s New Beverly, these are our musty cathedrals, film nerds. Read more »
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