‘Dear Zachary’ Airs on MSNBC Tonight!
Posted on December 19, 2008 - Filed Under Documentary | Leave a Comment
Filed under: Documentary, Fandom, Home Entertainment, Trailers and Clips
Ever since we began championing the fantastic documentary Dear Zachary earlier this year, several of you have written in wanting to know where and when you can see it for yourselves. Well, cancel plans for tonight because the flick will air on MSNBC later this evening at […]
Read More..>>‘Wire’ and ‘Waltz’ Split the IDA Documentary Awards
Posted on December 19, 2008 - Filed Under Documentary | Leave a Comment
Filed under: Documentary, Foreign Language, Independent, Awards, Oscar Watch, Cinematical Indie
The votes for top honors at the 2008 International Documentary Association (IDA) Awards were split between two very different docs: Man on Wire, about the whimsical Frenchman who walked a tightrope between the Twin Towers in 1974; and Waltz with Bashir, a memoir of life […]
Tribeca Offers a Chance to See the Documentary Oscar Hopefuls
Posted on December 19, 2008 - Filed Under Documentary | Leave a Comment
Filed under: Documentary, Independent, New Releases, Oscar Watch, Cinematical Indie
For a lot of movie geeks, it’s unnerving when the Oscar nominations are announced and there are films on the list that we haven’t seen. (Except for the short-film categories, because no one’s seen those.) This happens most regularly with documentaries, which often play only for […]
Oliver Stone Preps Doc on Hugo Chavez
Posted on December 19, 2008 - Filed Under Documentary | Leave a Comment
Filed under: Documentary, Newsstand
Oliver Stone might be done with Dubya, but he’s not about to leave the world of Presidential intrigue. Variety reports that he’s moving onto another controversial political figure — Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez. But this time around, the project won’t provide a fictional look back in time to young rabblerousing. Instead, it’s […]
True Life: I Fell In Love on YouTube
Posted on December 19, 2008 - Filed Under Documentary | Leave a Comment
Filed under: Documentary, Deals, Fandom, Newsstand
Color me too busy to actually “follow” people on YouTube, but for those who have the time, the patience and the sanity, there seems to be quite the amount of fascinating content to devour. The Hollywood Reporter tells us that producers Chris Adams, Steve Kearney and RJ Cutler have teamed […]
‘Dear Zachary’ Reaction: A Message from Director Kurt Kuenne
Posted on December 19, 2008 - Filed Under Documentary | Leave a Comment
Filed under: Documentary, Fandom, Exhibition, Home Entertainment
I can’t tell you how much I’ve enjoyed reading all your comments today following the television debut of Dear Zachary last night, and I’m happy to say someone else has been reading them too. Here now with a special message for Cinematical readers is Dear Zachary director Kurt Kuenne: […]
Read More..>>Fan Rant: Tear Ducked
Posted on December 19, 2008 - Filed Under Documentary | Leave a Comment
Filed under: Comedy, Documentary, Drama, Independent, Awards, Fan Rant
One might chalk up a reluctance to cry at the movies to having sat through roughly four hundred of them a year and grown numb to the more melodramatic efforts. And yet I can’t say that I’ve ever been given much cause to shed tears in the […]
Watch This: ‘I Want My Three Minutes Back’ Trailer
Posted on December 2, 2008 - Filed Under Documentary | Leave a Comment
Filed under: Documentary, Independent, Fandom, Trailers and Clips
It was inevitable that someone would eventually make a documentary about the folks who upload videos to YouTube, and it’s kinda fitting that we get to watch a trailer for said doc on, well, YouTube. Directed by Chuck Potter, I Want My Three Minutes Back “examines the phenomenon […]
Read More..>>‘Ballast,’ ‘Frozen River,’ ‘Rachel Getting Married’ Lead in Indie Spirit Noms
Posted on December 2, 2008 - Filed Under Documentary | Leave a Comment
Filed under: Documentary, Drama, Independent, Awards, IFC, Sony Classics, Oscar Watch
Sure enough, the first week of December brings the first formal slew of awards nominations, today’s coming from Film Independent’s Spirit Awards. The Hollywood Reporter bring us the list of nominees, with dramas Ballast, Frozen River and Rachel Getting Married each tied for the most […]
Indie Spotlight: New Releases for Thanksgiving
Posted on November 21, 2008 - Filed Under Documentary | Leave a Comment
Filed under: Documentary, Drama, Gay & Lesbian, Independent, New Releases, Columns, Indie Spotlight
On a normal weekend, there are usually eight or nine new independent films opening in limited release, compared to three four wide releases. But for Thanksgiving, those numbers switch sides — the multiplexes will be crowded with Twilights and Bolts and Transporters and […]