Documentaries
Coming Soon: Bruce Springsteen’s THE PROMISE
By Norm Schrager at August 11, 2010 | 9:57 pm | 6 Comments
This one jumped right to the top of this week's press releases: In October, HBO will premiere the documentary film The Promise: The Making of "Darkness on the Edge of Town," a behind-the-scenes look at the making of the now-near-classic album from Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band. If you consider this documentary will go inside the creative process and archived more...
Small Legal Win for CRUDE Director Joe Berlinger
By Norm Schrager at June 10, 2010 | 3:13 pm | 0 Comment
We've long been admirers of documentary filmmaker Joe Berlinger, the guy behind exciting work like Paradise Lost, the exceptional Metallica: Some Kind of Monster and the TV series Iconoclasts. Now we, and the rest of the movie and journalism world, are rooting for Berlinger as Chevron puts the pinch on him, demanding he turn over outtakes from his 2009 film Crude, which more...
FREAKONOMICS Reviews Are In
By Norm Schrager at May 2, 2010 | 9:38 pm | 0 Comment
The unique film adaptation of Freakonomics was the Closing Night selection at this year's Tribeca Film Festival -- and in case you missed them, we caught some reviews that popped online this weekend. :: The short story: Like the bestselling book, the movie version of Freakonomics is insightful and lighthearted, compressing sociological theory into tasty bite-sized more...
IFFBoston 2010 Wrap-Up
By Norm Schrager at April 29, 2010 | 11:04 pm | 0 Comment
Eight days. Four Boston-area theaters. 30 narrative features, 38 documentaries, about four dozen appearances, a shorts series, a handful of parties, and an indie-as-hell volunteer staff who are probably still sleeping it off. That's the 2010 Independent Film Festival of Boston, the movie pride of Our Olde Towne. And here's our festival summary, in case you missed more...
