For nearly all Americans, the immigration debate usually focuses on Mexicans crossing the southern border of the contiguous US. You wouldn’t ordinarily think that Hondurans are part of the mix. And you certainly wouldn’t dream they’d travel thousands of miles, illegally, through Mexico in order to make it. The new documentary Which Way Home, airing […]
August 24th, 2009
Categories: On TV, Documentaries . Author: Norm Schrager . Comments: 1 Comment
Admit it: If you truly adore film, like you’ll watch anything, you’re a geek on some level. If you devour documentaries (guilty here), you’re another kind of movie geek. But what if you’re really into documentaries about geeks? Oof.
IFC Film News just released a five-film list of “nerd culture” documentaries, true tales of dork love for some corner […]
November 14th, 2008
Categories: Documentaries, Lists . Author: Norm Schrager . Comments: 4 Comments
Immediately after Senator Obama became President-Elect Obama, I wondered if he was the most recognizable human being in the world. If he’s not, he’s certainly the most popular, as evidenced by the way movie marketers try to latch on to his presence, his hope, his vibe.
:: From 20th Century Fox
Headline: Will Obama Pick A Marley […]
November 12th, 2008
Categories: Independent Film, Documentaries, Comedies . Author: Norm Schrager . Comments: No Comments
Yes way. And you can watch it here… Read on.
Before Steven Soderbergh’s ambitious, two-feature Che (The Argentine and Guerilla), there was another film about Ernesto ‘Che’ Guevara. No, not The Motorcycle Diaries. The forgotten 1969 bomb Che! (I didn’t add the exclamation point, it’s in the title).
Che! was released in late June of ‘69 with the tagline […]
October 14th, 2008
Categories: Drama, Documentaries, Movie Previews . Author: Norm Schrager . Comments: 1 Comment
Here’s some more Religulous stuff to enjoy before the anticipated October 3 release.
First, the funniest Religulous trailer I’ve seen. Think of it as a ”red band” trailer… even though we’re only talking about an appropriately funny f-bomb at the tail end.
It begins with Bill Maher saying: “That’s really The Vatican. I oughta know, I just got thrown out […]
October 1st, 2008
Categories: Documentaries, Comedies, Movie Previews . Author: Norm Schrager . Comments: No Comments