Completely devoid of the interviews and narration that are the hallmarks of most documentaries, director Todd Douglas Miller‘s innovative 2018 effort Apollo 11 tells the story of the history-making mission solely throughnever-before-made-public 65mm and 70mm National Archives footage. What follows…
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“Gonna take a sentimental journey, gonna set my heart at ease. Gonna make a sentimental journey, to renew old memories.” Singer. Actress. Animal activist. Doris Day has had a life unlike any other. Through rare and archival footage and insights…
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Documentaries are so perfect because they help provide insights into aspects of life that are often outside the realm of our own experience. Here are five dynamic docs that are worthy or your time. Although vastly different, each of these…
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MovieFanFare remembers filmmaker Albert Maysles–co-director with his brother David of such groundbreaking documentaries as Salesman, Gimme Shelter, Grey Gardens and The Gates–who died last week at 88. .
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He didn’t pound big slabs of meat or run up the Art Museum steps, but yes, Rick Santorum was the “Rocky” of the 2012 Iowa Caucus. What does AJ Schnack’s documentary have to offer the right and the left?
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Why is Jack Torrance reading Playgirl magazine? What’s with all the Native American décor in the Overlook? Why does Jack’s typewriter change color? Which of the Seven Dwarves is the most prominent sticker seen on Danny Torrance’s bedroom door? And,…
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Is it scandalous that a fake documentary won the Academy Award? Before you go ballistic on all things Michael Moore—not that we all don’t love a good Bowling for Columbine discussion every once in a while—do cool those jets, because…
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One of the most highly anticipated documentaries of the year, Page One: Inside the New York Times delivers exactly what its title promises, offering a revealing, fly-on-the-wall look within “The Gray Lady” during a tumultuous 365 days. Falling circulation and…
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In his three-and-a-half-star review of Crash—the 1996 David Cronenberg movie about the fetish that combines sexual arousal with car crashes, not the 2005 Best Picture about the fetish that combines racial disharmony with outrageous narrative coincidence—Roger Ebert claimed that Cronenberg’s film was all…
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Twenty-eight years. That’s how long Robert Platshorn spent behind bars, a prisoner for smuggling marijuana in and out of South Florida. The length of time makes him a candidate for entry into the Guinness Book of World Records: Longest time…
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