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Will Smith Sings The Songs. SpoutBlog Week in Review

July 4, 2008 – 1:33 pm

Gonzo director Alex Gibney talks about what makes him feel like Gandalf, and the search for the American Dream.
Gerard Depardieu goes to the dungeon.
Dragging the Hitchcock out of Mad Men.
LAFF: Heaven Wants Out, Trinidad and Thing With No Name
Metropolis edges towards a landmark restoration.
Plot songs: classic style, Will Smith style.
Who needs critics when we’ve got [...]

By Karina Longworth | Posted in Week in Review | Comments (0)

Alex Gibney on Gandalf, Obama and the Death of the American Dream

July 3, 2008 – 10:04 am

Steven Boone talks to Hunter S. Thompson’s documentarian about, among other things, how the writer “got very depressed when Bush won in ‘04 and not long after that he committed suicide.”

By Steven Boone | Posted in Documentary, Politics | Comments (2)

True/False Recap

March 3, 2008 – 11:45 am

A look back at a whirlwind weekend of documentary films. And sing-a-longs.

By Karina Longworth | Posted in Documentary, Music, True/False 2008 | Comments (2)

True/False: Gonzo

March 2, 2008 – 3:59 pm

Alex Gibney says his Hunter S. Thompson doc is a critique of the present day media’s obsession with “phony” objectivity.

By Karina Longworth | Posted in Documentary, Film festivals, True/False 2008 | Comments (1)

True/False Preview

February 26, 2008 – 11:15 am

Tomorrow morning, I’m flying to St. Louis, then taking a bus to Columbia, Missouri to check out the True/False Film Festival. The festival brings together non-fiction films from recent major festivals, world premieres, and surprise screenings. Here’s a look at a few of the films that I plan to see before heading back to [...]

By Karina Longworth | Posted in Documentary, Film festivals | Comments (1)

SXSW 2008 Lineup

February 5, 2008 – 8:32 am

I did not expect to wake up this morning to a feed reader and email inbox full of stories about the full lineup for the 2008 SXSW Film Festival––the press release was not supposed to arrive until sometime this afternoon. But The Hollywood Reporter apparently broke the embargo on the information yesterday evening, so now [...]

By Karina Longworth | Posted in Film festivals, SXSW 2008 | Comments (1)