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The Focus-Grouped Doc

April 21, 2008 – 2:13 pm

Distributors are starting to test screen documentaries. Is this a sign that studios are taking the commercial potential of non-fiction film more seriously, or is it just a waste of time?

By Karina Longworth | Posted in Documentary | Comments (1)

FilmCouch #66 - Care Bears and Iraq

April 18, 2008 – 8:55 am

The Care Bears, Iron Man and Morgan Spurlock are Hollywood’s new political mavericks

FilmCouch #66 [27:25m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (720)

By Paul Moore | Posted in FilmCouch, podcast | Comments (3)

SXSW 2008: Our Complete Coverage

March 17, 2008 – 4:01 pm

Every single little bit of our SXSW 2008 coverage, in handy list form.

By Karina Longworth | Posted in Film festivals, SXSW 2008 | Comments (0)

SXSW 2008: Morgan Spurlock, Where in the World is Osama Bin Laden?

March 11, 2008 – 4:00 pm

A video interview with Morgan Spurlock, director of WHERE IN THE WORLD IS OSAMA BIN LADEN and SUPER SIZE ME.

By Kevin Buist | Posted in Documentary, Politics, SXSW 2008, Video | Comments (1)

Trailer of the Day: Where in the World is Osama Bin Laden?

February 6, 2008 – 12:30 pm

Morgan Spurlock goes looking for comedy in the Muslim world and seems to come back empty handed.

By Christopher Campbell | Posted in Documentary, Film marketing and distribution, Sundance 2008 | Comments (1)

The Cloverfield Monster Is …

January 28, 2008 – 4:24 pm

To me, it looked like that thing Jeffrey Jones turns into at the end of ‘Howard the Duck’ with parasitic ‘Alien’ facehuggers falling off it. But what was it really?

By Christopher Campbell | Posted in Film watching, Hollywood, sci-fi | Comments (2)

Sundance 2008: Where in the World is Osama Bin Laden

January 23, 2008 – 6:12 pm

Where in the World is Osama Bin Laden is the latest autobiographical odyssey by Super Size Me director Morgan Spurlock. The film has a wry, snarky tone, so while Spurlock actually does tour the Middle East poking around for the world’s most wanted terrorist, the mission is understood to be secondary to the wider political [...]

By Kevin Buist | Posted in Documentary, Film Reviews, Politics, Sundance 2008 | Comments (4)