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It's About You

Internationally renowned photographer Kurt Markus and his son Ian accepted an invitation from roots-rocker John Mellencamp to follow him on tour and produce a documentary about their experience. Mellencamp gave them a cryptic bit of instruction. “It’s about you,” he told them. So off they went, with a vintage 8mm movie camera and some simple sound equipment, to follow the band. What did they see? What did they learn? And why is this an important story to tell?...  read more

Dave Grohl Collaborating with Corey Taylor, Others for Sound City Studios Documentary

We’ve heard rumblings that the Foo Fighters frontman was working on some new projects lately—everything from new songs for the Foos to recording with members of Ratt. And now, Slipknot and Stone Sour singer Corey Taylor has confirmed additional details on Dave Grohl’s mysterious plans.  read more

The Kills Release Mini-Documentary

The Kills are getting cinematic. Earlier this month, they released the video for their latest single “The Last Goodbye,” which was directed by Oscar nominated actress Samantha Morton. And now, the British duo has leaked another movie for fans to devour.  read more

Radiohead Provide Soundtrack to The Island President Documentary

Yesterday, the Internet went a little nutty because Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke updated the band’s blog, Dead Air Space. In a quick post, he mentioned that the group’s music “was used to help tell the story” of Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed in a new documentary called _The Island President_.  read more

Carol Channing: Larger than Life

Carol Channing is such an endearing, sharp, funny personality that director Dori Berinstein could easily have just thrown her camera on a tripod, have the 90-year-old musical theater legend spin anecdotes for an hour and a half, and had a great documentary. Thankfully, what she made is even better. Sure, Channing still tells those stories about her life and stage career in her paradoxically inimitable-yet-oft-imitated style. But there are also heartfelt testimonies from fellow actors and personalities, most legends in their own right, about how talented and genuine she is....  read more

Jiro Dreams of Sushi

Directed by David Gelb, Jiro Dreams of Sushi is a documentary about one of the greatest masters of the culinary world who no one has ever heard of. This man is 85-year-old sushi shokunin (Japanese artisan), Jiro Ono who runs a ten-seat, sushi-only restaurant called Sukiyabashi Jiro located in a Tokyo subway station. He is hailed internationally as an innovator in the art of sushi, people travel from around the world specifically to eat at his restaurant, and he has been awarded a coveted three star Michelin review, making him the oldest Michelin chef alive. A seat in his restaurant...  read more

Sing Your Song

Sing Your Song is a résumé disguised as a documentary film. It provides a detailed, meticulous outline of the life of Harry Belafonte, complete with notable achievements and personal references (including Martin Luther King, Jr.!). And while director Susanne Rostock deserves credit for compiling the man’s remarkable life in an entertaining, easy-to-engage format, the film is utterly canned....  read more

Pina

German director Wim Wenders’ latest film, a 3D documentary tribute to the German dancer, choreographer and teacher Pina Bausch, began in the mid-eighties when he saw Bausch’s Café Müller for the first time. Afterwords, he suggested to her that they one day make a film together. It was not until 2009, however, that this dream really began to take shape. After working with Bausch for almost half a year, and just days before they were supposed to begin shooting the first 3D rehearsal, Bausch suddenly and unexpectedly died. After a mourning period, and encouraged by friends and family of Bausch,...  read more

Knuckle

“Brothers and cousins fighting brothers and cousins”—this simple statement summarizes generations of hatred and a spellbinding feature documentary that is Knuckle. Filmmaker Ian Palmer was working as a wedding videographer when he was thrown right in the middle of Irish Traveller culture and, within it, the perpetuation of clannish hate expressed most often through violent bare-knuckled fighting among the men. Asked if he would film a fight between rival families, Palmer was sucked still further into the mysterious lives of these Travellers who believe so dearly in the honor of solving problems with their fists....  read more

New Elliott Smith Doc Needs Funding, Has Trailer

As RawkBlog reports, there’s another Elliott Smith documentary in the works. The documentary is titled Heaven Adores You and it takes a look at Smith’s influence on Portland, Ore., a town he lived and released records in for many years. This isn’t to be confused with another Smith doc, titled Searching for Elliott Smith, which had a very limited release in 2009.   read more