Thom Yorke to Contribute Music to U.K. Tax Evasion Doc

Thom Yorke to Contribute Music to U.K. Tax Evasion Doc

Never shy to make strong political statements, Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke will accompany Massive Attack’s Robert “3D” Del Naja and Elbow’s Guy Garvey on the score for a forthcoming documentary on tax evasion in the U.K....  read more

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The Source

<i>The Source</i>

We are nation obsessed with pop culture. The Internet has become the great equalizer; there are websites, forums and groups devoted to every imaginable interest, philosophy and lifestyle. The term “counterculture” is charmingly obsolete. We are the assimilators and the assimilated. In America’s pre-connected recent history—the 1960s and 1970s—this was not the case. Young people by the tens of thousands took Timothy Leary’s admonition to heart: tune in, turn on, drop out. Hundreds of social experiments in communal living cropped up along the California coast. Some terrified us (think Manson Family), some mystified us (think Krishna Consciousness), and some exploited...  read more

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Andre Gregory: Before and After Dinner

<i>Andre Gregory: Before and After Dinner</i>

In 2011 NBC promoted the “Critical Film Studies” episode of Community on the strength of its Pulp Fiction references. That particular episode of the pop-savvy sitcom indeed included plenty of shout-outs to Quentin Tarantino’s hugely influential crime flick, but “Critical Film Studies” reserved its deepest affection for a lesser-known movie, 1981’s My Dinner with Andre. In its quirky, soft-spoken way, My Dinner with Andre enjoys a cult following as ardent as Pulp Fiction’s, despite being about as opposite as two films can be....  read more

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Video Premiere: A Picture Of The Three Of Us - Full Documentary

Video Premiere: <i>A Picture Of The Three Of Us</i> - Full Documentary

Five years ago, filmmaker Jared Varava traveled the country with beloved Washington, D.C. rock band These United States. Varava followed the band, then just a trio, on their first-ever US tour, documenting their epic 33/33/33 concept. The band played 33 shows in 33 cities as a part of 33 different lineups, and in celebration of the five year anniversary of the tour Varava has prepared the full-length documentary A Picture Of The Three Of Us for release. If you didn’t have the luxury of streaming the film on Daytrotter last week, you can watch the video in its entirety...  read more

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Watch a Trailer for Tom Berninger's National Documentary

Watch a Trailer for Tom Berninger's National Documentary

The trailer for a documentary chronicling The National's 2010 concert tour was released via YouTube on Sunday.   read more

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No Place on Earth

<i>No Place on Earth</i>

In 1993, American cave enthusiast Chris Nicola traveled to Western Ukraine for two purposes—to learn more about his ancestral roots and to explore the Gypsum Giant cave system that is home to some of the world’s largest horizontal caverns. When Nicola stumbled onto some miscellaneous artifacts—a key, a comb, a woman’s shoe—he also stumbled onto a much shrouded and forgotten piece of World War II history. In No Place on Earth, director Janet Tobias explores this profound discovery, shedding light on a incredible story of endurance....  read more

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HBO's Nora Ephron Documentary to be Directed and Produced by Her Son

HBO's Nora Ephron Documentary to be Directed and Produced by Her Son

Jacob Bernstein, son of celebrated screenwriter/director Nora Ephron, is directing and co-producing a documentary for HBO about his late mother.   read more

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Room 237

<i>Room 237</i>

There exists a rare species of obsessive moviegoer, the hyper-fan who focuses on one film, mentally and emotionally ingesting it dozens, maybe hundreds, of times. Along a certain parallel, there is also a serious breed of conspiracy theorist, compulsive in his or her beliefs, taking things far beyond just watching Doomsday Preppers for fun. Put these two types together, and you get Room 237, the confounding, eye-opening, and often hilarious documentary about individuals whose over-wired brains are devoted to one cinematic masterpiece: Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining....  read more

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James Moll Announces Documentary About Next Generation of American Farmers

James Moll Announces Documentary About Next Generation of American Farmers

Announced at SXSW Film Festival, Academy Award-winning James Moll will direct a feature documentary about the next generation of American farmers and ranchers.  read more

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Couldn’t You Wait?: The Story of Silkworm

<i>Couldn’t You Wait?: The Story of Silkworm</i>

It’s practically a sub-genre unto itself at this point: Don’t-Call-Them-Indie Rock Docs Featuring Artists Whose Body of Work Remains Virtually Unknown to Mainstream Audiences. (The Devil and Daniel Johnston, Scott Walker: 30th Century Man, Dig! are just a few recent entries.) Seth Pomeroy’s Couldn’t You Wait?: The Story of Silkworm is the newest offering sure to confuse Netflix’s categorizing algorithm....  read more

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