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Tabloid

Since his breakthrough feature, 1988’s The Thin Blue Line, every one of Errol Morris’ features has essentially been about searching for the truth. It’s been a wide-ranging exploration, one that’s been equally fruitful delving into the mysteries of the universe and displacing common beliefs about Vietnam. With Tabloid, Morris continues probing into this theme, but here he’s found a case in which everyone is lying and the truth itself may may unobtainable—which is likely why its story fascinated him so much....  read more

Paul Rudd to Star in Movie by Ira Glass, Errol Morris

Documentary filmmaker Errol Morris is trying out a different kind of film. According to The AV Club, the director has recently announced that he will be working with NPR star Ira Glass to create a film based on an episode of This American Life for the big screen. The pair have picked funny guy Paul Rudd to play the role of Bob Nelson. Nelson was featured on “You’re Cold As Ice,” an episode about the very beginning of the cryogenics movement. Nelson was one of the first to give the whole cryogenics thing a try by freezing dead people. He...  read more

Errol Morris: Following The Thin Blue Line

Two decades after its release, Errol Morris’ classic death-row exoneration documentary continues to reverberate.  read more

10 Filmmakers to Follow on Twitter

As potent as they can be, our interactions with our favorite filmmakers generally only come once every couple of years and last for a scant two hours. What are they doing when they're not sharing their brilliant narrative visions with us? Well, at least some of them are sharing the decidedly less dramatic narratives of their life via Twitter (Greg Mottola: "i'm equally ambivalent on the green chili. Like the taste okay -- don't love the heartburn"). We've selected 10 of the most interesting filmmaker Twitterers for your following pleasure. ...  read more

New Errol Morris short film fights cancer

Errol Morris is best known for his humorous and political muckraking works, but that's just a small portion of what he's done. With an incredible number of advertising campaigns under his belt, he's now released what basically amounts to a cross between an advertisement and a short film entitled Survivors. It's typical Morris stylistically, and looks like it could be a short new episode of First Person, but more inspiring. Check it out below and head over to Stand Up to Cancer to learn about the organization's research efforts....  read more

Standard Operating Procedure

Though it has hamstrung...  read more

The Errol Morris DVD Collection

The Big Picture: New box set from one of the great American documentary filmmakers...  read more