Sentences with phrase «fascinating documentary films»

A sensual and surprisingly fascinating documentary film that slows you right down to its own meditative tempo.

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A fascinating new documentary film by Alex Gibney called «Zero Days» that premieres on Friday tells the story of Stuxnet, along with the frightening takeaway that, while this was the first cyber weapon, it will certainly not be the last.

, the documentary film on Nina Simone (1933 - 2003), directed by Liz Garbus and recently released on Netflix, is an informative and often fascinating examination of the life and times of the singer and civil rights activist.

(A documentary about this film's production troubles would almost certainly be more fascinating than the film itself.)

The documentary, which originally aired on television, is a fascinating account of not only the Watergate investigation, but the making of the film as well, and is highlighted by its exhaustive research and bizarre archival footage of Nixon.

«The Rider» is an achingly beautiful contemporary western and a fascinating blend of narrative and documentary film techniques, set among the Lakota cowboys of South Dakota's Pine Ridge Indian Reservation.

For everyone else, watch this fascinating clip from a new Criterion documentary about Scanners» special effects, directed by Michael Lennick and available as a supplement on our new edition of the film, out next week.

David Lynch's 1984 feature film starring Kyle MacLachlan is an infamous blip on the prestigious director's career, and a highly ambitious adaptation by avant - garde director Alejandro Jodorowsky only spawned a fascinating documentary about how it failed.

The Lazarus Effect is directed by David Gelb, whose last feature film was — and I've rechecked this three times to make sure it's not an error — the fascinating 2011 documentary Jiro Dreams of Sushi, about an old Japanese man who runs a tiny but renowned restaurant in Tokyo.

Prolific documentary maker Alex Gibney (Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room) steers a fascinating film about the Church of Scientology in Going Clear, based on the book by Lawrence Wright.

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Described by MK2 as an «unpredictable documentary» from a «fascinating storyteller,» Varda's next film will shed light on her own experience as a director, bringing a very personal insight on what she calls «cine - writing,» traveling from rue Daguerre in Paris to Los Angeles and Beijing.

The documentary is quite fascinating, giving us a fantastic look at the real story behind the film.

The doc is also fascinating because it shows how these films often come together in the last possible second, and that comes up in the post production section of the documentary.

Any of these films would be worthy of an Oscar win, but I'm personally rooting for the race documentary «13th» (a must - see for anyone, the kind of film they should show in schools) and «O.J.: Made in America,» which is a marathon at nearly eight hours in length (it was shown in parts on ESPN earlier this year), but a completely fascinating look at race, media and society as it was in the 1990s and today, and just happens to be a tragic portrait of the worst fall from grace for a sports star in the history of our country.

Personally, I'd spend 2 hours watching the new documentary (featuring assistant director Alan Rudolph, Blakley, Tewkesbury, Carradine, Tomlin, and others) and three television interviews that Altman recorded regarding the film over thirty years (it's fascinating how his memory changes small details!).

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Steven Galvin caught up with Paula Kehoe, the film's director / producer, to find out more about her fascinating documentary.

This fascinating documentary explores various theories about hidden meanings in Stanley Kubrick's classic film The Shining.

Still, I think for that first block, I'm either going to go with Love Crazy too, which I've only ever seen once, or Dawson city: Frozen Time which seems like a fascinating documentary on a cache of 1500 nitrate films that were buried just south of the Artic Circle.

«Welcome to Sherwood: The Story of The Adventures of Robin Hood» is an excellent making - of documentary that literally covers everything, using rare film clips from early Robin Hood versions, and fascinating outtake and 16 mm color / black & white behind - the - scenes footage (archived separately as well, with good commentary from Behlmer).

Stories We Tell is a twisty documentary about Sarah Polley's quest to find the truth of her parentage that makes some fascinating statements about the power of storytelling and how it shapes our perceptions (and is a very nice companion piece to the excellent French film In the House)

She began filming his daily routine, which would have made for a fascinating documentary on its own; but the plot thickened when Lao Yu's 20 - year - old son, Maofu, returned from the city, where he had been studying marketing and trying to etch out a new life for himself.

There's enough of worth in the film to recommend a viewing, though that may just drive you to check out the Paradise Lost trilogy of documentaries or some of the wealth of other absorbing information available on this fascinating case.

In Jason Osder's Let the Fire Burn, archival film from news broadcasts, interviews and courtroom hearings present a non-fictionalized historical documentary that is simultaneously fascinating and deeply disturbing.

But actually 2012 has been vintage, with some really brilliant films from the biggest names doing their best work — and some fascinating documentaries.

Horrible Bosses was directed by Seth Gordon, who some film fans will remember for his thoughtful, fascinating, and well - executed, documentary, The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters.

It recounts such a fascinating, absorbing, and instructive tale, full of delayed revelations and subtle pleasures, that the jury unanimously gave it the top prize, citing it as both the best documentary and the best narrative film.

Whether the Schlondorff film is good or bad, Private Conversations: On the Set of Death of a Salesman, the 82 - minute documentary that Christian Blackwood made about the making of it, is endlessly fascinating, for reasons largely irrelevant to the worth of the Miller play or this particular production of it.

Director Robert Greene started filming Burre as she tried to start acting again, showing the difficult process while exploring some fascinating themes on subjectivity in our own lives as well as documentary filmmaking.

If a full restoration is undertaken, hopefully the rich studio and Wayne archives will be mined for some of the rare materials seen in the documentary, including a fascinating and elaborately filmed B&W television special hosted by Wayne during filming.

My personal highlights included inspirational warm - ups from conductor Dominic Peckham and ex-STOMP member Ollie Tunmer and fascinating debates on the future of GCSEs and on increasing student engagement, the latter of which was filmed for James Rhodes's upcoming Channel 4 documentary on music education.

How the news camera and the documentary film recorded, broadcast, and then made a business of the day's news is examined in this rich, fascinating compilation of film clips set against the comments of journalists, cameramen, and historians.

Her fascinating life story became an instant magnet for her exhibitions, while the unique circumstances of Herrera's paintings were crowned with a 2014 documentary film by a famous director Alison Klayman, titled appropriately as The 100 Years Show.

Sharing the spirit of Ken Russell» s documentary Pop Goes the Easel (1962), these films offer a fascinating snapshot of a decisive moment in art history.

Commenting on this new work Ross Keane, Director of the Irish Film Institute said; «The Village is a fascinating ethnographic documentary looking at how modernisation affected the inhabitants of Dún Chaoin and their relationship with the unpopulated Blasket Islands, and we are delighted that Duncan Campbell found inspiration for his latest work from this film and through his research into our collection at the IFI Irish Film Archive.»

Drawing from an fascinating upcoming documentary by UC San Diego grad student Ge Jin (YouTube clip from his film here), the MTV segment features interviews with workers and managers of several gold farms, which resemble a cross between a 24 hour LAN party and a very shabby college dorm.