Sentences with phrase «movie than a documentary»

Ultimately it's a better horror movie than a documentary, because it really doesn't

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Next year, Netflix is expected to spend upwards of $ 6 billion producing more than 1,200 hours of movies, TV shows, documentaries, and children's television programs.

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In interviews promoting the movie, his widow, Sherry — who is seen in the documentary rock climbing with a huge pregnant belly, certainly far enough along that the personhood movement would say her fetus had more rights than she did — says no:

Although the choice of interviewees skews the movie in a New Age - y direction, there's less pseudoscience and more heart than in the kindred documentary «What the Bleep Do We Know?»

PYONGYANGST - My Review of THE LOVERS AND THE DESPOT (3 Stars) Evoking more questions than answers, THE LOVERS AND THE DESPOT, a documentary by filmmakers Ross Adam and Robert Cannan details the stranger than fiction account of a prominent South Korean film director and his actress ex-wife who were kidnapped by North Korea during Kim Jong Il's reign and were forced to make over 17 movies for him.

District 9 is partly presented as a faux documentary (rather than a mockumentary, which is what Roger Ebert wrongly labels the film... there is nothing funny about this movie), detailing how 20 years earlier, a huge alien spaceship (think Independence Day) parked itself over Johannesburg and... sat there.

Of all the scary movies you may see this month, none will be more chilling than Scott Thurman's documentary about the Texas State Board of Education.

«At Berkeley» — Frederick Wiseman's four - hour documentary about the great public university, shot in 2010 at a time of campus - wide unrest over budget shortfalls, says more about the state of American education — and by extension, America itself — than any other movie this year.

These recreations are less dramatic aids to paper over a lack of documentary footage than a movie of their own, with a screenplay that goes well beyond established facts and a full cast (including Molly Parker of Deadwood and Peter Sarsgaard of The Killing) that interprets characters rather than representing them.

This documentary about the worst World Cup competitors in history is much more than a football movie: it's an engaging and hugely uplifting exploration of people with real passion for their community.

With clips from more than 200 teen movies made in the decade after 1995's Clueless, this lively kaleidoscopic documentary entertainingly traces how America has depicted the teen experience on screen.

Though it runs longer than it has to, all movies should be so lucky as to get such a substantial making - of documentary, which Lionsgate - Summit usually reserves for their big teen - oriented fantasy franchises.

Film - geek auteur projects, psychotronic fanboy - friendly blockbusters, over-the-top midnight movies, under - the - radar indie dramas and more music documentaries than you can shake a D.A. Pennebraker - approved stick at — the annual SXSW Film Festival (kicking off on March 10th) has always specialized in a sort of eclectic, lo - fi - meets - high - art - for - a-Shiner-Bock vibe when it comes to their programming.

And indeed, there's something to be said for this mentality, which is running rampant right now in American culture (and is more carefully explained in the Oscar - winning documentary Inside Job), but I'm less interested in that stuff than I am in the overall emotional messiness of this movie.

Three independent movies from this year deserve a special mention... Bill Morrison's documentary Dawson City: Frozen Time, the socio - political history of a gold rush town, illustrated with film stock recovered from beneath an abandoned ice rink... Oxide Ghosts, director Michael Cumming's assemblage of VHS outtakes from the influential, more relevant than ever TV news satire Brass Eye... and Dispossession, a restrained documentary about the housing crisis that's provoked fiercely energetic audience discussions up and down the land, culminating in a panel discussion at Curzon Chelsea with director Paul Sng, author Anna Minton and Jeremy Corbyn MP.

Samsara Rated PG - 13 for some disturbing and sexual images Available on DVD and Blu - ray If you are in need of a new movie to show off your new home theater, look no further than this stunning documentary by filmmaker and cinematographer Ron Fricke.

While the film is not at the level of Alex Gibney's documentary The Armstrong Lie, it is a reminder that real life can be more dramatic and devastating than the movie version.

Partially shot by director Spike Jonze (he and Coppola were married from 1999 - 2003), the documentary features cast / crew interactions, glimpses of Coppola's directorial methods, various scenes from the movie in the process of shooting, and plenty of entertaining footage of the always great Bill Murray — including more than a few instances of his favorite phrase to recite in Japanese: «who do you think you're talking to?»

It also explains why the movie looks as it does, more akin to nonfiction television than cinematic documentaries.

Andy Serkis» feature directorial debut, Breathe, is a film that is emotionally exhausting to watch and it is one that would have best been served as a documentary rather than what could easily be described as an expensive home movie.

The movie performs its act of documentation almost frighteningly well, to the point where the scenes occurring before the viewer bear a stronger resemblance to a drama than the conventional ideal of documentary.

Only devoted, hardcore horror movie fans would commit themselves to watching 400 minutes of behind - the - scenes documentary footage that covers all twelve «Friday the 13th» movies in more extensive detail than you could probably imagine.

Rather than spending your time scrolling through categories, trying to track down the perfect film to watch, we've done our best to make it easy for you at Paste by updating our Best Movies to watch on Netflix list each month with new additions and overlooked gems alike, bringing you our favorites from across genres: Oscar - winning dramas, independent and art - house films, action blockbusters, documentaries, comedies, sci - fi flicks and animated movies for both kids and aMovies to watch on Netflix list each month with new additions and overlooked gems alike, bringing you our favorites from across genres: Oscar - winning dramas, independent and art - house films, action blockbusters, documentaries, comedies, sci - fi flicks and animated movies for both kids and amovies for both kids and adults.

But while loads of folks really loved the movie, making it a relatively successful documentary while in theaters, I unfortunately found it to be nothing more than an overly long and tedious documentary that made me feel a tinge of guilt for not fully appreciating its apparent significance.

This is a fictional film rather than a documentary on several of the movie theater shootings that occurred over the past few years.

«Inside The Apartment» (29:36) is a half - hour documentary that focuses on individuals» understanding of the movie and their reflections on its legacy rather than production details.

Highlights include an Exclusive Preview Screening of Room including a Q&A with Director Lenny Abrahamson; a screening of A Christmas Star — the first ever children's Christmas movie from Ireland voiced by Liam Neeson with cameos from Pierce Brosnan and Kylie Minogue; an opening event celebrating the unknown life of W.B. Yeats W.B. Yeats, No Country for Old Men and Older than Ireland, Alex Fegan's documentary telling the stories of 30 centenarians from Ireland.

Stig Björkman's documentary is more about the woman than the movie star, however.

This documentary tells you more than you probably ever wanted to know about this seminal movie...

«Somebody once said — somebody smarter than me — that as soon as an actor takes their clothes off in a movie, you're watching a documentary,» explains Steven Soderbergh, adding audio commentary to the clothed - but - sexy Clooney / Lopez consummation scene in his 1998 film Out of Sight.

The overall story, however, may make for a better History Channel documentary than it does a Hollywood movie.

Hearts Of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse — If it is possible for a making - of documentary about a great movie to actually be better than that great movie, then this is it.

In addition, her talents are thought to be alarmingly broad: She writes novels and short stories, paints, sings in bands, directs movies and documentaries, wins Italian versions of the Oscar, embraces full - frontal nudity in print and onscreen, and can speculate with more than coffeehouse intelligence on excess, God and redemption.

Having explored the criminal justice system in high - profile feature documentaries for more than two decades, Joe Berlinger is set to direct his first scripted true crime movie entitled «Facing the Wind,» which will star Alessandro Nivola, Vera Farmiga, Evan Rachel Wood, Rita Wilson and Jennifer Beals, TheWrap has learned.

Stop the presses... This film could have been a documentary, rather than a movie.

Anniversaries, TV shows, movies, documentaries and even little old publishers with good intentions and limited funds can draw people's attention to the wealth of truly classic literature available in individual slices for less than a cup of coffee, but it takes a co-ordinated and sustained effort, based on nothing more or less than a belief in the inherent worth, to individuals, to society and, especially, to children and young people, of great books and of the power of reading.

The WBD movie is produced by the same company that produced the controversial documentary «Waiting for Superman,» which put teachers in a very bad light and presented false and misleading information about charter schools, which overall have not had any better track record in the US than regular schools.

I'm sure a lot of these movies will be entertaining, but none will be more important or relevant than a half - hour documentary I recently watched: The United States of ALEC.

ASSOCIATE EDITOR JAKE LINGEMAN: «Rush» plays out more like a familiar movie drama than an all - out F1 - geekfest like the «Senna» documentary.

So far the experience has been more like watching a documentary series than anything else, but as someone who grew up as obsessed with the Titanic, as I think a lot of 90s kids were after the movie came out, I've been having a great time.

Though playing off a similar idea - that some type of catastrophic showdown is coming our way at the end of the current Mayan calendar in December 2012 - this new movie «2012: Time for Change» is actually an animated documentary that takes a positive spin on our joint ecological predicament - positing that an evolution of human consciousness could get us back in tune with nature and make humans more able to be positive stewards rather than wanton destroyers of our world.