I've been a wee bit lazy on the blog front.
What better reason to come out of my blog coma than to celebrate my favorite city, London, which is having a banner year (and a half)! Royal Wedding, Queen's Jubilee, Olympics, and now a new Julian Temple documentary, London - The Modern Babylon. Warms my Anglophile soul.
This new film, screening at the Toronto Film Festival this week (and on my birthday!), covers the past century of history in the director's hometown. Powered by the era's iconic music, the doc surveys the people and culture which changed London forever.
Having lived in this majestic city years ago, but visiting rarely now, I can't wait to check it out.
Cheers!
Friday, September 7, 2012
Tuesday, August 2, 2011
50
Current TV has a great 5-part primer on documentaries starting tonight and running Tuesday nights throughout August, so fire up your popcorn popper and check it out (repeats air throughout the week)!
Morgan Spurlock hosts 50 Documentaries To See Before You Die, a countdown of the most influential docs of the past 25 years.
The network is also running some of the most iconic documentary films ever this month - including Hoop Dreams, so it's a veritable summer docapalooza!
Enjoy!
Morgan Spurlock hosts 50 Documentaries To See Before You Die, a countdown of the most influential docs of the past 25 years.
The network is also running some of the most iconic documentary films ever this month - including Hoop Dreams, so it's a veritable summer docapalooza!
Enjoy!
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
Summertime
I'm getting ready for the BBQ and summer film season (Harry Potter!), and that means it is time to assemble my list of top docs I want to check out in-between trips to the beach. Some great films coming out of the festival circuit are hitting screens soon:
Project Nim: The story of the chimpanzee who was raised by a human family in the 1970s as the focus of a landmark study on teaching animals to communicate via sign language. From director James Marsh (Man on Wire).
Bobby Fischer Against the World: The bizarre life of legendary chess genius Bobby Fischer, from director Liz Garbus (Shouting Fire: Stories From the Edge of Free Speech).
Life in a Day: You Tube asked its users around the world to
film a day in their lives on July 24, 2010. 80,000 hours of footage and 1 year later, here is the edited film from director Kevin McDonald (Touching the Void, Last King of Scotland).
Page One: Inside the New York Times: Director Andrew Rossi (Le Cirque: A Table in Heaven) gets an all-access pass to the Gray Lady's newsroom during a transformational time in the media industry.
Buck: A profile of the real Horse Whisperer, Buck Brannaman, from director Cindy Meehl.
So much sunshine and so many docs!
Project Nim: The story of the chimpanzee who was raised by a human family in the 1970s as the focus of a landmark study on teaching animals to communicate via sign language. From director James Marsh (Man on Wire).
Bobby Fischer Against the World: The bizarre life of legendary chess genius Bobby Fischer, from director Liz Garbus (Shouting Fire: Stories From the Edge of Free Speech).
Life in a Day: You Tube asked its users around the world to
film a day in their lives on July 24, 2010. 80,000 hours of footage and 1 year later, here is the edited film from director Kevin McDonald (Touching the Void, Last King of Scotland).
Page One: Inside the New York Times: Director Andrew Rossi (Le Cirque: A Table in Heaven) gets an all-access pass to the Gray Lady's newsroom during a transformational time in the media industry.
Buck: A profile of the real Horse Whisperer, Buck Brannaman, from director Cindy Meehl.
So much sunshine and so many docs!
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