Archive for December, 2009

“Big River Man” (2009) – Review #16

Before I google the fuck out of this film, let me say a few unresearched words. I wouldn’t be surprised if this “Hearts of Darkness” meets “The Big Blue”-documentary is a total fabrication. Probably Martin Strel never swam a single river, over-weight and over-aged. Never drank a single bottle of whiskey while swimming down the [...]

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“The Archive” (2008) – Review #15

Paul Mawhinney owns the largest record store in the world – and now it’s for sale. He owns records that aren’t available anywhere, lots of them! This is a perfect topic for a short doc, the subject matter couldn’t bear feature length and wouldn’t be half as rewarding as a news segment. It’s also got [...]

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