Also known as: “Le monde selon Monsanto” and “Controlling our food”. Monsanto, in case anybody was in doubt, is pretty far from winning the love of the people. Former producers of Agent Orange, they now produce pesticides and Genetically Modified seeds and growth hormones. They have a horrible record and seem to leave misery and [...]
Here’s a new formula for “issue” documentaries: 1. Find a sympathetic guy who went into “issue” with no preconceptions and expecting no wrong-doing 2. Get guy to describe how he was shocked to find that the things were much worse than imagined 3. Illustrate story with other interviews, if possible get wrong-doer to decline interviews [...]
I was browsing through Youtube’s documentary movie list and started watching “We Are Wizards” which I had never heard about before. It’s a cute and honest film about the fan culture surrounding the Harry Potter universe. “Wizard rock” is one part of that culture, rock music with Potter-themed lyrics. Perhaps not the most innovative music, [...]
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 [...]
Vashti Bunyan is a singer/song-writer with an interesting story. As a young woman she made a beautiful album and was then forgotten for 30 years. Freak-folk artists like Devendra Banhart and Vetiver brought her back from oblivion a few years ago and Bunyan is now making music again. She is very delicate, soft-spoken and gentle [...]
We follow the poet-president Vaclav Havel through his career. Filmed over a 13 year period, this documentary seems to have its commitment as being a historical document, rather than a personal view of the Czech republic’s most colorful character. I personally found the film interesting, but also lacking a coherent narrative. 2 stars, form:5, content:6 [...]
Andrew McAuley decided to cross the Tasman sea between Australia and New Zealand. The swells are terrifying and Andrew makes his attempt in a kayak. Opening 10 minutes worth the movie alone. The film just became current in Australia as it’s being debated if a 16-year old girl, Jessica Watson should be allowed to attempt [...]
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