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The overlap between the GTA IV video game and Watchmen movie fan-bases should be fairly large, but it doesn’t follow that they should use the same musical score. In early 2007, GTA IV was heralded by a gorgeous trailer with graphics that stunned players of previous installments of the game. The classical-sounding score was equally [...]
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Lexus (yes, the car maker) has put together a very interesting site with short films (mostly in a documentary vein) that must be some sort of effort to associate their brand with the style of a particular demographic… Check it out: L STUDIO
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This documentary comes from the Beastie Boys’ film studio, Oscilloscope Pictures, but it is no concert flick. Flow is a serious investigation into a very scary global situation: water. Water sustains life, but–unlike air–it is bottled, packaged, and diverted from those who need it most, to those who can pay the most. Director Irena Salina [...]
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This is like a mini version of The New Americans. The hell that this guy from Cameroon has to go through to get to France is unbelievable…but once he gets there there is really no question that it was a worthwhile journey. MediaStorm: Kingsley’s Crossing by Olivier Jobard
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Bomb It!, a brand spanking new documentary about the global graffiti culture will begin a limited run at Facets Multi Media this Friday. I haven’t seen it yet, and expectations are high, but the director (Jon Reiss) is responsible for the much-loved doc on electronic music culture, Better Living Through Circuitry. The director will be [...]
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Saw Planet B-Boy at The Century the other night, and it is fantastic. My companion even compared it to Hoop Dreams and put it in her top 3 documentaries. It’s extended until the 24th of April so go and get a ticket now! Visit the film’s YouTube channel for clips. [Side note: The Hoop Dreams [...]
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The Chicago Maternity Center Story is a great documentary that my mom worked on in the 1970s. It screens this coming Sunday (December 9) at 1:30 p.m. at the Chicago History Museum. There is no cost for the movie once you pay museum admission. About the film: For more than 75 years, the Chicago Maternity [...]
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I’ve been sitting on this review for a week or two. I want it to be perfect and polished, but I gotta get it out there so here it is: There are many harrowing scenes to choose from in Charles Ferguson’s 2007 documentary about the Iraq war, No End in Sight, but the one that [...]
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Wow. Compelling short film about Naomi Klein‘s new book, The Shock Doctrine. It’s made by Jonás Cuarón and Alfonso Cuarón, director of Children of Men. It graphically (and slickly) illustrates the central theme of the book: that shock therapy treatment is the philosophical basis of modern economic policy.
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