Posts Tagged ‘Documentary’
Episode 144 – Asteroid City (w/guest Andy Motz)
For this podcast, we are joined by independent filmmaker Andy Motz, and we talk all about his first feature-length documentary, Masc. We also review the latest film by Wes Anderson, Asteroid City. Download the episode here. Donate to Andy’s film project here.
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Episode 109 – Hustle
For this week’s podcast, Cassidy and Keith discuss the best and worst of Adam Sandler’s career and we review his latest basketball movie, Hustle.
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Episode 96 – The Tender Bar
For this week’s episode, we review the coming-of-age drama The Tender Bar, starring Ben Affleck and directed by George Clooney. We also attempt the impossible by recasting the lead characters in Back to the Future with modern actors. As our streaming homework, we examine the…
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SXSW Film Review – Hired Gun
As anybody with a liberal arts degree will tell you these days, it’s tough to be a freelancer. Job security is more and more becoming a fleeting indulgence and those looking to survive on their craft alone are met with viciously fluctuating economic circumstances that…
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Film Review – Do I Sound Gay?
David Thorpe’s documentary Do I Sound Gay? comfortably sits just outside of a larger political question within the context of a personal journey. This is not an unusual way to frame a broad argument, such as western society’s attitudes towards perceived femininity in men, but…
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Episode 180 – DVD Rundown 8-21-2012
Spencer and Greg give their DVD rundown for August 21st, 2012. In this episode they discuss The Dictator, A Separation, Chimpanzee, and The Rescuers.
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Film Review – Conan O’Brien Can’t Stop
In case you’ve been living under a rock the last year (or have better things to do than follow media gossip or celebrity exploits), you may not have heard about what happened between late night hosts Conan O’Brien and Jay Leno. After Leno left The…
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Bird Watching – Hot Coffee – SIFF Film Review
I like a documentary that lets me realize how little I know about a subject. Hot Coffee, from director Susan Saladoff, makes that its goal. The film points out the ways certain areas can be information voids for most laypeople (even reasonably educated ones), without…
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