Posts Tagged ‘Errol Morris’
SXSW Double Feature – The Liberators and The Dwarvenaut
The Liberators: Directed by Cassie Hay, The Liberators tells the story of the St. Servatius church’s medieval religious artifacts, some of which were stolen from the German town of Quedlinburg at the end of World War II. In 1986, researcher Willi Korte accepted the task…
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Film Review – Life Itself
It’s tough to quantify how much Roger Ebert contributed to film. Through his writing and work on television, Ebert popularized movie criticism into how it is today (for good or bad). Whether you agreed with his reviews or not, there is no denying his influence.…
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Film Review – How to Survive a Plague
While the documentary How to Survive a Plague is certainly not an easy watch (and is, in fact, often harrowing), it’s an important one and well worth your time. It’s composed mostly of archival footage, but interweaves that seamlessly with some of the most riveting…
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SIFF Film Review – The Imposter
In October of 1997, the family of Nicholas Barclay received a phone call from Linares, Spain, claiming their missing son had been found. Three years earlier, on June 13th, 1994, Nicholas had called his mom for a ride, but his older brother didn’t want to…
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Top 10 of 2011 – Adelaide’s Picks
I saw that everyone else was doing a top 10 for 2011 and wanted in on the fun, but then I realized I didn’t actually see all that many new movies in the theater last year. It turns out that I’ll see anything for a…
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What We’re Watching – 8/24/11
Tabloid When I heard a new Errol Morris documentary was coming out, I squealed, which confused my husband, because I don’t normally make that noise. I remember seeing The Thin Blue Line on PBS back in 1988 and being amazed at how different it…
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