Tag: documentary
100 Must See Documentary Films – File Four
“I like the idea of the documentary as a portrait. There’s not a chronological beginning, middle, and end structure. You build something in the editing…
100 Must See Documentary Films – File Three
“You kind of form a bond with your subjects, in a way. You’re in it together. To a degree that people don’t realize, documentary films…
Filmotomy Podcast Episode 23:
Welcome to episode 23. In this episode, Bee hosts Rob, Jonathan, and Al as we discuss the results of her Twitter poll questions about films…
100 Must See Documentary Films – File Two
“If you want to tell the untold stories, if you want to give voice to the voiceless, you’ve got to find a language. Which goes…
100 Must See Documentary Films – File One
“My hat’s off to documentary filmmakers. I don’t know if I’m ever going back to it. You’re treated like a second-class citizen at most film…
Documentary Review – SHOT! The Psycho-Spiritual Mantra of Rock
With a name like Mick Rock, you would have been more surprised if he hadn’t pursued a life of Rock N’ Roll. SHOT! Is an odyssey…
Documentary Review – David Lynch: The Art Life
David Lynch is a larger than life film director and artist who has over the years brought us such surreal delights as Eraserhead (1977), Twin Peaks…
Documentary Review – The Karma Killings
India and the rest of the world were left shaken in 2006, when a pair of serial killers were caught after killing 19 children, what made…
Documentary Review – Mommy Dead and Dearest
A mother is supposed to take care of their child through any sickness, and on the surface this seemed to be the case with mother Dee…
Documentary Review – Dawson City: Frozen Time
There’s a high chance that you haven’t heard of Dawson City, a small town in Yukon, Canada, with a population of 1,375, but for a brief…
Review – 78/52: Hitchcock’s Shower Scene
Psycho (1960) was revolutionary, it’s hard to fathom just how one film managed to change to entire direction of cinema, striking fear into the hearts of…
Q and A With Writer/Director Scott Fivelson On His Hollywood Satire, Near Myth: The Oskar Knight Story
Back in college, studying Media Studies, I delved into a huge project designing a production package for a film, real or not. I would very…
100 Not Nominated For Oscars – Part 15
Sometimes greatness in movies miss the boat with the Academy Awards. Or rather, those that vote. Be it a highly acclaimed documentary, an iconic Italian…
Genre Blast: Truth Be Told – Documentary Features
As defined by the Oxford Dictionary, a documentary is a film “that provides a factual record or report.” What the dictionary does not say is that an effective documentarian takes those raw facts and arranges them in such a way as to clarify a point or to provide additional weight and understanding to the topic at hand. This makes the documentary nearly as subjective as a fictional work …
