It seems as if hardly a week goes by when there isn’t a news story about some sort of alleged police misconduct. Unfortunately, much of it ends up with civilians being killed. That’s why Peace Officer is such a timely film. The first feature-length documentary from the filmmaking team of Brad Barber and Scott […]
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‘Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead: The Story Of The National Lampoon’ Is A Nostalgic Look Back At An Unsung Piece Of Comedic History
Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead: The Story of the National Lampoon gives an inside look into comedy greats at the National Lampoon and its SNL connection.
‘Listen to Me Marlon’ Lets Marlon Brando Tell His Own Story, In His Own Words, With His Own Voice
In the early eighties, legendary actor Marlon Brando had the features of his head scanned and digitized by a special effects house, thinking that someday in the near future, actors would be replaced by computer generated images of themselves, therefore rendering themselves obsolete. It is both fun and fitting that director Stevan Riley (Fire in […]
‘The Look Of Silence’ Tells The Indonesia Genocide Victims’ Side Of ‘The Act Of Killing’
With The Act of Killing, Joshua Oppenheimer focused on the Indonesian death squad killers; in The Look of Silence, the victims of Indonesian genocide speak.
‘A LEGO Brickumentary’ Teaches You Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About LEGOs But Were Afraid To Ask
To the uninitiated, it would seem as if the LEGO toy brand was thrust into the limelight by last year’s The LEGO Movie, but truthfully, the beloved construction toy was always there. Now, A LEGO Brickumentary tells curious viewers everything they ever wanted to know about one of the world’s most popular toy companies. […]