Directed by Grohl, Sound City is a documentary about possibly one of the most beloved and important recording studios in music history.
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With her breakthrough documentary, Mitra Farahani paints her portrait with a virtuoso’s precision — not an easy task given the complexity of her subject.
With her breakthrough documentary, Mitra Farahani paints her portrait with a virtuoso’s precision — not an easy task given the complexity of her subject.
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Film review: Life Itself
Roger Ebert had a wonderful life, as Frank Capra might have put it, and one that is beautifully recounted in Life Itself.
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Jodorowsky’s Dune
Opening Friday exclusively at AMC Quail Springs Mall 24, 2501 W. Memorial Road, Jodorowsky’s Dune chronicles the work the Chilean auteur undertook in the 1970s to no avail: nearly three years, some 3,000 storyboarded drawings and an incalculable amount of madness. Then known as the midnight-movie maniac behind the head-trippers El Topo and The Holy […]
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The University of Central Oklahoma’s American Democracy Project will educate the public about privacy and internet security with film screenings of the 2013 documentary Terms and Conditions May Apply, directed by Cullen Hoback. With appearances by Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg and singer-songwriter Moby, the film explains to viewers that by accepting the terms and conditions […]
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Flying high
Brent Weber first visited Camp Summit — a camp in North Texas for special needs people of all kinds — to visit his daughter who was volunteering there. That was in 2008, and it started a “labor of love” project for Weber; he started filming footage with no concrete plans for it. Now, six years […]
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The Armstrong Lie
The portion of truth he is telling, he’s doing only because he finally got caught, after a decade of bald-faced denials. Money corrupts, but it can’t buy everything, as Armstrong now knows — but has not yet learned. There exists a huge difference. No one should be surprised a very famous, very wealthy man got […]
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Rewind This!
Josh Johnson’s documentary chronicles the VHS format from birth to death, and those for whom the words on its “Be Kind Rewind” sticker remain a way of life. In 94 minutes, he covers a ton of ground: the Beta vs. VHS showdown, the porn explosion (pun intended), the dawn of sell-through tapes, the lost art […]
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Unhung Hero
That poor schmo left kneeling awkwardly is Patrick Moote, a Los Angeles actor/comedian who later found out that his girlfriend wouldn’t accept his marriage proposal for one teeny-tiny reason: his penis. As in, it’s too small. Until her admission, Moote wasn’t aware of his deficiency, so he instantly joined one of the 2 billion men […]
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Narco Cultura
Consider the city’s four-year homicide statistics, as shared in the opening minutes of the documentary Narco Cultura: In 2007, “just” 320 murders were committed there. In 2008, 1,623; in 2009, 2,754; and in 2010, 3,622. For perspective, that last year, the city with which Juárez literally shares a border — El Paso, Texas — had […]