ESPN’s acclaimed documentary series, 30 for 30, which was produced by Bill Simmons, evolves into a series of short documentaries published on Simmons’ Grantland. The first film is Arnold’s Blueprint, from directors Michael and Jeff Zimbalist (The Two Escobars): This 10-minute movie focuses on the years before Arnold Schwarzenegger was the “Universe’s Perfect Specimen,” when [...]
Jeff Bridges’ classic performance as The Dude in The Big Lebowski was inspired by the real life Jeff Dowd, a slacker Los Angeleno who is still slacking it out nearly 15 years after the Cohen Brothers movie became a cult classic. NBC News has an interview with Dowd on the short documentary by Jeff Feuerzeig (who previously directed the [...]
Samsara is the first film by director and cinematographer Ron Fricke (Chronos, Baraka) in nearly 20 years. Similar to his earlier work, it will be completely devoid of dialogue and text, relying solely on compelling visuals shot on 70mm film. During a five year stretch, Fricke shot at 100 locations in 25 countries for ‘Samsara’. “Samsara transports us to [...]
One of the unusual features or quirks of New York City’s Lower East Side are these beautiful telephone pole mosaics. It’s easy to miss them or never even notice them, but for more than 30 years Vietnam War vet and former union carpenter Jim Power has crafted them. Etsy catches up with the artist who’s [...]
From Punknews.org: Dave Grohl of Foo Fighters, Nirvana, and Scream fame has posted some clips from his forthcoming documentary, Sound City. It’s his debut as a director and includes Tom Petty, John Fogerty, Butch Vig, Mick Fleetwood, Trent Reznor and more talking about the eponymous Van Nuys CA studio and its Neve 8028 recording console. [...]
Here’s but a few trailers that hit the wires over the past few days while I was tied up covering Enterprise 2.0 for work. Taken 2 Liam Neeson’s Taken was one of the most unexpectedly dope action movies of the last five years. Anyway, good to see the most interesting man in the world was [...]
You’ve checked out the trailer, read the oral history of the Dream Team and somehow still missed the awesome documentary that aired this week. No worries. Enjoy it in its entirety while it lasts on YouTube. And yes, I’ll be conspicuously absent for the next hour and change.
Indie Game: The Movie, a documentary about independent video game creators, won the best documentary editing award at the Sundance Film Festival and is now available to download or view online for $10. I’ve yet to see the movie, but I’ve heard nothing but good things about it. The project was funded through Kickstarter, so there’s a [...]
The Dream Team is a documentary about the legendary 1992 USA Olympic basketball team that featured an impressive 11 hall of fame players in the prime of their careers. Three out of the four coaches are in the hall of fame and the team itself has even been enshrined. They dominated the Olympics in a [...]
Kate Imbach shares the interesting life story of Christopher Fulkerson, who is a modernist classical composer. That’s not terribly interesting, but, “for the last 23 years has worked as cab driver in San Francisco.” Imbach then wonders what we are all thinking: “With a Ph.D. and an impressive body of work, what’s he doing behind [...]
