Apr
Dirty Wars - Trailer
“If children are terrorists, then we are all terrorists.”
Mar
Dirty Girls
This is an awesome short documentary from 1996 about a group of 8th grade riot grrrls, their feminist zine, and the scorn they receive from their classmates.
Mar
Someone finally made a documentary about cats on the internet. Here’s the trailer.
Jan
Dirty Wars: Jeremy Scahill’s New Film Exposes Hidden Truths of Covert U.S. Warfare
This film can’t be released soon enough.
Nov
This premieres on HBO tonight. Watch it if you enjoy awesome things.
Trivia: I interned for the director of this film back in the day.
Nov
Saw the great Glenn Greenwald tonight at a panel discussion about journalism and documentaries. Also on the panel was Jeremy Scahill, who debuted a brief but exceptional clip from a documentary he’s working on about U.S. drone strikes.
Nov
Tonight I attended the premiere of Can’t Stand Losing You, a documentary about Andy Summers, the guitarist from The Police. That’s Summers with the microphone and to his right, the director Andy Grieve and to the far right, producer Brett Morgen.
Nov
Brief, Shameless Self-Promotion
Unraveled, a documentary I worked on a while back, is on CNBC at 9pm tonight. It’s also available on iTunes and airs periodically on Showtime.
Described by The Hollywood Reporter as “one of the most incisive documentaries about the financial crisis,” it’s the story of Manhattan attorney Marc Dreier, who stole hundreds of millions in an elaborate Ponzi scheme. The film features interviews with Dreier while he is under house arrest in his $10 million penthouse awaiting sentencing.
Here’s a 60 Minutes piece on Dreier for those who might be interested.
Oct
This film deserves heaps of praise. It succeeds in personalizing an issue that may sometimes seem abstract. See it if you can.
Aug
Blowing Up Asteroids with Neil deGrasse Tyson
Aug
Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God
Trailer for Alex Gibney’s new documentary on child abuse and the Catholic Church.
Jul
Life or Death in the Gaza Strip
Jul
Child Suicide Bombers in Training
Jun
How to Sell Drugs
Ever wonder how to sell $100,000 worth of drugs in a week? We learned the secrets of a drug dealer in NYC - a man who will deliver any substance you want, 24/7. He told us everything - from where he gets his drugs to how his crew operates. Come with us as we take a rare look into the dangerous life of a NYC drug delivery-man.
