Cannes Ends with…Awards — 3rd of 3
The heightened security with machine gun armed soldiers and policemen constantly patrolling was intensified after the Manchester Massacre. With a pall over the festival, one minute of silence was observed for the 22 murdered and flags hung at half-mast. In addition to that, the sudden death at 57 of the Busan Film Festival deputy director Kim Ji-seok and that of the James Bond star Roger Moore brought the film world into a new perspective as we join the larger world to face the random indications of human mortality. High security vs. cinema as a sanctuary of freedom is highlighted this year like no other time that I can recall in my 31 years here.President of the jury, Pedro Almodovar
But life does go on, the jury judges, the stars get press attention on the red carpet and the rest of us continue to wait patiently in...
The heightened security with machine gun armed soldiers and policemen constantly patrolling was intensified after the Manchester Massacre. With a pall over the festival, one minute of silence was observed for the 22 murdered and flags hung at half-mast. In addition to that, the sudden death at 57 of the Busan Film Festival deputy director Kim Ji-seok and that of the James Bond star Roger Moore brought the film world into a new perspective as we join the larger world to face the random indications of human mortality. High security vs. cinema as a sanctuary of freedom is highlighted this year like no other time that I can recall in my 31 years here.President of the jury, Pedro Almodovar
But life does go on, the jury judges, the stars get press attention on the red carpet and the rest of us continue to wait patiently in...
- 5/29/2017
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
It's looking more and more like acclaimed documentarian Joe Berlinger will be the star of this year's American Documentary Film Festival (AmDocs). Not only will Berlinger's latest film, "Tony Robbins: I Am Not Your Guru," open the festival on March 31, but AmDocs will honor the filmmaker with this year's Seeing The Bigger Picture Award. Past winners of the award include Oliver Stone, Peter Coyote, Harvey Weinstein and Peter Bogdanovich. Read More: Joe Berlinger on Michael Moore and The Changing Market for Documentaries "Joe Berlinger, whose new film is the Opening Night feature for the festival’s Fifth Anniversary Edition, has quite an impressive body of work," said Ted Grouya, AmDocs Founder and Festival Director, in an official statement. "Joe is one of today's most important auteurs in the world of documentary film, and we are thrilled to be able to honor him at this year’s festival." To commemorate Berlinger further,...
- 2/8/2016
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
Steve Apkon, Kent Jones, Joanne Koch and Richard Peña Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze In celebrating the New York Film Festival at 50 (1963-2012), what do Luis Buñuel's Exterminating Angel, Alain Resnais' Muriel, Chris Marker's Le Joli Mai, and Roman Polanski's Knife In The Water have in common? How about Lucrecia Martel's haunting La Ciénaga, Michael Moore's Roger And Me as first time filmmakers and Last Tango In Paris, In The Realm Of The Senses, The Marriage Of Maria Braun, Barfly, and This Is Not A Film?
New York Film Festival Gold: A 50th Anniversary Celebration Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze Jacob Burns Film Center Founder & Executive Director Steve Apkon moderated the discussion between Richard Peña, director of the New York Film Festival from 1988 to 2012, Joanne Koch, who was the executive director of the Film Society of Lincoln Center, and Kent Jones, the present New York Film Festival Director of Programming,...
New York Film Festival Gold: A 50th Anniversary Celebration Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze Jacob Burns Film Center Founder & Executive Director Steve Apkon moderated the discussion between Richard Peña, director of the New York Film Festival from 1988 to 2012, Joanne Koch, who was the executive director of the Film Society of Lincoln Center, and Kent Jones, the present New York Film Festival Director of Programming,...
- 9/13/2013
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Presenters to include David Bordwell, Ira Deutchman, Ava DuVernay, Crispin Hellion Glover, and Tim League
The 6th annual Art House Convergence, the only yearly meeting of independent art house movie theater owners and operators in the Us and Canada will be held January 14-17, 2013 in Midway, Utah. Presented in cooperation with Sundance Institute, this annual conference features inspirational speakers, informative sessions and enlightening panel discussions by industry leaders. University of Wisconsin-Madison Professor and author David Bordwell and Emerging Pictures Managing Partner Ira Deutchman will be among the keynote speakers at this event, while filmmaker/marketer/distributor Ava DuVernay, renegade auteur Crispin Hellion Glover, and Alamo Drafthouse Founder & CEO Tim League will be among the many participating in Convergence presentations.
Since it originated in 2008, the Art House Convergence has doubled in size each year and has evolved into a leading national resource for the support of independent film and the promotion of film culture in local communities. Past keynote speakers have included Sundance Film Festival Director John Cooper; film producer Ted Hope; and filmmaker Michael Moore. In 2012, over three hundred people gathered from thirty-six states, Washington, D.C. and Toronto.
This year, over twenty sessions and panel discussions will cover a wide range of topics including increasing and engaging audiences through film education, new media marketing, digital cinema, fundraising, programming, and financial management.
Highlights include:
Midnight Movies: Innovative Ways to Attract Audiences Managing with Metrics: Lessons from Tim League and the Alamo Drafthouse Race & Diversity in the Art House, with Ava DuVernay and other panelists Digital Cinema Update: Surviving the Transition & Avoiding the Traps A performance by renegade auteur Crispin Hellion Glover Driving Marketing for Films Without Major Studio Backing The Non-Profit Art House: The Modern Sustainable Model Case Study: Fund Raising and Installing Digital Cinema at the County Theatre Repertory Film Programming: Good Old Films, Great New Audiences Increasing Leadership Resilience and Minimizing Burnout, with Dewey Schott The Digital Art House: Lessons and Experiences From Europe
““O Wonder! How many goodly creatures are there [at the Convergence]! How beauteous [humanity] is! O brave new world that has such people in’t.” I think if Shakespeare had written about the Art House Convergence, he would have written this!” says Convergence Director, Russ Collins; “Silly metaphors aside, Art House cinema operators are truly the goodly creatures of cinema exhibition. In cities both large and small, they daily present the brave new creations of cinema artists from around the globe for the benefit and wonder of their communities. Annually, these Art Houses operators gather in Utah, in January, just before the start of the Sundance Film Festival to learn, share, commiserate and be inspired at this acclaimed conference. We look forward to all of our colleagues from specialty film theaters across North America joining us January 14-17 at the 2013 Art House Convergence.”
For Art House Convergence program and registration details, visit www.arthouseconvergence.org Hi-res images available upon request.
Interview Suggestions:
Russ Collins
Chair, Art House Convergence; Executive Director, Michigan Theater, Ann Arbor, Mi
734-646-0528 or russ@arthouseconvergence.org
Casey De La Rosa
Sundance Film Festival Media Contact
Requests through: 310-360-1981, casey_delarosa@sundance.org
Gary Meyer
Co-Director, Telluride Film Festival; Co-Founder, Landmark Theaters 510-665-9494 or garytff@gmail.com
About the Sundance Institute Art House Project & Art House Convergence
In 2005, the Sundance Institute Art House Project was created to celebrate the 25th Anniversary of Sundance Institute by honoring Art House theatres. Twelve representative art house theatres from around the country were designated as Sundance Institute Art House Project theatres. Representatives from each theatre were invited to attend the festival to gain further insight into the scope and scale of independent cinema worldwide. The group realized the benefits of an ongoing dialogue within the art house community and in 2008 presented the first Art House Convergence, an industry educational program designed to empower and inform independent cinemas nationwide. The growth of the Art House Convergence and its development of research, surveys and year round communication among art house theaters affirm that the organization has evolved into a leading national resource for the support of independent film and the promotion of film culture in local communities.
The 6th annual Art House Convergence, the only yearly meeting of independent art house movie theater owners and operators in the Us and Canada will be held January 14-17, 2013 in Midway, Utah. Presented in cooperation with Sundance Institute, this annual conference features inspirational speakers, informative sessions and enlightening panel discussions by industry leaders. University of Wisconsin-Madison Professor and author David Bordwell and Emerging Pictures Managing Partner Ira Deutchman will be among the keynote speakers at this event, while filmmaker/marketer/distributor Ava DuVernay, renegade auteur Crispin Hellion Glover, and Alamo Drafthouse Founder & CEO Tim League will be among the many participating in Convergence presentations.
Since it originated in 2008, the Art House Convergence has doubled in size each year and has evolved into a leading national resource for the support of independent film and the promotion of film culture in local communities. Past keynote speakers have included Sundance Film Festival Director John Cooper; film producer Ted Hope; and filmmaker Michael Moore. In 2012, over three hundred people gathered from thirty-six states, Washington, D.C. and Toronto.
This year, over twenty sessions and panel discussions will cover a wide range of topics including increasing and engaging audiences through film education, new media marketing, digital cinema, fundraising, programming, and financial management.
Highlights include:
Midnight Movies: Innovative Ways to Attract Audiences Managing with Metrics: Lessons from Tim League and the Alamo Drafthouse Race & Diversity in the Art House, with Ava DuVernay and other panelists Digital Cinema Update: Surviving the Transition & Avoiding the Traps A performance by renegade auteur Crispin Hellion Glover Driving Marketing for Films Without Major Studio Backing The Non-Profit Art House: The Modern Sustainable Model Case Study: Fund Raising and Installing Digital Cinema at the County Theatre Repertory Film Programming: Good Old Films, Great New Audiences Increasing Leadership Resilience and Minimizing Burnout, with Dewey Schott The Digital Art House: Lessons and Experiences From Europe
““O Wonder! How many goodly creatures are there [at the Convergence]! How beauteous [humanity] is! O brave new world that has such people in’t.” I think if Shakespeare had written about the Art House Convergence, he would have written this!” says Convergence Director, Russ Collins; “Silly metaphors aside, Art House cinema operators are truly the goodly creatures of cinema exhibition. In cities both large and small, they daily present the brave new creations of cinema artists from around the globe for the benefit and wonder of their communities. Annually, these Art Houses operators gather in Utah, in January, just before the start of the Sundance Film Festival to learn, share, commiserate and be inspired at this acclaimed conference. We look forward to all of our colleagues from specialty film theaters across North America joining us January 14-17 at the 2013 Art House Convergence.”
For Art House Convergence program and registration details, visit www.arthouseconvergence.org Hi-res images available upon request.
Interview Suggestions:
Russ Collins
Chair, Art House Convergence; Executive Director, Michigan Theater, Ann Arbor, Mi
734-646-0528 or russ@arthouseconvergence.org
Casey De La Rosa
Sundance Film Festival Media Contact
Requests through: 310-360-1981, casey_delarosa@sundance.org
Gary Meyer
Co-Director, Telluride Film Festival; Co-Founder, Landmark Theaters 510-665-9494 or garytff@gmail.com
About the Sundance Institute Art House Project & Art House Convergence
In 2005, the Sundance Institute Art House Project was created to celebrate the 25th Anniversary of Sundance Institute by honoring Art House theatres. Twelve representative art house theatres from around the country were designated as Sundance Institute Art House Project theatres. Representatives from each theatre were invited to attend the festival to gain further insight into the scope and scale of independent cinema worldwide. The group realized the benefits of an ongoing dialogue within the art house community and in 2008 presented the first Art House Convergence, an industry educational program designed to empower and inform independent cinemas nationwide. The growth of the Art House Convergence and its development of research, surveys and year round communication among art house theaters affirm that the organization has evolved into a leading national resource for the support of independent film and the promotion of film culture in local communities.
- 11/29/2012
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
In the early 80s a small group of filmmakers, including myself, under the invitation of Sandra Schulberg gathered at NYC's 92nd Street 'Y' to found a filmmaker-run and oriented organization to facilitate networking and 'to give us a voice'. I am still very happy with the result as seen in today's 34th edition of Independent Film Week.
Ifp is announcing its industry activities for the 34th edition of Independent Film Week, as well as the 2012 slate of 165 new films in development selected for its esteemed Project Forum.
Independent Film Week takes place September 16-20, 2012 at various locations throughout Lincoln Center and is a one-of-a-kind event that brings the international film and media community to New York City to advance new voices and projects on the independent scene. The event is purely focused on supporting the future of storytelling by nurturing and providing opportunities for both emerging and established artists to connect with the financiers, executives, influencers and decision-makers in film, television, new media and cross-platform storytelling that can help them complete their latest works and connect with audiences.
Expanding from its core mission Ifp's Film Week has been re-focused to ensure that artists, industry and audiences have the educational, networking and access opportunities necessary to create and enjoy work across a variety of platforms. The Week provides multiple ways for the independent film and media communities to come together.
These include:
•Project Forum which facilitates over 2,000 meetings for talent with new projects in development;
•Future Forward Industry Initiatives allow established professionals to meet to discuss new opportunities in creative media, as well as debate key issues critical to the future of visual storytelling;
•Filmmaker Conference Offering audiences the opportunity to discuss the future of film;
•Filmmaker Magazine - Celebrating tomorrow’s filmmakers today through Ifp’s signature publication, celebrating its 20th Anniversary this year.
“Ifp is proud to present this year’s Independent Film Week, which includes a truly original, exciting, and diverse slate of U.S. and international projects that are sure to pique the interest of our attending industry friends,” said Joana Vicente, Executive Director, Ifp. “Not only does Film Week remain an important space for filmmakers with unique vision to connect with industry and peers, but it is also a destination for aspiring filmmakers and film fans alike to explore the art and business of 21st century storytelling with the Filmmaker Conference.”
Project Forum
Under the curatorial leadership of Deputy Director/Head of Programming Amy Dotson & Senior Director of Programmer Milton Tabbot, Ifp’s Project Forum has had a prolific history in the independent community supporting independent filmmakers at critical stages in their development processes. 165 U.S. and International projects have been selected for the 2012 Project Forum, evenly split between documentary and narrative features. Projects hail from the U.S., throughout Europe and Canada, as well Australia, Columbia, Dubai, Hong Kong, India, Israel, New Zealand, South Africa and Turkey.
For A Full List Of 2012 Selected Projects:
http://www.ifp.org/resources/2012-project-forumslate/
This year’s selection of docs includes a range of stories equally divided among - and embedded within - the American political and social landscape, the international scene, history, and the arts world – with new projects from an exciting lineup of new and established indie filmmakers.
In addition, SAG Indie’s Emerging Narrative Reading will highlight short excerpts from new work by upand-coming writer/directors, featuring a live reading from leading independent actors cast by Paul Schnee and Alison Estrin of Barden/ Schnee Casting (Winter’s Bone, The Help).
The Ifp organization championed the early work of pioneering independent filmmakers Charles Burnett, Todd Haynes, Mira Nair, Michael Moore, Joel and Ethan Cohen, Kevin Smith, and Todd Solondz. Recently, it has also played a vital role in launching the first films of many of today’s rising stars on the independent scene.
Future Forward Industry Initiatives
Film Week also consists of a number of initiatives aimed at expanding the networks and educating established film and media professionals on issues prevalent within the art and business of 21st Century storytelling and audience engagement.
• Ifp Producer of Marketing & Distribution Labs - Ifp & director Jon Reiss (Bomb It!) have created the world’s first Producer of Marketing & Development (Pmd) Labs, a six month fellowship providing select producers, marketing and digital strategists the tools and networks necessary to create a audience engagement strategy for select feature films from Ifp’s 2012 Independent Filmmaker Labs.
• Ifp’s Festival Forum - Launched in 2010 at Ifp’s Independent Film Week, Ifp’s Festival Forum network is a bi-annual convening of over 45 top festival programmers and leaders from around the globe. The purpose of this two-day event is to create an infrastructure where festivals around the world can come together to discuss issues and trends affecting their organizations, audiences, and filmmakers, as well as discover new work by up-and-coming filmmakers to include in their upcoming festival slates.
• New International Partners & Initiatives - Ifp is pleased to announce new international partnerships and initiatives with a variety of funding bodies and cultural around the globe, providing a myriad of new creative and business opportunities for Ifp’s emerging and established talent. This includes producers and executives attending on behalf of the Dubai Film Market, Torino Film Lab, Turkey’s Meetings On The Bridge, Columbia’s ProImagines will all be presenting partners of Ifp’s No Borders International CoProduction Market.
Filmmaker Conference
Held during Ifp’s signature Independent Film Week, the Filmmaker Conference brings together the international filmmaking community to explore the art and business of 21st century storytelling. Whether stories are told through film, television, online, or new media, the Filmmaker Conference is the premiere place for to interact with experts on how to connect with audiences to make the most of your films.
For the latest Conference schedule and to purchase tickets: http://www.ifp.org/conferences/filmmakerconference
About Ifp
After debuting with a program in 1979 New York Film Festival, the nonprofit Ifp has evolved into the nation’s oldest and largest organization of independent filmmakers, and also the premiere advocate for them. Since its start Ifp has supported the production of 7,000 films and provided resources to more than 20,000 filmmakers – voices that might not otherwise have been heard. Ifp fosters the development of 350 new feature and documentary films each year through its Project Forum of Independent Film Week, Independent Filmmaker Labs and projects in its fiscal sponsorship program.
Ifp is announcing its industry activities for the 34th edition of Independent Film Week, as well as the 2012 slate of 165 new films in development selected for its esteemed Project Forum.
Independent Film Week takes place September 16-20, 2012 at various locations throughout Lincoln Center and is a one-of-a-kind event that brings the international film and media community to New York City to advance new voices and projects on the independent scene. The event is purely focused on supporting the future of storytelling by nurturing and providing opportunities for both emerging and established artists to connect with the financiers, executives, influencers and decision-makers in film, television, new media and cross-platform storytelling that can help them complete their latest works and connect with audiences.
Expanding from its core mission Ifp's Film Week has been re-focused to ensure that artists, industry and audiences have the educational, networking and access opportunities necessary to create and enjoy work across a variety of platforms. The Week provides multiple ways for the independent film and media communities to come together.
These include:
•Project Forum which facilitates over 2,000 meetings for talent with new projects in development;
•Future Forward Industry Initiatives allow established professionals to meet to discuss new opportunities in creative media, as well as debate key issues critical to the future of visual storytelling;
•Filmmaker Conference Offering audiences the opportunity to discuss the future of film;
•Filmmaker Magazine - Celebrating tomorrow’s filmmakers today through Ifp’s signature publication, celebrating its 20th Anniversary this year.
“Ifp is proud to present this year’s Independent Film Week, which includes a truly original, exciting, and diverse slate of U.S. and international projects that are sure to pique the interest of our attending industry friends,” said Joana Vicente, Executive Director, Ifp. “Not only does Film Week remain an important space for filmmakers with unique vision to connect with industry and peers, but it is also a destination for aspiring filmmakers and film fans alike to explore the art and business of 21st century storytelling with the Filmmaker Conference.”
Project Forum
Under the curatorial leadership of Deputy Director/Head of Programming Amy Dotson & Senior Director of Programmer Milton Tabbot, Ifp’s Project Forum has had a prolific history in the independent community supporting independent filmmakers at critical stages in their development processes. 165 U.S. and International projects have been selected for the 2012 Project Forum, evenly split between documentary and narrative features. Projects hail from the U.S., throughout Europe and Canada, as well Australia, Columbia, Dubai, Hong Kong, India, Israel, New Zealand, South Africa and Turkey.
For A Full List Of 2012 Selected Projects:
http://www.ifp.org/resources/2012-project-forumslate/
This year’s selection of docs includes a range of stories equally divided among - and embedded within - the American political and social landscape, the international scene, history, and the arts world – with new projects from an exciting lineup of new and established indie filmmakers.
In addition, SAG Indie’s Emerging Narrative Reading will highlight short excerpts from new work by upand-coming writer/directors, featuring a live reading from leading independent actors cast by Paul Schnee and Alison Estrin of Barden/ Schnee Casting (Winter’s Bone, The Help).
The Ifp organization championed the early work of pioneering independent filmmakers Charles Burnett, Todd Haynes, Mira Nair, Michael Moore, Joel and Ethan Cohen, Kevin Smith, and Todd Solondz. Recently, it has also played a vital role in launching the first films of many of today’s rising stars on the independent scene.
Future Forward Industry Initiatives
Film Week also consists of a number of initiatives aimed at expanding the networks and educating established film and media professionals on issues prevalent within the art and business of 21st Century storytelling and audience engagement.
• Ifp Producer of Marketing & Distribution Labs - Ifp & director Jon Reiss (Bomb It!) have created the world’s first Producer of Marketing & Development (Pmd) Labs, a six month fellowship providing select producers, marketing and digital strategists the tools and networks necessary to create a audience engagement strategy for select feature films from Ifp’s 2012 Independent Filmmaker Labs.
• Ifp’s Festival Forum - Launched in 2010 at Ifp’s Independent Film Week, Ifp’s Festival Forum network is a bi-annual convening of over 45 top festival programmers and leaders from around the globe. The purpose of this two-day event is to create an infrastructure where festivals around the world can come together to discuss issues and trends affecting their organizations, audiences, and filmmakers, as well as discover new work by up-and-coming filmmakers to include in their upcoming festival slates.
• New International Partners & Initiatives - Ifp is pleased to announce new international partnerships and initiatives with a variety of funding bodies and cultural around the globe, providing a myriad of new creative and business opportunities for Ifp’s emerging and established talent. This includes producers and executives attending on behalf of the Dubai Film Market, Torino Film Lab, Turkey’s Meetings On The Bridge, Columbia’s ProImagines will all be presenting partners of Ifp’s No Borders International CoProduction Market.
Filmmaker Conference
Held during Ifp’s signature Independent Film Week, the Filmmaker Conference brings together the international filmmaking community to explore the art and business of 21st century storytelling. Whether stories are told through film, television, online, or new media, the Filmmaker Conference is the premiere place for to interact with experts on how to connect with audiences to make the most of your films.
For the latest Conference schedule and to purchase tickets: http://www.ifp.org/conferences/filmmakerconference
About Ifp
After debuting with a program in 1979 New York Film Festival, the nonprofit Ifp has evolved into the nation’s oldest and largest organization of independent filmmakers, and also the premiere advocate for them. Since its start Ifp has supported the production of 7,000 films and provided resources to more than 20,000 filmmakers – voices that might not otherwise have been heard. Ifp fosters the development of 350 new feature and documentary films each year through its Project Forum of Independent Film Week, Independent Filmmaker Labs and projects in its fiscal sponsorship program.
- 9/18/2012
- by Peter Belsito
- Sydney's Buzz
Winter's Bone took home the top award Tonight at the 20th Anniversary Gotham Independent Film Awards ceremony in New York City’s Cipriani Wall Street.
This year's winners mostly came from films which were shown earlier this year at the Sundance Film Festival. 30 films received nominations in seven competitive categories, including: Best Feature, Best Documentary, Breakthrough Director, Breakthrough Actor, Best Ensemble Performance, Festival Genius Audience Award and Best Film Not Playing at a Theater Near You®. Hit the jump to read the full list of winners and the official press release.
Winter's Bone was one of my favorite movies of the year, and you can bet that it will get a few nominations at this year's Academy Awards, including Best Picture. If you haven't seen the movie yet, now is the time to watch it!
Here is the press release with the list of award winners:
New York, NY (November...
This year's winners mostly came from films which were shown earlier this year at the Sundance Film Festival. 30 films received nominations in seven competitive categories, including: Best Feature, Best Documentary, Breakthrough Director, Breakthrough Actor, Best Ensemble Performance, Festival Genius Audience Award and Best Film Not Playing at a Theater Near You®. Hit the jump to read the full list of winners and the official press release.
Winter's Bone was one of my favorite movies of the year, and you can bet that it will get a few nominations at this year's Academy Awards, including Best Picture. If you haven't seen the movie yet, now is the time to watch it!
Here is the press release with the list of award winners:
New York, NY (November...
- 11/30/2010
- by Venkman
- GeekTyrant
[1] Tonight, the Independent Filmmaker Project (Ifp) held the 20th Anniversary Gotham Independent Film Awards ceremony in New York City’s Cipriani Wall Street. The winners were comprised mostly of films which played earlier this year at the Sundance Film Festival. A total of 30 films received nominations in seven competitive categories, including: Best Feature, Best Documentary, Breakthrough Director, Breakthrough Actor, Best Ensemble Performance, Festival Genius Audience Award and Best Film Not Playing at a Theater Near You®. Hit the jump to read the full list of winners and the official press release. Winners Announced New York, NY (November 29, 2010) – The Independent Filmmaker Project (Ifp), the nation’s oldest and largest organization of independent filmmakers, announced today the winners at the 20th Anniversary Gotham Independent Film Awards ceremony in New York City’s Cipriani Wall Street. Presented by Ifp, the Gotham Independent Film Awards™ is one of the leading awards for independent film...
- 11/30/2010
- by Peter Sciretta
- Slash Film
Why are activist documentary-makers so obnoxious? Michael Moore, for one, is universally loathed even by scores of people that agree with him, and his legions of imitators, in hundreds of political films over the last decade or two, are rarely better. I appreciated the sensible thrust of Bill Maher's Religulous, but would've liked to see him fall under a bus by the end of his atheist roadtrip. Looking at the new "6½ -Year Anniversary" edition of Morgan Spurlock's Super Size Me, the issues of obesity and bad American diets are not nearly as immediate as how and when we can get Spurlock to shut the hell up.
- 9/30/2010
- Movieline
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