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Perhaps you recall Daniel Kraus, the author and filmmaker behind the Work Series -- a quartet of documentaries that includes the underrecognized masterpiece Musician and continues Sunday with the world premiere of Preacher. Kraus sends word that this entry in his franchise of vocational voyeurism will the last for the foreseeable future, so do yourself a favor and tune in to the Documentary Channel at 8 p.m. You can check out the trailer here, too; I promise it runs laps around Machine Gun Preacher. [Documentary Channel]...

HollywoodNews.com: Dr. Drew’s hit VH1 reality series “Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew” checks back into rehab for a fourth season. The series, consisting of nine one-hour episodes, is slated to premiere December 1 at 10Pm*.

Season four of “Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew” will follow the real-life experiences of eight diverse celebrity patients undergoing an intensive 21-day detoxification and treatment program at the Pasadena Recovery Center. As they each struggle with their own demons in their quest to get well they must also do this amongst some other very strong personalities who create more hurdles for each other than a helping hand. The cast, many who have been recent tabloid fodder even while they were in rehab includes: Eric Roberts (The Expendables), Jeremy London (“Party of Five,” “7th Heaven”), Rachel Uchitel (Infamous Party Planner), Janice Dickinson (“The Janice Dickinson Modeling Agency”), Leif Garrett (Musician), Frankie Lons (Keyshia Cole’s...

Professor Jay Holstein Daniel Kraus's Professor doesn't start with a bang so much as a barrage. In its opening minutes, the University of Iowa's Jay Holstein comes right at his undergrads, waking them from their lecture hall reveries and deflating any preconceptions they might have about what lies in store for them. And of course, thanks to Kraus, Holstein has the same effect on us. What's more, Holstein is a prime example of practice-what-you-preach (or maybe the reverse?): he's not only a popular professor of religious studies, but also an ordained rabbi. As such, like the subjects of the other films in the Work Series - Preacher, Musician, and Sheriff - Holstein is something of a performer. Yet these docs aren't really about playing to the public, or even about all the introspective, behind-the-scenes work that's done in preparation for them. Rather, the focus is on that middle...

VH1′s Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew will return for its fourth season later this year, continuing several trends I have a hard time comprehending: Drug Rehab as Entertainment; Drug Rehab as Celebrity Career Boost; and Redefinition of the Word ‘Celebrity’ to Feed the Reality TV Beast. But the show must go on, I suppose, and according to a release from the network, the cast slated to undergo detoxification and treatment at the Pasadena Recovery Center will include the following folks: “Jeremy London (Party of Five, 7th Heaven), Rachel Uchitel (Infamous Party Planner), Janice Dickinson (The Janice Dickinson Modeling Agency...

Welcome back to Moment of Truth, Movieline's weekly spotlight on the best in nonfiction cinema. Today we hear from Daniel Kraus, whose superb Work Series gets a showcase this weekend in Chicago.

Remember those seven masterpieces of the '00s you've likely never seen? Hopefully you have checked out at least some of them by now -- particularly the endlessly intriguing work of Chicago filmmaker Daniel Kraus. Since 2004, the documentarian has delivered three films chronicling ordinary Americans at their rather extraordinary jobs. Their tiles are self-explanatory and deceptively simple -- Sheriff, Musician and Kraus's latest, Professor. The films, meanwhile, are anything but.