From the monthly archives:

September 2009

Gogol Bordello Non-Stop

September 29, 2009

Title:               Gogol Bordello Non-Stop Director:              Margarita Jimeno Producer:            Ramon Jimeno (Exec), Margarita Jimeno, Darya Zhuk Cinema:                Margarita Jimeno Editor:                  Margarita Jimeno Music:                   Gogol Bordello Year:                     2008 (87 minutes)  Synopsis:  Most American cinephiles will know Eugene Hutz for his role as Elijah Wood’s Ukrainian tour guide in Everything is Illuminated.  Thanks to Margarita Jimeno’s documentary Gogol Bordello Non-Stop, [...]

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Coming Attractions: The National Parks — America’s Best Idea

September 27, 2009

Ken Burns’ new documentary The National Parks — America’s Best Idea premieres tonight at 8:00 PM ET on PBS.  According to the PBS website; The National Parks: America’s Best Idea is a six-episode series directed by Ken Burns and written and co-produced by Dayton Duncan. Filmed over the course of more than six years at [...]

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Burden of Dreams

September 18, 2009

Title:               Burden of Dreams Director:               Les Blank Screenwriter:      Michael Goodwin Cinema:                 Les Blank Editor:                   Maureen Gosling Sound:                   Maureen Gosling Year:                      1982 (95 minutes)  Synopsis:  For nearly five years, Werner Herzog struggled against all odds to complete his most ambitious project: Fitzcarraldo, the story of one man’s attempt to build on opera house in the Amazon jungle.  Blank [...]

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Any Day Now

September 15, 2009

Title:               Any Day Now Director:              Jeff Wyatt Wilson Producer:            Charlie Peacock, Kristin Dabbs, Marcus Whitney (Exec), Jeff Wyatt Wilson Cinema:                Jeff Wyatt Wilson Editor:                  Jeff Wyatt Wilson Year:                     2009 (116 minutes)  Synopsis:  Any Day Now is an enlightening performance documentary that tracks the “Ten out of Tenn” tour in the summer of 2008.  Not unlike the cinema [...]

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America’s Lost Band

September 12, 2009

Title:               America’s Lost Band Director:              Michael Stich Producer:            Fred Cantor, Michael Stich Screenwriter:     Fred Cantor Cinema:                Lauri Moorman Editor:                  Filmlook Music:                   The Remains Sound:                  Clyde Kaplan Year:                     2008 (76 minutes)  Synopsis:  “Had these Boston bad boys stuck it out beyond their 1966 debut, we might today be calling them – and not the Stones – the World’s Greatest Rock ‘n’ [...]

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