Category Archives: Documentaries

Notes from an Education: Part the First

I don’t have an awful lot of free time these days to write, but thought I should put down a few thoughts concerning what is turning out to be quite a concentrated education in festival programming, documentary filmmaking, and the … Continue reading

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BLAST! to Air on the Discovery Channel

BLAST! is an intriguing documentary about a team of astrophysicists who travel to both poles in an effort to launch a massive telescope from a hot air balloon to discover more about the origins of the universe. The film originally … Continue reading

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Not Quite Hollywood: The Wild, Untold Story of Ozploitation!

Not Quite Hollywood: The Wild, Untold Story of Ozploitation! (Director: Mark Hartley): This is a fast-paced documentary about Australia’s “Ozploitation” films of the ‘70s and early ‘80s. It’s a celebration of the forgotten action movies, sex comedies and horror films … Continue reading

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Milking the Rhino

Editor’s Note: Doc Soup is a monthly documentary screening programme run by the good folks at Hot Docs. It gives audiences in Toronto (and now Calgary and Vancouver!) their regular doc fix each year from the fall through to the … Continue reading

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Cinema Eye Honors 2009 Nominees Announced

AJ Schnack announced the nominees for the second annual Cinema Eye Honors yesterday at Sundance. The awards ceremony will be held in New York City on Sunday March 29, 2009. Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Filmmaking Man on Wire, directed by … Continue reading

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