Category Archives: Documentaries

Bob and Jack’s 52-Year Adventure

Bob and Jack’s 52-Year Adventure (Director: Stu Maddux, USA, 2006): Bob Claunch and Jack Reavley met in the early 1950s when both were stationed with the army in Germany. This charming film charts the course of their love affair over … Continue reading

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Toronto Screen Shots on Livebait.tv

Click To Play Hot Docs has come and gone for another year. Having missed most of my films, I wanted to get an overview of the festival to find out which films I need to see and which ones to … Continue reading

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The Life of Reilly

The Life of Reilly (Directors: Barry Poltermann and Frank Anderson, USA, 2006): If you grew up in the 1970s like me, you couldn’t avoid Charles Nelson Reilly. He was on Match Game, Hollywood Squares, Lidsville, Uncle Croc’s Block, and made … Continue reading

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Interview: Agnes Varnum

Agnes Varnum is a well-known blogger in the documentary filmmaking community, and she wears many hats at once. In addition to working in publicity for First Run/Icarus Films, she also does documentary programming for several film festivals and writes a … Continue reading

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Echoes of Home (Heimatklänge)

Echoes of Home (Heimatklänge) (Director: Stefan Schwietert, Switzerland/Germany, 2007): You might think a documentary about yodeling — wait, yodeling? Yes, you read right — may induce yawning from an audience, but Echoes of Home proves the contrary. It investigates yodeling … Continue reading

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