Everyone (see here and here) seems all up in arms about Crash winning best picture at the Oscars last night. Admittedly, I gasped at the announcement and agree that it was NOT the best picture of the year by any means. But, the Academy Awards are what they are. And to be honest, I don’t […]

2006 ACADEMY AWARD Documentary Winners Documentary Feature March of the Penguins Luc Jacquet and Yves Darondeau Documentary Short A Note of Triumph: The Golden Age of Norman Corwin Corinne Marrinan and Eric Simonson 2006 INDEPENDENT SPIRIT AWARD Documentary Winner Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room Alex Gibney

I just read this article on indieWIRE and am extremely sad to find out that documentarian Garrett Scott died an accidental death yesterday (Thursday) in California. Occupation Dreamland, a film he co-directed with Ian Olds is nominated for an Independent Spirit Award. He was planning to attend the celebration of independent film tomorrow in Santa […]

This evening I attended the International Documentary Association 24th Annual Celebration of Academy Awards Documentary Nominees. It’s always a lovely affair. There were appetizers to start and then we were ushered into the Samuel L. Goldwyn for an evening hosted by Sandra Tsing Loh, self-proclaimed “documentary stalker.” The last of the attendees head for the […]

The IDA has a couple of great events this week. Come out and see a movie on Saturday or hit the Oscar reception on Wednesday. IDA’s 24th Annual Celebration of Academy Awards® Documentary Nominees Wednesday, March 1st, 2006 6:30 PM Doors open Light Hors d’oeuvres / drinks 8:00 PM Film Program 9:45 PM Dessert Reception […]

I recently discovered Current.tv as Channel 366 on DirecTV. It’s a cool thing. The station launched August 2005 and is 30% programmed by viewers. Josh Soskin and Yogi Graham were on hand for a presentation about this new channel. Check out their website for how to get your short doc on Current. T/F also announced […]

From Pete Bland’s blog… If closing-night film “Homemade Hillbilly Jam” and the Big Smith concert that followed didn’t do enough to fill Columbians and other Missourians with home pride last night, the final attendance figure for True/False 2006 certainly pushed them to the brink of bursting. In only its third year of existence, the True/False […]

I started with breakfast at a great little healthful joint, the Main Squeeze, and then it was over to the Artisan to see the start of the panel Me and My Shadow (subject vs. subjectivity) but I had to cut it short to make it to Jeff Feuerzeig’s The Devil and Daniel Johnston. This is […]

Okay, well technically it started yesterday, but I got here today and tonight was the opening night film – so it’s Day 1 in my book. Ah…the travel day. Wake up at 4 in the morning so you can drive yourself to the airport, park your car in a parking lot, but it’s SO foggy […]

I’m so looking forward to my trip to Columbia, MO for the 3rd annual True/False Film Festival at the end of February. They announced their lineup today and it’s quite impressive, including several films right off Sundance (American Blackout, Black Gold, Awesome: I Fuckin’ Shot That! and The Trials of Darryl Hunt), a couple of […]