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Joy Divisionâs Unknown Pleasures printed in 3D
After watching Grant Geeâs documentary âJoy Divisionâ i decided i have to print the iconic cover of their first album âUnknown Pleasuresâ in 3D.
A Map of the World: The World According to Illustrators and Storytellers is a book of creative insights about our diverse planet edited by Antonis Antoniou, R. Klanten, H. Ehmann and H. Hellige.
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The Scared is scared of things you like
Film student Bianca Giaever went in to her meeting with six-year-old Asa expecting to get a story, and left with a valuable life lesson.
7 mins of awesome
PeacefulâŚyet terrifying.
Dean Potter Walking a Highline in Front of a Giant Full Moon
"I've never seen anyone so brave." - my six-year old daughter
Docs in Theaters: "Ballplayer: Pelotero" "Deconstructing Dad" "Family Portrait in Black and White" "The Imposter" and "Shut Up and Play the Hits"
Coincidentally, two of this weekâs major theatrical releases for documentary involve older people passing themselves off as younger, sometimes even falsifying their identities. And in both films foreigners do so to find a new home in Texas. Maybe the new music doc, which is only playing one night nationwide, shares the impersonation theme too. I havenât seen it. I bet thereâs someone in the concert audience lying about their age.
There are also some other docs I havenât seen that are opening today, including Itâs the Earth Not the Moon, which I was unable to fully showcase so added to the expanded releases section. Two other films in this section I want to note this week are Our Daily Bread, a must-see older work playing a couple dates in NYC, and Music From the Big House, which returns to the calendar and list with some Southeast engagements.
Film festivals featuring docs going on this week include: Dokufest [7/7-7/15]; Maine International [7/13-7/22]; Revelation Perth International [7/5-7/15]; Downtown LA [7/6-7/13]; Outfest - LA LGBT [7/12-7/22]; Philadelphia QFest [7/12-7/23]; Asian Film Festival of Dallas [7/12-7/19]; Rochester Jewish [7/8-7/16]; Jerusalem [7/5-7/14]; Frame Out [7/6-8/25]; and Imagenation Outdoors.
Here are your three new theatrical releases followed by the weekly list of docs still in cinemas:
Ballplayer: Pelotero
As I wrote earlier in the week, Major League Baseball is not too happy about this film, which looks at the ample exportation of baseball players from the Dominican Republic. Teenagers are groomed and treated as commodities by a exploitative system based in dreams of America, riches and general upward mobility.
Subjects within the doc, if not the film itself, speculate and allege the system is rigged on the U.S. side to keep valuable players priced cheaper. But Dominican corruption is more commonly known, as hopefuls lie about their age or go so far as changing their identities to pass as the most sought-after age of 16. Itâs a fascinating yet sad process that allows us to better enjoy the national pastime.
Donât think of the film as an investigative expose, however. Itâs focused on the people, mainly two great prospects who just happen to end up accused of age fraud, and their poor families holding on to hope for a better life for their boys.
Recommended If You Like: Hoop Dreams; Sugar (drama); Elevate
Now playing in Boston, Houston, Lake Worth, Los Angeles, Minneapolis, New York City, San Francisco, Seattle and Washington, DC. Also available on VOD and from iTunes.
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Nice shout out to SDFF in the piece about Deconstructing Dad.
A Sidewalk Theater for the Socially Challenged
What a great idea. I want one.
The 2012 Award winners for Silverdocs were announced today at noon. Find out the winners including the Sterling Awards for Best U.S. Feature and Best World Feature.Â
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Prometheus is Horrible
I love movies. Why I've never stayed up for a midnight opening is a mystery to me. I guess it's because this trend of the midnight screening became popular after I'd reached an age where staying up past 2am on a week night to see a new film seemed like a good idea. But I did it last night. What a mistake.
Prometheus is one terribly, ill-conceived film. In every failed attempt at depth and gravitas it proved itself to be shallower and dumber. Spoilers: The entire premise of the film is so flimsy that I couldn't even stay interested past the first 15 minutes. Two "scientists" with 6 digital photographs convince an evil corporation to spend one trillion dollars to travel two and half years through space to meet aliens that they believe created humans. It's such a shaky premise that every piling on of ridiculous suspensions of disbelief just became harder and harder to reconcile with the fact that I was going to have a sleep deprived Friday for this B-movie nonsense. And on top of everything else, save for one incredible alien wind storm, the action was a boring retread of every action, thriller, horror cliche ever put on screen. Really? The monster hits the window as the heroine is staring through it? Really? I could go on, but why waste the breath? And I need a nap.
For an even better take on the film read Walter Chaw's review:
"Prometheus rails against the question in circular, puerile dialogue that not only stops the film repeatedly in its tracks, but also supports the maxim that any film that name drops God this much isn't going to have anything to say. If Prometheus begins a question in your mind about Faith and the mysterium tremens, then I hate to be probably the eighth person to already tell you this today, but you're a fucking idiot."
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Interview: "The Sheik and I" Director Caveh Zahedi
Last month I posted the first part of my interview with Caveh Zahedi, director of the very controversial documentary The Sheik and I (see my review at Movies.com). In that installment I focused on the filmâs controversy and apparent censorship, but when I talked with Zahedi at the South by Southwest Film Festival in March we talked about more than the criticisms of his latest work.
We also discussed the making of the film from its inception as an invitational assignment to create a subversive film in and about the Emirate of Sharjah to the reflexive satire that it became, plus additional talk of hypocrisy, performance, religion, the falsity of documentary, his critics and the difficulty of classifying his movies. In this post you can read that half of the conversation.
Tonight The Sheik and I will make its New York City debut with an outdoor Rooftop Films screening at the Automotive High School in Brooklyn (tickets include an open bar after party, where Iâm sure a lot of heated discussions will occur). The film will next play in the UK at the Sheffield Doc/Fest on June 16th. Hopefully more places will take a chance on this provocative, funny, insightful doc after that. When you set out to make the film, you could have done research about Sharjah but you decided not to in order to go there blindly, right? I did a little research, but frankly I was really busy. I teach full time. I have a kid. I didnât have time to do all this research on Sharjah. And because my idea was to sort of play it by ear I didnât need research. I was going to just go there and start shooting and see what happens. I didnât feel like doing research was essential to the project.
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Great interview with Caveh Zahedi about his new film The Sheik and I. I think Caveh is one of the most fascinating people in cinema. His Holy Moment sequence in Waking Life is something I watch at least once a year. I love his willingness to bare his reality, warts and all, in this film, in I am a Sex Addict and even in Tripping with Caveh.
Bradbury Dies during Venus Transit
 How wonderfully appropriate that Ray Bradbury dies on the day of one of the most anticipated scientific celestial events in our lifetime. Here's a link to the text of his wonderful short story All Summer in a Day about living on Venus.
"They looked at everything and savored everything. Then, wildly, like animals escaped from their caves, they ran and ran in shouting circles. They ran for an hour and did not stop running."
During production of âBreakfast at Tiffanyâs,â Audrey Hepburn rides her bike on the Paramount lot with a furry companion. (1961)
(Image via Paramount Pictures Collection / Margaret Herrick Library)
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Great perspective on last night's Mad Men episode "Commissions and Fees."Â
 The show ushered Lane out in the best possible way you can usher a TV character who meets an untimely end out of the story.
Trailer: "Girl Model" Offers a Fascinating Peek Into the Surprising Lives of Models
The best documentary I saw at the Toronto International Film Festival last fall, David Redmond and Ashley Sabinâs Girl Model is an arresting film about the international modeling industry and follows a couple of very young Siberian girls as they try to make it in Japan. We also meet an âagingâ (in her late 20s I think) veteran of the business who is now a scout, and sheâs the most fascinating character for both obvious and non-obvious reasons.
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SDFF 2012 film Girl Model article.
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