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Silverdocs’ “Swell” opening
BLOGS / FILM / Real Reviews BlogThe ninth annual AFI/Discovery Channel Silverdocs Documentary Festival and Conference in Silver Spring, Maryland was kicked off in fine style by opening film The Swell Season, which documents the music of and relationship between Once stars Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova.
SXSW Report: Watching the winners
FILM / Real Reviews BlogIn the concluding installment of realscreen‘s three-part South By Southwest coverage, Adam Benzine looks at two of the festival’s biggest hits – audience favorite Becoming Santa (pictured) and grand jury award-winner Dragonslayer.
SXSW Report: On the Record…
FILM / Real Reviews BlogIn the second part of realscreen‘s three-part South By Southwest round-up, Adam Benzine reports on British music documentaries Sound It Out (pictured) and Upside Down, as well as Andrew Rossi’s New York Times profile Page One.
SXSW Report: Three docs that pack a punch
FILM / Real Reviews BlogIn the first of a three-part round up, realscreen reports on a trio of gritty, hot picks from this year’s South By Southwest festival in Austin, Texas, including The Interrupters, the latest effort from Hoop Dreams director Steve James.
Legends of Flight
Real Reviews BlogBy Gary Rusak The audience is put in the pilot’s seat for the new IMAX film Legends of Flight, a documentary look at the development of Boeing’s new crown jewel 787 Dreamliner. The film, which is set for wide IMAX distribution in the U.S. and international markets throughout this year and 2011, is the latest [...]
The People Vs. George Lucas
Real Reviews BlogI’m an unlikely suspect to go to a midnight screening of a film such as The People Vs. George Lucas. This was clear off the bat as I looked around at the crowd of 20- and 30-somethings sporting Star Wars hoodies and chatting about their expectations for this doc on the subject of their favorite [...]
Cat Ladies
Real Reviews BlogMy allergies to cats were threatening to flare up just watching Cat Ladies, a verite documentary by Christie Callan-Jones following four women who fall under the stereotype of being single women with cats. Although I’m not a fan of cats, I was intrigued by what makes someone a cat lady. The film goes into the [...]
A Hard Name
Real Reviews BlogA Hard Name is rough, sparse and full of talking heads, but despite, or in many instances because, of all this it is an incredibly compelling watch. Alan Zweig’s documentary (recently nominated for a Genie) tells the important story of a collection of ex-convicts who speak candidly about trying to stay out of jail and [...]
The Art of the Steal
Real Reviews BlogDirector and cinematographer Don Argott’s latest doc, The Art of the Steal, strangely made me feel the same way I felt last year when a news story came out about a woman in the Greater Toronto Area who was forced to get rid of her garden by the municipal government. Reportedly, the woman had a [...]
HotRod: The Movie
Real Reviews BlogWhen my friends told me about a documentary akin to American Movie about a man trying to relive his past glory as a demolition derby champion I was warned of two things: one, it’s a great watch, but two, I was going to feel guilty watching it. I think the guilt they felt came from [...]
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Factual Entertainment Forum 2011 - Rob Sharenow, EVP programming at Lifetime Networks, during the “Non-Scripted Network Stars” panel at Realscreen’s Factual Entertainment Forum.