Tag Archives: Documentary

Saturday Matinee: Another Day of Life

Another Day of Life Directed by Raúl de la Fuente, Damian Nenow An animated documentary presenting a journalist’s poignant perspectives on the horrors of war. By Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat Source: Spirituality & Practice You must save something if you can. … Continue reading

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Saturday Matinee: A Life on the Farm

A LIFE ON THE FARM Review: Making Movies By Ernesto Zelaya Miñano Source: Screen Anarchy “Charles Carson. Coombe End Farm.” This story begins with a videotape. Director Oscar Harding finds an old tape he never got to watch in its … Continue reading

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Saturday Matinee: Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time

By Matt Zoller Seitz Source: RogerEbert.com “Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time” is messy in the way that wakes for dear friends are messy. Some speakers go on too long, and there are others that you may wish you’d heard from … Continue reading

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Saturday Matinee: The Occupation of the American Mind

Source: Media Education Foundation “The Occupation of the American Mind” has been repeatedly attacked and misrepresented by right-wing pressure groups and outright ignored by virtually all mainstream media outlets and North American film festivals.    To help bring context to … Continue reading

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Saturday Matinee: Kowloon Walled City

By South Sider Source: YouTube Credits go to cameraman Hamdani Milas. Christina Wesemann for creation and direction of the film and also to Hugo Portisch for production. Milas was one of the people that helped filmed this 1989 documentary about … Continue reading

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Saturday Matinee: Lessons of Darkness

By Martin Purvis Source: The Film Sufi Werner Herzog’s documentary films lie at an extreme distance from the Anglo-American tradition of documentary filmmaking. Part of that distance can be linked to the distinction between two fundamental stances towards the depiction of … Continue reading

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Saturday Matinee: Stranger at the Gate

How Many Strangers Are At the Gate? By David Swanson Source: Let’s Try Democracy Spolier Alert: if you want to watch an excellent 30-minute film without knowing what happens, scroll down and watch it before reading any of these words. … Continue reading

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Saturday Matinee: A Glitch in the Matrix

Sundance 2021 Review: Rodney Ascher’s Hybrid Doc A GLITCH IN THE MATRIX Simulates Belief By Martin Kudlac Source: Screen Anarchy “It is sometimes an appropriate response to reality to go insane.” Philip K. Dick Sundance regular Rodney Ascher returns on … Continue reading

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