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TICKLING GIANTS — Dr. Bassem Youssef & Sara Taksler Interview

October 24, 2017 By Leave a Comment

TICKLING GIANTS — Dr. Bassem Youssef & Sara Taksler Interview

Often called the Egyptian Jon Stewart, Dr. Bassem Youssef was the star of a wildly popular television show there that satirized politics in ways that country had never seen. Likely it won’t see one like it again any time soon. The show, entitled, “The Show,” was taken off the air despite high ratings when the… Read More »

Tagged With: censorship, Donald Trump, Dr. Bassem Youssef, Egypt, freedom of expression, Glen Beck, jon stewart, Jordan Klepper, media, political satire, protest, satire, Tahrir Square, Ted Cruz, the Koch brothers

3 1/2 MINUTES, 10 BULLETS — Marc Silver Interview

February 2, 2016 By Leave a Comment

3 1/2 MINUTES, 10 BULLETS — Marc Silver Interview

One of Marc Silver’s primary reasons for making 3 1/2 MINUTES, 10 BULLETS, was to humanize a statistic. In this case, a young black man, Jordan Davis, killed in an altercation over loud music. The case became notorious because of that reason, providing a catchy hook to media coverage, not because of the tragic loss of… Read More »

Tagged With: criminal justice system, Donald Rumsfeld, Ferguson, Florida, George Zimmerman, gun control, gun laws, Jacksonville, Jordan Davis, known unknowns, loud music murder, Marc Silver, media, Michael Dunn, racial profiling, Shooting, stand your ground, thug music, trayvon martin, trial footage, unknown unknowns

TRUTH

October 25, 2015 By Leave a Comment

TRUTH

James Vanderbilt’s TRUTH is a careful, disturbing dissection of the triumph of style over substance, flash over facts, insinuated itself, and then took over, television news. Based on the book Truth and Duty: The Press, the President, and the Privilege of Power by Mary Mapes, it examines that moment in history when the eponymous truth… Read More »

Tagged With: based on a true story, book to screen, Dan Rather, George W. Bush, investigative journalism, journalism, Mary Mapes, media, supersript, Texas Air National Guard, typewriter

Ravi and Geeta Patel Want You to MEET THE PATELS

September 11, 2015 By Leave a Comment

Ravi and Geeta Patel Want You to MEET THE PATELS

I have rarely laughed as much as I did when I spoke to Ravi and Geeta Patel on August 13, 2015, it was by Skype, with me in San Francisco, Geeta in North Carolina, and Ravi in Hollywood, but the rapport made it seem like we were all in the same room. The subject was… Read More »

Tagged With: animation, arranged marriage, audience awards, blind dates, brother--sister relationship, divorce rate, documentary, dysfunctional family, Family, festival circuit, finding love, Geeta Patel, Hot Docs, Indian-American, LA Film Festival, media, Michael Moore, Project Kashmir, Ravi Patel, siblings, Southeast Asian, The Wachowskis, UTA

Robert Gordon Gets to Know the BEST OF ENEMIES

July 30, 2015 By 1 Comment

Robert Gordon Gets to Know the BEST OF ENEMIES

Robert Gordon had heard of the fabled 1968 live debates between Gore Vidal and William F. Buckley that ABC staged during the political conventions of that year in order to grab some much-needed ratings.

Tagged With: 1968, ABC, Christopher Hitchens, David Susskind, debate, Democratic Convention, documentary, feud, Gore Vidal, Jack Paar, John Birch Society, John Lithgow, Kelsey Grammer, marriage equality, media, Myra Breckenridge, Open End, Reid Buckley, Republican Convention, Robert Gordon, television, William F. Buckley

Sandra Bagaria Unveils A GAY GIRL IN DAMASCUS: THE AMINA PROFILE

July 24, 2015 By Leave a Comment

Sandra Bagaria Unveils A GAY GIRL IN DAMASCUS: THE AMINA PROFILE

Sandra Bagaria was not raised to be a victim, and so when her online with a woman blogger named Amina half a world away took an emotionally wrenching turn, the last thing she wanted to do was walk away.

Tagged With: Amina, Arab Spring, blogging, closure, Damascus, deception, documentary, EFF, Egypt, Electronic Frontier Foundation, Electronic Intifada, internet, internet security, Lebanon, LGBT, marriage equality, media, Middle East, Mossad, Online dating, Palestine, politics, same-sex marriage, Sandra Bagaria, Supreme Court, Syria, The Guardian, virtual relationships, Washington Post

David Cross Takes the HITS

February 20, 2015 By Leave a Comment

David Cross Takes the HITS

David Cross was off coffee because of a stomach ailment when I talked to him on February 5, 2015 just before his film, HITS, kicked of SFIndieFest. Opting for tea, and overcoming his distaste for the bergamot in his Earl Gray, he was a lively conversationalist as we discussed his maiden effort writing and directing a feature film.… Read More »

Tagged With: bergamot, BitTorrent, cinema, cryogenically frozen, David Cross, debut film, director, distribution, Earl Gray tea, fame, fame whores, film, interview, Matt Walsh, media, movie, politics, Portlandia, protest, satire, screenwriter, Sundance, Sundance London, tea

Laura Poitras Meets CITIZENFOUR

January 9, 2015 By Leave a Comment

Laura Poitras Meets CITIZENFOUR

Laura Poitras was hoarse the day I interviewed her for CITIZENFOUR. Her remarkable eye-witness documentary about Edward Snowden leaking NSA secrets to the press resulted in everyone wanting to talk to her.  When we spoke, though, her dedication to bringing the truth to light was intact. I started by asking what it was like to… Read More »

Tagged With: cinema, documentary, Edward Snowden, film, Glenn Greewald, Laura Poitras, media, movie, National Security Agency, NSA, Oscar Winner Best Documentary, Pulizter Prize, whistleblower

Amir Bar-Lev Visits HAPPY VALLEY

January 9, 2015 By Leave a Comment

Amir Bar-Lev Visits HAPPY VALLEY

Avoiding black holes. Amir Bar-Lev used that term when describing his approach to interviewing a victim of child sexual abuse, and it was a strikingly original way to describe how he wanted to be honest, but not salacious when it came to dealing with the charges against Jerry Sandusky in his documentary, HAPPY VALLEY. What… Read More »

Tagged With: Amir Bar-Lev, child sexual abuse, cinema, college football, college sports, documentary, film, Jerry Sandusky, Joe Paterno, media, pedophilia, Penn State

PIRATE RADIO

October 21, 2014 By Leave a Comment

PIRATE RADIO

What PIRATE RADIO does that is so remarkable is to capture as closely as a film can what it was like to be a fan of rock & roll at a time when it was considered not just noise, but actual subversion.  Of course, in a way it was. This music was the anthem of… Read More »

Tagged With: based on a true story, censorship, cinema, comedy-drama, film, male posturing, media, music, narrative, Nick Frost, PIRATE RADIO, Richard Curtis, rock and roll, seasickness

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