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VENGEANCE

July 29, 2022 By 1 Comment

VENGEANCE

Ostensibly a mystery, and a nifty one at that, VENGEANCE is much more. BJ Novak has spun a savage takedown of the media and elite presumptions, but one that is also considered, literate, and even a bit compassionate. At least on the level of allowing redemption of sorts for the silly creatures called human beings… Read More »

Tagged With: Brooklyn hipster, Chekov, murder, mystery, oil field, overdose, Texas

NEWS OF THE WORLD

December 22, 2020 By 1 Comment

NEWS OF THE WORLD

NEWS OF THE WORLD is a somber and sober tale of post-Civil War Texas with few surprises as it wends its way through the mythos of the Old West, unfolding as it does as a metaphor. Or is it an allegory? Perhaps a microcosm of the world’s ills, both then and now? All those elements… Read More »

Tagged With: Civil War, Confederate, Kiowa, Native-American, occupation, Reconstruction, Refugees, Texas, western

J.R. ‘BOB’ DOBBS AND THE CHURCH OF THE SUBGENIUS

October 14, 2020 By Leave a Comment

J.R. ‘BOB’ DOBBS AND THE CHURCH OF THE SUBGENIUS

Though J.R. ‘BOB’ DOBBS AND THE CHURCH OF THE SUBGENIUS throws in that now infamous quote from L. Ron Hubbard, the one about how the real money is in starting a religion not writing science fiction, this (mostly) playful, always thoughtful documentary is an unusual cautionary tale, but not for the usual reasons. Yes, it’s… Read More »

Tagged With: Captain Beefheart, Captain Von Trapp, cult, devival, J.R. "Bob" Dobbs, Subgenius, Texas

BOYS STATE

August 12, 2020 By Leave a Comment

BOYS STATE

As some of us still ponder the results of the presidential election of 2016, and view the approach of the 2020 election with trepidation, there is no more timely nor illuminating film than Amanda McBaine and Jesse Moss’ cinema verité documentary, BOY’S STATE.

Tagged With: abortion, Boy's State, education, elections, gun control, high school, politics, Texas

TRIAL BY FIRE — Ed Zwick Interview

May 21, 2019 By Leave a Comment

TRIAL BY FIRE — Ed Zwick Interview

Click here to listen to the interview. A film like TRIAL BY FIRE provokes a host of questions about the justice system and the ethics of capital punishment.  When I spoke with Ed Zwick on April 15, 2019, those inevitably came up as we discussed adapting the true story of Cameron Todd Willingham’s murder conviction, and… Read More »

Tagged With: Alex Soros, Cameron Todd Willingham, Capital punishment, Elizabeth Gilbert, executions, justice system, lethal injections, redemption, rehabilitation, Rick Perry, Texas

Eddie Rosenstein Celebrates the FREEDOM TO MARRY

June 24, 2016 By Leave a Comment

Eddie Rosenstein Celebrates the FREEDOM TO MARRY

When I spoke to Eddie Rosenstein by phone on June 22, 2016, the first thing I wanted him to discuss was how important it was to remember the decades-long struggle for marriage equality.  We went on to talk about his personal connection to one his subjects, Evan Wolfson, of the  Freedom to Marry Coalition, and… Read More »

Tagged With: documentary, equal rights, Evan Wolfson, grass-roots organizing, HBO, human rights, LGBTQ, marriage, marriage equality, Mary Bonauto, Minnesota, Supreme Court, Texas, U.S. State Department

THE BLIND SIDE

October 21, 2014 By Leave a Comment

THE BLIND SIDE

THE BLIND SIDE takes what in lesser hands would have been a prime example of the hopelessly hackneyed and saccharine sub-genre of holiday feel-good flick, sports division, and, instead, makes of this uplifting true story a refreshingly sober film that brings good and surprisingly wholesome good cheer. The true story is of how Michael Oher… Read More »

Tagged With: based on a true story, football, foster children, high school football, Leigh Anne Tuohy, Michael Oher, Oscar-winning performance, Quinton Aaron, Sandra Bullock, Texas, THE BLIND SIDE

HELL HOUSE – DVD

October 21, 2014 By Leave a Comment

HELL HOUSE – DVD

HELL HOUSE is one of the scariest documentaries you will ever see. In it, fundamentalists with what they consider to be the purest of motives, put on a Halloween house in which scenarios are staged depicting violence that is intensely disturbing both emotionally and graphically. It’s all meant to convert the unsaved by demonstrating a… Read More »

Tagged With: AIDS, Cedar Hill, Christianity, damnation, documentary, fundamentalism, George Ratliff, Halloween, Hell, homophobia, misogyny, Texas, Trinity Church

George Ratliff Guides Us Through HELL HOUSE

September 1, 2014 By Leave a Comment

George Ratliff Guides Us Through HELL HOUSE

George Ratliff’s documentary, HELL HOUSE, chronicles the building of a Halloween house that doesn’t purvey ghouls, werewolves, or vampires. Instead, this brainchild of the sincere folks of Trinity Church in Texas use the concept of a Halloween fright fest to convert the unsaved to their brand of fundamentalism. A fundamentalism in which abortion, raves, and Harry Potter are presented as… Read More »

Tagged With: AIDS, Cedar Hill, Christianity, damnation, documentary, fundamentalism, George Ratliffe, Halloween, Hell, homophobia, misogyny, Texas, Trinity Church

Herzog, Werner — INTO THE ABYSS

September 1, 2014 By Leave a Comment

Herzog, Werner — INTO THE ABYSS

Ordinarily I edit out the the sound of a phone ringing during an interview, but there was something about the way Werner Herzog responded to it when it happened during our talk on November 5, 2011, that it seemed wrong not to include it.  The film we were discussing was his documentary, INTO THE ABYSS,… Read More »

Tagged With: CAVE OF FORGOTTEN DREAMS, cinema, criminal justice system, death penalty, death row, documentary, executions, murder, murderer, Texas, Werner Herzog

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