French TV host Antoine de Maximy travels the U.S. from coast to coast, relying on the hospitality of strangers and documenting his experiences with a hand-held camera. Director : Antoine de Maximy Cast : Antoine de Maximy Genre : Documentary Release Date : 2008-11-19
Category Archives: Documentary
D Tour: A Tenacious Documentary – 2008
A documentary focusing on Tenacious D’s world tour in support of their film and soundtrack to ‘Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny’. Director : Jeremy Konner Cast : Jack Black|Kyle Gass Genre : Documentary|Music Release Date : 2008-04-24
News from Ideological Antiquity: Marx/Eisenstein/The Capital – 2008
Alexander Kluge’s News from Ideological Antiquity begins with Russian filmmaker Sergei Eisenstein’s ambitious but unrealized plan to combine Karl Marx’s Capital and James Joyce’s Ulysses. For over nine hours, the film expands in concentric circles as Kluge, his guests, interlocutors and monologists make associative links on a range of topics that starts from a filmicContinue reading “News from Ideological Antiquity: Marx/Eisenstein/The Capital – 2008”
The New Rijksmuseum – 2008
At the end of 2003 the main building of the Amsterdam Rijksmuseum has closed, in the words of managing director Ronald de Leeuw, becoming ‘the most conceivable art museum’. The Spanish architects Cruz and Ortiz signed for the big design; in 2008 the modernized museum would open with a pioneering museum concept. Moviemaker Hoogendijk followedContinue reading “The New Rijksmuseum – 2008”
Nick Nolte: No Exit – 2008
A frank and unconventional view of the life and work of actor Nick Nolte. Director : Tom Thurman Cast : Jacqueline Bisset|Powers Boothe|Rosanna Arquette Genre : Documentary Release Date : 2008-01-01
Sun in your Eyes – A film about Lars Winnerbäck – 2008
A movie about the life of Lars Winnerbäck. Director : Cast : Lars Winnerbäck Genre : Documentary|Music Release Date : 2008-12-10
Solo – 2008
Michôd and Peedom’s hour-long documentary recounts the tale of Andrew McAuley, an Australian adventurer who, in 2006, launched a quest to become the first person to paddle a kayak across the treacherous Tasman Sea, one of the loneliest and toughest stretches of water in the world. Director : David Michôd|Jennifer Peedom Cast : Andrew McAuleyContinue reading “Solo – 2008”
Frame 313: The JFK Assassination Theories – 2008
Frame 313 examines several theories that have been offered about who was responsible for the JFK Assassination including the single bullet theory, the CIA/Mafia theory, the Soviet Union/KGB theory, the Mafia hit theory, and the CIA/Anti-Castro theory. Director : Chris Andersen Cast : Tom Kane Genre : Documentary Release Date : 2008-01-01
The Circle – 2008
Award-winning documentary about how one Uruguayan leftist survived solitary confinement during the dirty war. The story of former Tupamaro guerilla fighter, Henry Engler, whose prolonged confinement and torture during the Uruguayan dictatorship led to a mental breakdown. Today Dr. Engler is a Swedish citizen and a scientist renowned for his research into Alzheimers disease. InContinue reading “The Circle – 2008”
Mars – The Quest for Life – 2008
Following the progress of the Mars Lander mission to Mars with the University of Phoenix. Director : Kyle McCabe Cast : Genre : Documentary Release Date : 2008-05-25