The mysterious body that chooses the pool of potential documentary feature nominees for the Oscars every year probably stepped in another flaming bag of poo yesterday with the release of this year’s short list.
The effusive praise heaped upon Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father by critics, bloggers and audiences alike has gone [...]
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So you find yourself on an elevator with a drunk and lonely Audrey Tautou…
After a couple of bum weeks with little in the way of decent under-the-radar DVD releases, the calendar finally rallies in the middle of November. Besides the high profile WALL-E and Tropic Thunder, the coming Tuesday brings an armload of solid documentaries plus [...]
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Michael J. Smith Sr. in Ballast
Ready or not, it’s officially awards season with the IFP announcing its nominees for the 18th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards (formerly known as the Gotham Awards).
Several films that might be familiar to you if you’ve been reading LiC lately have been showered with a little early awards loving and [...]
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Standing on the edge of a volcano at the end of the world
Another happy Monday to you, fellow Cin-ers. I don’t know about you, but I had another solid movie-going weekend. Let’s get right to it.
First up was Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson. I’m not very good at writing documentary [...]
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