by J Hurtado, May 24, 2012 8:48 PM
The greatest benefit of writing for this Twitch is the soapbox effect. This site gives our staff the ability to champion projects that we believe in that often fall through the cracks at larger outlets. Astron-6 is a perfect...
by Jason Gorber, May 19, 2012 11:11 AM
The last few months has seen an explosion of exceptional music documentaries. From Under African Skies to Beware of Mr. Baker, films of breadth and clarity of vision have transcended their subject matters, demonstrating unequivocaly that a music documentary need...
by J Hurtado, May 16, 2012 2:05 PM
The 12th annual New York Indian Film Festival is nearly here, and they've got some great events and films to share. The festival begins on Wednesday, May 23rd and runs through May 27th. During that time, attendees will be treated...
by Canfield, May 16, 2012 11:02 AM
Hello fellow sojourners in the stateside mass media marketplace. Here's another chance to reminisce about the last month or so in home entertainment. Virtually everything you see here is something I wanted to see, a personal favorite or a film...
by Dustin Chang, May 14, 2012 2:00 PM
An aging Norwegian pop artist, Hariton Pushwagner, is the subject of this larger-than-life documentary, directed by Even Benestad and August B. Hanssen. And it's a great doc about an eccentric artist, rivaling Crumb in its charm and scope.It is clear from...
by Andrew Mack, May 13, 2012 1:45 PM
Just in time for the Cannes Film Market comes a red band trailer for Justin McConnell's documentary Skull World. The film will be represented by RAVEN BANNER ENTERTAINMENT at the upcoming Cannes Film Market (Marché Du Film). Festival programmers...
by Jason Gorber, May 10, 2012 11:00 AM
Many will dismiss Under African Skies as just another music doc, a general catalogue of the recording of this seminal album. For me, the film nothing short of extraordinary, a probing look into role of art and politics, a stunning...
by J Hurtado, May 9, 2012 10:45 PM
A few weeks ago, the wonderful Kino Lorber launched yet another sublabel after the fantastic Redemption line. The new line, Jezebel, handles some of the sexier titles that have little to do with horror, but plenty to do with exploitation....
by Matthew Lee, May 8, 2012 8:00 AM
Jean-Charles Hue's The Lord's Ride doesn't lack for ambition. It wants us to feel part of a niche culture which society at large tends to view as outsiders, invisibles, a bit weird, and on top of that it wants us...
by Matthew Lee, May 8, 2012 6:00 AM
Adam Kossoff's Moscow Diary does most things a good documentary should. We get a complex, intellectually fascinating subject (a famous writer's trip to Russia in the 1920s, and his thoughts on the nascent Communist party) presented as objectively as circumstances...
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