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Episode 402 of @fogoftruth, with CALLING ALL EARTHLINGS Review + Interview with DINNER PARTY’s Laura Wexler, Is Up!

We released Episode 402 of our podcast today. What are the ethical standards of a filmmaker portraying subcultures to which they do not belong? How does it shift if they are a member? How does the relationship between the filmmaker, subject and intended audience play out? This week we discuss all of this and sprinkle in alien stuff … Continue reading Episode 402 of @fogoftruth, with CALLING ALL EARTHLINGS Review + Interview with DINNER PARTY’s Laura Wexler, Is Up!

1 Interview + 2 Reviews @hammertonail: LOVE GILDA,

Here are there pieces – 1 interview and 2 reviews – from the last month, at Hammer to Nail: 306 Hollywood review Love, Gilda interview with Lisa D’Apolito We the Animals review Enjoy!

Season 4 of @fogoftruth Launches, with FAHRENHEIT 11/9 Review + Interview with PURE NONFICTION’s Thom Powers!

Today (here is the link), we launch Season 4 of our podcast with a review of Michael Moore’s latest inspirational polemic, Fahrenheit 11/9, and follow that up with a group interview with Thom Powers, Documentary Programmer at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), where Moore’s film just recently had its world premiere. You can find … Continue reading Season 4 of @fogoftruth Launches, with FAHRENHEIT 11/9 Review + Interview with PURE NONFICTION’s Thom Powers!

“Reel Talk” – with Chris Reed and Jeffrey Lyles – on Our Favs of Summer 2018, “The Happytime Murders” and “Bel Canto”

Welcome to the first episode of the 2018-2019 season of Dragon Digital Media‘s Reel Talk with Christopher Llewellyn Reed. My guest this time was Jeffrey Lyles, of Lyles Movie Files. We discussed our favorites films of the 2018 summer season and reviewed two recent releases: The Happytime Murders and Bel Canto (in that order). Like what you see? Be sure to check … Continue reading “Reel Talk” – with Chris Reed and Jeffrey Lyles – on Our Favs of Summer 2018, “The Happytime Murders” and “Bel Canto”

TIFF 2018 @hammertonail Reviews, Part 1

Here are 7 reviews, so far, from my Hammer to Nail 2018 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) coverage: 3 Faces Capernaum Heartbound: A Different Kind of Love Story Museo Les Salopes or the Naturally Wanton Pleasure of Skin Screwball That Time of Year Enjoy!

Top 10 from 2018 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) @filmfesttoday

Check out my Top 10 (documentaries and fiction films) from this year’s TIFF at Film Festival Today: Top 5 Documentaries Top 5 Narrative Fiction Films Enjoy!

New Bonus Episode of @fogoftruth: Documentaries from THE GUARDIAN

We are back (here is the link), with our second pre-Season 4 bonus episode. That season will launch on September 26, so get ready, as the fog is rolling back in. Here, we take a look at the documentary content The Guardian produces and chat with Charlie Phillips about being Head of Documentaries there and overseeing … Continue reading New Bonus Episode of @fogoftruth: Documentaries from THE GUARDIAN

7 Reviews @filmfesttoday: “The Apparition,” “The Captain,” “The Happytime Murders,” “Juliet, Naked,” “Madeline’s Madeline,” “Searching” and “The Wife”

Over the past three weeks, Film Festival Today ran seven reviews of mine. Here they are: The Apparition The Captain The Happytime Murders Juliet, Naked Madeline’s Madeline Searching The Wife Enjoy!

@RoughlySpeaking on My Top 10 Films (or at Least 10 of My Favs)

Today, Dan Rodricks of The Baltimore Sun released an episode of his “Roughly Speaking” podcast in which I list, with great difficulty, 10 of my top films. I omitted foreign films (so we could have good English-language clips), pre-1940 films (or the list would go on and on), documentaries (ditto) and films only released within the last … Continue reading @RoughlySpeaking on My Top 10 Films (or at Least 10 of My Favs)

End-of-Summer @hammertonail Documentary Coverage

Over the course of August and into the start of September, Hammer to Nail ran 5 reviews of mine of new documentary films, and 2 interviews with documentary directors. Here are the links:: América review Calling All Earthlings review Crime + Punishment interview with director Stephen Maing Crime + Punishment review Ingrid interview with director Morrisa … Continue reading End-of-Summer @hammertonail Documentary Coverage