Tag Archives: documentaries

Notes on “Near Death”

Posted on January 28, 2014 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: “Near Death,” which concerns the final days of patients consigned to an intensive care unit, provides Frederick Wiseman with what might be his ultimate subject. Certainly it’s hard to imagine a topic more rife with the sort … Continue reading →

Posted in Food and health, Movies | Tagged death, documentaries, Film, Frederick Wiseman, medicine, movies, Near Death | 6 Comments

Notes on “Big Star: Nothing Can Hurt Me”

Posted on December 28, 2013 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: “Big Star: Nothing Can Hurt Me” is ostensibly a documentary about ’70s cult band Big Star, and it’s good at being that, but its stealth subjects are the state of rock ‘n’ roll in the ’70s … Continue reading →

Posted in Movies, Music, Performers | Tagged Alex Chilton, Big Star, Big Star: Nothing Can Hurt Me, documentaries, Drew DeNicola, Film, Memphis, movies, Olivia Mori, rock music | 2 Comments

“Salinger” and Salinger

Posted on November 13, 2013 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: A life-of-Salinger documentary, directed by Shane Salerno, recently became available on Netflix Instant. It’s called simply “Salinger.” I took a chance on it. For a movie about a writer who was active for only 25 years, it’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Books Publishing and Writing, Movies, Politics and Economics | Tagged documentaries, Film, Holden Caulfield, J.D. Salinger, James Dean, John F. Kennedy, movies, Shane Salerno, The Catcher in the Rye | 21 Comments

Time in a Bottle

Posted on November 8, 2013 by Epaminondas

epiminondas writes: What if you received time in a bottle? You open the bottle and you get to see something from your distant past that you only had memories of. But now, you get to see it unfold in front … Continue reading →

Posted in Interviews | Tagged documentaries, Film, photography, Spitfire, World War II | 1 Comment

“Broke”

Posted on November 1, 2013 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: I really like the documentary work of Billy Corben. He’s got a feel for muckraking sensationalism as well as a knack for weaving talking-head interviews into dense, colorful swathes of information. You can sense his inquisitiveness, … Continue reading →

Posted in Movies, Sports | Tagged Billy Corben, Cocaine Cowboys, documentaries, drugs, ESPN, Film, Miami, movies, sports | 3 Comments

Documentary Recommendations

Posted on August 24, 2013 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: I haven’t had much time to blog lately. Real life has kind of taken a dump on my internet profile. But I have managed to catch a few nice documentaries on Netflix Instant. Thought I’d pass … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Art, Movies, Politics and Economics, Science | Tagged Arkansas, Art Nouveau, Charles Darwin, documentaries, eugenics, Film, Francis Galton, ivory-billed woodpecker, Joe Hutto, libertarianism, movies, Nazis, Soviet Union, Sweden, turkeys, upstate New York, wind farming, windmills | 11 Comments

“Cropsey”

Posted on July 28, 2013 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: This DIY documentary about a rash of child disappearances in ’80s Staten Island and the man widely believed to be responsible for it is an interesting blend of investigative reporting, urban exploration, and pop-inflected creep-out. Filmmakers … Continue reading →

Posted in Movies | Tagged Barbara Brancaccio, Cropsey, documentaries, documentary, horror, Joshua Zeman, Satanic abuse, satanism, Staten Island, urban exploration, Willowbrook State School | Leave a comment

“A Model for Matisse”

Posted on May 7, 2013 by Paleo Retiree

Paleo Retiree writes: Arts buffs should enjoy this sweet documentary about Sister Jacques-Marie, a French nun who was close to the painter Henri Matisse during his final years. (She not only posed for him but also helped him realize the Vence … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Movies | Tagged Barbara Freed, documentaries, Henri Matisse, movies, Netflix | 2 Comments

“I Survived BTK”

Posted on April 30, 2013 by Paleo Retiree

Paleo Retiree writes: Low-budget documentary about Charlie Otero, a Wichita native whose parents and a couple of whose siblings were murdered in 1974 by “BTK,” a Wichita-based murderer who went on to become Kansas’ most notorious serial killer. It’s a … Continue reading →

Posted in Movies | Tagged BTK killer, Charlie Otero, crime, documentaries, Marc Levitz, movies | 11 Comments

“El Bulli”

Posted on April 12, 2013 by Paleo Retiree

Paleo Retiree writes: A German hagiography-documentary about the last season of creating-and-serving at El Bulli, the famous restaurant on the Costa Brava (outside of Barcelona) that was sometimes said to have been the world’s greatest. The movie is an impressively … Continue reading →