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• 01.07.12
  The Documentary Blog Podcast Ep #14 (Guest: Paul Rachman, Director of American Hardcore) SeancloseAuthor: Sean Name:
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  About: Webmaster and editor of Film Junk, video game programmer by trade. Sean is obsessively blogging when he’s not blogging about obsessively blogging. He is also a big fan of reality in general.
  
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  Surprise, we're back! In Episode 14 of the podcast, Joshua Ligairi talks with American Hardcore director Paul Rachman about the making the seminal punk rock doc, Rachman's early days in the bourgeoning hardcore scene, making grunge music videos with David Fincher in the early 90s, co-founding the Slamdance Film Festival, finally garnering Sundance acceptance, and the production of his new film, Lost Rockers. 00:00 INTRO Where have we been? Beauty Day Hot Docs names Charlotte Cook director of programming Cleanflix 06:13 Paul Rachman interview 1:05:45 OUTRO Download the MP3 Subscribe via iTunes Subscribe to our RSS Feed Links and clips after the jump Continue Reading...
• 09.15.11
  TIFF 2011: Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory Review SeancloseAuthor: Sean Name:
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  About: Webmaster and editor of Film Junk, video game programmer by trade. Sean is obsessively blogging when he’s not blogging about obsessively blogging. He is also a big fan of reality in general.
  
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  Back in 1995, documentary filmmakers Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky flew down to West Memphis, Arkansas, to cover a murder trial that they thought would represent the callousness of today’s youth and the total deterioration of American values. Three teenagers had apparently decided to kill and decapitate three eight-year old boys on a whim. What they found, however, was something entirely different: a small town witch hunt, an incompetent justice system and mass hysteria. Despite a lack of complete lack of physical evidence, Damien Echols, Jason Baldwin and Jessie Miskelly were convicted and thrown behind bars before they could scarcely ...
• 01.11.11
  Werner Herzog’s Cave of Forgotten Dreams Trailer SeancloseAuthor: Sean Name:
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  One of the hottest tickets at TIFF last year was Werner Herzog’s 3-D documentary Cave of Forgotten Dreams (is it Cave or Caves? I’ve seen it spelled both ways). The film explores the Chauvet Cave of Southern France, which contains the oldest cave art known to man, dated at approximately 32,000 years old. Herzog was given special access to the cave and was allowed to shoot using lights that don’t emit heat so as to avoid damaging the drawings. A trailer has turned up online for the film this week, and although it’s difficult to get a feel for some of ...
• 08.26.10
  Machete Maidens Unleashed! Trailer SeancloseAuthor: Sean Name:
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  If you were a fan of Mark Hartley’s fantastic documentary Not Quite Hollywood: The Wild, Untold Story of Ozploitation!, well, there’s a pretty good chance that you’re going to dig his next film as well. Machete Maidens Unleashed! is another investigation into the outrageous low budget genre movies of a particular country, this time focusing on the Philippines. The movie features interviews with John Landis, Joe Dante, Roger Corman, and Sid Haig and looks at the making of such cult classics as Blood Island, Cleopatra Wong and For Y’ur Height Only. Although this might seem like a rehash of the same ...
• 08.17.10
  I’m Still Here Trailer SeancloseAuthor: Sean Name:
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  After following the development of Casey Affleck’s Joaquin Phoenix documentary over the past year or two, I have been pretty curious to see what the final product will be like. You may remember hearing about some of Phoenix’s strange public appearances last year, including a seemingly awkward interview with David Letterman, and his attempt to quit acting in order to start a rap career. This was all essentially staged for the film I’m Still Here, and while I was fascinated and amused at the time, I think he played it straight for so long that people just stopped caring after ...
• 08.13.10
  Cropsey Review SeancloseAuthor: Sean Name:
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  About: Webmaster and editor of Film Junk, video game programmer by trade. Sean is obsessively blogging when he’s not blogging about obsessively blogging. He is also a big fan of reality in general.
  
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  Cropsey Directed by: Barbara Brancaccio and Joshua Zeman Written by: Joshua Zeman Every neighbourhood has its secrets and every city has a dark underbelly. This seems to be one of the unsettling messages we are meant to take away from Cropsey, a documentary exploring the urban legend of a serial killer with a hook for a hand that has been passed down through the generations on Staten Island. When directors Barbara Brancaccio and Joshua Zeman decide to dig up the truth behind this tale that they heard as kids, their investigation does not necessarily lead to any earth-shattering revelations. It does, however, take ...

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