Soooo… I went to see Michael Moore’s new totally objective documentary Fahrenheit 11/9. I avoided the Dinesh D’Souza political doc that likened Trump to Lincoln instead of Trump to Hitler like Moore does. But I don’t particularly like Trump (spoiler … Continue reading
Three Identical Strangers is a new theatrical documentary that I had little interest in seeing but finally went to tonight. I should have been interested though because this is a fantastic film. I only knew the basic premise (which is … Continue reading
Checked out the new documentary Won’t You Be My Neighbor. This is the film about Fred Rogers… aka Mr. Rogers… and his show. It’s got a terrific trailer that risks making you tear up… now imagine the whole movie. Wow. … Continue reading
Watched a new HBO sports documentary (in association with the WWE) Andre the Giant. This is, surprisingly, a documentary about Andre the Giant!! Who knew! I’m not a fan of pro wrestling but I do acknowledge the guys who do … Continue reading
Rented – though I suspect after that I had access to it free – the documentary We Brought Back MST3K. A doc about the Kickstarted Mystery Science Theater 3000 reboot that landed on Netflix after crushing the campaign goals. I … Continue reading
I inexplicably watched the typewriter documentary California Typewriter. Yes, that’s a documentary about typewriters and the people who love them. You’d think this would be deadly boring but the movie actually makes a convincing argument that typewriters are interesting, maybe … Continue reading
And, finally, watched the HBO documentary Spielberg, about (shocking, I know) Stephen Spielberg. It’s an adoring documentary with only a few negatives to say about the man and his movies. It’s also very long (2 1/2 hours) and covers a … Continue reading
Also rented on iTunes (apparently available on YouTubeRed) a documentary called Kedi… it’s about cats… street cats… and the people who take care of them… in Istanbul. Seventy minutes of cute cats living on the streets of an ancient city, … Continue reading
Checked out a documentary on iTunes/Apple TV called 78/52: Hitchcock’s Shower Scene which is about the shower scene in Psycho. 90 minutes worth. You know if you are interested in behind-the-scenes and making-ofs if you can sit through this! … Continue reading
The documentary film “24×36: A Movie about Movie Posters” is, indeed, a movie about movie posters. When I saw this on iTunes I said to myself, “Self, can they possibly make an entire 72 minute documentary about movie posters?” so … Continue reading