The story of Industrial Light & Magic – the special effects company started to create Star Wars – is told via clips (Iron Man, Star Trek, Jurassic Park) and interviews (George Lucas, Steven Spielberg, Ron Howard, Robin Williams).
Premieres Nov 12th, 9pm et on Encore.
ILM’s ‘Creating The Impossible’ Trailer
HBO Documentary Films: Wartorn 1861 – 2010 Trailer
“Must you carry the bloody horror of combat in your heart forever?” – Homer, “The Odyssey”
Civil War doctors called it hysteria, melancholia and insanity. During the First World War it was known as shell-shock. By World War II, it became combat fatigue. Today, it is clinically known as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), a crippling anxiety that results from exposure to life-threatening situations such as combat.
With suicide rates among active military servicemen and veterans currently on the rise, the HBO special WARTORN 1861-2010 brings urgent attention to the invisible wounds of war. Drawing on personal stories of American soldiers whose lives and psyches were torn asunder by the horrors of battle and PTSD, the documentary chronicles the lingering effects of combat stress and post-traumatic stress on military personnel and their families throughout American history, from the Civil War through today’s conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. The HBO Documentary Films presentation debuts on Veterans Day, THURSDAY, NOV. 11 (9:00-10:15 p.m. ET/PT), exclusively on HBO.
This is going to be heavy.
The Legend Of Pale Male Trailer
This is the true account of one of the most surprising and remarkable love stories in the history of New York. It begins in 1993, when a young man from Belgium looking to change his life has an unexpected encounter in Central Park. He meets a hawk. Not just any hawk, but a wild Redtail, a fierce predator that has not lived in the City for almost a hundred years. Compelled to follow this extraordinary creature, he buys a video camera and sets out to track the hawk. Little does he know that the journey will take him almost twenty years and lead him down many trails of life, death, birth, hope, and redemption. Affectionately known to New Yorkers as Pale Male, the hawk becomes a magnificent obsession and a metaphor for triumph against all odds. His nest, perched on a posh 5th Avenue co-op, starts out as a novel curiosity to a handful of avid birdwatchers but becomes an international tourist destination – a place of pilgrimage. Then, on a December afternoon without warning, in the space of half an hour, the building dismantles Pale Male’s beloved nest. In a wingbeat, media from around the world assemble on 5th Avenue to cover the unprecedented protest. Gathering behind Pale Male is an army of birdwatchers, movie stars, poets, children, dogs, and late night comedy show hosts. What unfolds next, as they say, could only happen in New York.
The Westsiders Trailer
From surfing innovations to gritty localism, follow the rise and fall of The Westsiders surf tribe through the eyes of three best friends from the original ‘Surf City’: Santa Cruz, California. Best friends Daryl “Flea” Virostko, Shawn “Barney” Barron, and Jason “Ratboy” Collins bonded by common tragedy and their love of surfing. They live through shattered homes, drug addiction, other psychological issues and hard-core localism to achieve their dream of becoming professional surfers before the age of 24. To surf the notorious Steamer Lane, they had to join ‘The Westsiders’ Surf Tribe and go face to face with Vince Collier, aka “The Godfather of The Westside”. Vince, a massive brute force, ran Steamer Lane with his own version of street justice. This film explores The Westsiders as the latest chapter in the fascinating history of Santa Cruz, California.
I belong to this tribe. Except I’m an Eastsider.
Gift of Traditional Martial Arts Trailer
Gift of Traditional Martial Arts is an exciting and thought provoking testament to the power of studying “Kobudo” – the ancient unarmed and weapon arts of the Ninja and Samurai.
Packed with never-before-seen martial arts techniques, this movie weaves seamlessly between the way of the sword and the way of peace.
From empowering a woman who lived in fear after being robbed at gun-point, to saving a spinal cord injury survivor who lost his will to live; this movie illustrates just how a 2000 year old Asian discipline of self defense has inspired and transformed thousands of lives.
Cable and movies are filled with overly-violent shows which glorify aggressive behavior. This movie is refreshingly different and uses the deadly fighting arts of the past to inspire rather than injure.
It documents the incredible benefits true, traditional martial arts can give to society and shows the public the once-secret world of the oldest Japanese traditional style of defense. – It is an awesome collection of movements, ideas, information and emotions.
This looks like a great docu. Really captures the feeling of what I am doing. This is a different style of Ninjutsu then I am doing, but I see some similarities. I want to go train out in nature so bad!!!
HBO’s Teenage Paparazzo Trailer
A documentary that examines the relationship between celebrity and society.
Nikola Tesla The Missing Secrets part 1 of 5
Nikola Tesla (Serbian: ?????? ?????; 10 July 1856 — 7 January 1943) was an inventor, mechanical engineer, and electrical engineer. He was an important contributor to the birth of commercial electricity, and is best known for his many revolutionary developments in the field of electromagnetism in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Tesla’s patents and theoretical work formed the basis of modern alternating current (AC) electric power systems, including the polyphase system of electrical distribution and the AC motor. This work helped usher in the Second Industrial Revolution.
HBO Documentary Films: If God Is Willing and Da Creek Don’t Rise Trailer
HBO and Spike Lee present an all new 2 part HBO Documentary Film Event, “If God Is Willing and Da Creek Don’t Rise.”
One of the most fucking depressing and utterly shattering documentaries I have ever seen. What the fuck America?!?!?!?!?!
Inside Job Trailer
Through extensive research and interviews with financial insiders and politicians, they can trace the rise of a rogue industry and unveils the corrosive relationships which have corrupted politics and regulation.
Looks like another must see docu.
I’m Still Here: The Lost Year of Joaquin Phoenix Trailer
A documentary on Joaquin Phoenix’s transition from the acting world to a career as an aspiring rapper.
“I am a mountain top water drop…”
I don’t know what to make of this. All I know is that films that look strange tend to be worth watching. But seriously, what the fuck?
Freakonomics Trailer
Alex Gibney (Enron:The Smartest Guys in the Room, Casino Jack and the United States of Money) delivers a visually arresting look at the crumbling façade of Sumo wrestling and exposes searing and violent truths about this ancient and revered sport. Morgan Spurlock (Super Size Me) offers up a buoyant and revealing angle on the repercussions of baby names. Rachel Grady and Heidi Ewing (Jesus Camp) balance levity and candor with their eye-opening profile of underachieving kids incentivized to learn with cold hard cash. Finally, Eugene Jarecki, who brought us the unforgettably powerful Why We Fight, investigates an unsettling theory to explain why crime rates dramatically dropped in the early ’90s. Seth Gordon (The King of Kong) weaves the pieces together with brisk interludes, providing context and commentary from the authors. Freakonomics exposes the hidden side of everything, debunking conventional wisdom, and revealing what answers may come if one just asks the right questions.
Looks like a must see and read.
Countdown To Zero Trailer
A documentary about the escalating nuclear arms race.
I might go see this today. Looks riveting and depressing.
12th and Delaware
I caught this on HBO last night and, once again, the film makers scared and worried me. It follows a group of Right to Lifers as they protest an abortion clinic. They’ve set up a clinic directly across from the abortion clinic. They approach women (usually young girls) and tell them that they’re the place that can give you advice and care on all aspects of your pregnancy, including abortion. They don’t tell the girls that they neither perform, advocate nor refer abortions. These girls think they’re going to an abortion clinic, only to be ambushed by pro-lifers. Most of the time I can ignore the more fundamentalist and evangelical ramblings of the Christian Right. Jesus Camp and this film really upsets me though. They’re deceitful, rude (no big deal to some, but it bothers me), bullies and downright despicable.
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Enemies Of The People Trailer
A young journalist, whose family was killed by the Khmer Rouge, befriends the perpetrators of the Killing Fields of Cambodia genocide, evoking shocking revelations.
South of the Border Documentary Trailer
There’s a revolution underway in South America, but most of the world doesn’t know it. Oliver Stone sets out on a road trip across five countries to explore the social and political movements as well as the mainstream media’s misperception of South America while interviewing seven of its elected presidents. In casual conversations with Presidents Hugo Chávez (Venezuela), Evo Morales (Bolivia), Lula da Silva (Brazil), Cristina Kirchner (Argentina), as well as her husband and ex-President N?stor Kirchner, Fernando Lugo (Paraguay), Rafael Correa (Ecuador), and Raúl Castro (Cuba), Stone gains unprecedented access and sheds new light upon the exciting transformations in the region.
GASLAND Trailer
It is happening all across America and now in Europe and Africa as well – rural landowners wake up one day to find a lucrative offer from a multinational energy conglomerate wanting to lease their property. The Reason? In America, the company hopes to tap into a huge natural gas reservoir dubbed the Saudi Arabia of natural gas. Halliburton developed a way to get the gas out of the ground—a hydraulic drilling process called fracking—and suddenly America finds itself on the precipice of becoming an energy superpower.
But what comes out of the ground with that natural gas? How does it affect our air and drinking water? GASLAND is a powerful personal documentary that confronts these questions with spirit, strength, and a sense of humor. When filmmaker Josh Fox receives his cash offer in the mail, he travels across 32 states to meet other rural residents on the front lines of fracking. He discovers toxic streams, ruined aquifers, dying livestock, brutal illnesses, and kitchen sinks that burst into flame. He learns that all water is connected and perhaps some things are more valuable than
Now playing on HBO. Definitely plan on seeing this.
Amir Bar-Lev’s Doc ‘The Tillman Story’ Trailer
Featuring candid and revelatory interviews with Pat’s fellow soldiers as well as his family, Amir Bar-Lev’s emotional and insightful film not only shines a light on the shady aftermath of Pat’s death and calls to task the entire chain of command, but also examines certain themes as timeless as the notion of heroism itself.
Waiting for Superman Trailer
Filmmaker Davis Guggenheim reminds us that education “statistics” have names: Anthony, Francisco, Bianca, Daisy, and Emily, whose stories make up the engrossing foundation of WAITING FOR SUPERMAN. As he follows a handful of promising kids through a system that inhibits, rather than encourages, academic growth, Guggenheim undertakes an exhaustive review of public education, surveying “drop-out factories” and “academic sinkholes,” methodically dissecting the system and its seemingly intractable problems.
Definitely could be better. Education should be just as important as life, liberty and the persuit of happiness. Perhaps if we spent less money on, oh I dunno, warfare.
Living In Emergency: Stories of Doctors Without Borders Trailer
For the first time in its history, a film crew has been allowed access to the field operations of the world largest medical NGO–Doctors Without Borders. Filmed in the war zones of Liberia and Congo, “Living in Emergency” follows four volunteer doctors as they struggle to provide emergency care in extreme conditions. Amidst the chaos, each volunteer must confront the severe challenges of the work, the tough choices and the limits of their own idealism.
RESTREPO – ONE PLATOON, ONE YEAR, ONE VALLEY Documentary Trailer
Winner of the US Documentary Grand Jury Prize at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival.”Restrepo” is a feature-length documentary that chronicles the deployment of a platoon of U.S. soldiers to Afghanistan’s Korengal Valley. The movie focuses on a remote 15-man outpost, Restrepo, named after a platoon medic who was killed in action. It was considered one of the most dangerous postings in the US military. This is an entirely experiential film: our cameras never leave the valley, we dont interview generals or diplomats. Our only goal is to make you feel as though you have just done a 90-minute deployment. This is war, full stop. The conclusions are up to you.
Definitely a must see. In theatres this summer.
“Our Park” A Documentary on Tokyo’s Nike Miyashita Park
Having documented the ongoing struggles of the homeless inhabitants of Tokyo’s Miyashita Park, “Our Park” is a short documentary that takes a further in-depth look into public space. The selling and subsequent purchase of the park by Nike which resulted in its renaming are highlighted. Furthermore, the artistic aspect of the park is brought to light as it serves as a place for many artists to convene and promote their creativity.
An Inconvenient Tax
Albert Einstein once wrote, “The hardest thing in the world to understand is the income tax. The product of 95 years worth of additions, subtractions, deductions, and exclusions, it has become such a headache that many are calling for it to be drastically simplified or even removed all together. With a looming fiscal crisis on the horizon, April 15th seems more like a scene from a B-Horror horror movie than a day to contribute to the common good of the nation. Political favoritism, ineffective social programs, and economic manipulations all reveal the need for tax reform. But how can Americans decide the best way to change the income tax when few people even understand the code or the vast extent to which it truly affects the country? “An Inconvenient Tax” explores the history of the income tax and brings to light the causes of its many complexities. The film follows the tax through wars, economic booms, and some of the most significant presidencies in U.S. history. To help crack the code, the film employs the countrys top economic experts, commentators, and political voices. Noam Chomsky, Steve Forbes, Joseph Thorndike, Mike Huckabee, Charles Rossotti, Dave M. Walker, Neal Boortz, Michael Graetz, Daniel Shaviro, Leonard Burman, and others discuss not only the problems America faces in the tax code, but also give valuable insights on how to move forward. Finally, the film gives a voice to the creators of several tax reform solutions who claim to have found a better way. In a time when many Americans are concerned about the future of the economy, rising deficits, and unfair tax treatment, An Inconvenient Tax provides a crucial, honest look at the income tax. For the first time ever, Americans can engage in the tax debate with confidence and perhaps discover a new way to tax.
Alex Gibney’s Casino Jack & the United States of Money Trailer
This portrait of Washington super lobbyist Jack Abramoff—from his early years as a gung—ho member of the GOP political machine to his final reckoning as a disgraced, imprisoned pariah—confirms the adage that truth is indeed stranger than fiction. A tale of international intrigue with Indian casinos, Russian spies, Chinese sweatshops, and a mob—style killing in Miami, this is the story of the way money corrupts our political process. Oscar—winning filmmaker Alex Gibney once again wields the tools of his trade with the skill of a master. Following the ongoing indictments of federal officials and exposing favor trading in our nation’s capital, Gibney illuminates the way our politicians’ desperate need to get elected—and the millions of dollars it costs—may be undermining the basic principles of American democracy. Infuriating, yet undeniably fun to watch, CASINO JACK is a saga of greed and corruption with a cynical villain audiences will love to hate.
By the same director and writer of Behind Those Eyes, Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room,Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson and Taxi to the Dark Side. Looks great and you know it will be really depressing. As my favorite history teacher used to say back in the day “Power Corrupts, Absolute Power Corrupts Absolutely.” Still haven’t seen anything that proves this wrong. Only more so.
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