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The long-anticipated documentary from Ron Howard on the Camp Fire can finally seen by Northern California locals this week as the film premieres to the public online. In 2018, the Camp Fire ravaged through the town of Paradise on its way to becoming the deadliest and most destructive wildfire in California’s history. While Netflix released […]… Continue reading Ron Howard’s Highly-Anticipated Camp Fire Documentary to Premiere Online this Weekend — Active NorCal

By John Corrado ★★★ (out of 4) A selection of films from this year’s online edition of Hot Docs continue to be available to stream on their website. Tickets are $9 apiece, $8 for members, with screenings geo-blocked to Ontario. The full lineup can be found here. Tam and Bay have been living in Germany… Continue reading Hot Docs Online Review: Mein Vietnam — One Movie, Our Views

Available on Blu-ray/DVD, On Demand, and digital download! HERSCHELL GORDON LEWIS: THE GODFATHER OF GORE (2010) Directed by Frank Henenlotter, Jimmy Malson Starring Herschell Gordon Lewis, David F. Friedman, Frank Henenlotter, Mal Arnold, John Bloom, John Waters, Ray Sager, Bunny Yeager I love documentaries focusing on horror through the ages. Not only do they provide […]… Continue reading HERSCHELL GORDON LEWIS: THE GODFATHER OF GORE Documentary (2010) — MLMILLERWRITES

[ad_1] In today’s film news roundup, a directors’s cut of “Everest” has been scheduled for release, “John Lewis: Good Trouble” has been set for international sales, RightsTrade hires Bill Lischak, Gerard Butler’s “Greenland” is scheduled and Alejandro Jodorowsky’s latest film gets a release. RELEASES MacGillivray Freeman Films has set a February release for a special… Continue reading Director’s Cut of ‘Everest’ Documentary Scheduled for 2021 Release – Variety — The Tidbit News

Enjoy classics and new cinematic offerings under the stars. via Boulder gets two pop-up drive-in movie theaters thanks to the Dairy and BIFF — Colorado Daily

EXCLUSIVE: PBS’s investigative documentary series Frontline has acquired the Sundance documentary A Thousand Cuts directed by award-winning filmmaker Ramona S. Diaz. The timely documentary takes a look at the key players in the escalating war between press and government in the Philippines and the ongoing threat against freedom of the press. PBS distribution is planning a…… Continue reading ‘A Thousand Cuts’: Frontline Acquires Ramona S. Diaz’s Docu About War Between Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte And Press — 24HRS NEWS WORLD

It’s a tale that’s as old as time – a movie about a bunch of teenagers trying to move mountains to get to the concert of their dreams. While 1999’s Detroit Rock City centred around a KISS gig, Iron Maiden’s watershed concert in Colombia is the inspo behind The Night of the Beast. It follows […]… Continue reading Teens Trying To Get Into Iron Maiden Gig The Backdrop For New Flick ‘Night Of The Beast’ — 96FM Perth

By John Corrado ★★½ (out of 4) The Hot Docs Film Festival in Toronto has come to be one of the biggest showcases of documentary cinema in the world, and it’s an event that, on a personal note, I look forward to attending every spring, as I have done since 2011. But this year, the […]… Continue reading Hot Docs At Home Review: Made You Look: A True Story About Fake Art — One Movie, Our Views

By John Corrado ★★★½ (out of 4) With this year’s edition of Hot Docs cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, a selection of festival films are being given broadcast premieres every Thursday night from April 16th to May 28th on CBC, documentary Channel, and the CBC Gem streaming app, as part of the Hot Docs […]… Continue reading Hot Docs At Home Review: 9/11 Kids — One Movie, Our Views