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SXSW 2012 Dispatch #3: "We Are Legion," "Beauty is Embarrassing" and More

on March 17,2012 in

In a list of the best documentaries of the 2000s, I named Nick Doob and Chris Hegedus’ Al Franken: And God Spoke as the greatest political doc of the decade. It’s a film that follows the humorist, then long away from becoming a U.S. Senator, in the 2004 election year, and for me it perfectly represents a problem for the …

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SXSW 2012 Dispatch #2: The Very Controversial "The Sheik and I"

on March 14,2012 in

There was a moment when I actually thought the theater could blow up. I guess this makes The Sheik and I the scariest film of SXSW, though it will probably go down primarily as the most controversial. Following the premiere screening Sunday night, the Q&A discussion got so heated that I again feared for the safety of people in the …

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True/False 2012 Wrap Up: "The Imposter," "The Queen of Versailles" and More

on March 8,2012 in

In addition to the two individual reviewsI posted out of True/False over the busy film-filled weekend, I filed two dispatches over at Movies.com. In all I saw 17 docs in just over three days, but since I can’t write about any of the secret screenings I only share my thoughts on 12 over the two posts. The first dispatch, titled …

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