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The Windmill Movie: Another Self-Indulgent Documentary About The Hamptons (Yay)

I've spent, like, thirty total minutes trying to contemplate the seemingly everlasting appeal of documentaries spliced together from real footage of wealthy and/or glamorous people being self-indulgent and/or tragic in the place known as Long Island, but I'm totally stumped...  CONTINUE READING THE WINDMILL MOVIE: ANOTHER SELF-INDULGENT DOCUMENTARY ABOUT THE HAMPTONS (YAY)»

Posted on June 16, 2009 in , (8 comments)
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The Simpsons: Lisa Turns Her Camera On

Last night's Simpsons was a treat for indie movie and documentary fans (Jim Jarmusch! A Slamdance joke!). Lisa makes a documentary about her family called Capturing The Simpsons (ha) that makes it into Sundance, only to be beaten by Nelson's...  CONTINUE READING THE SIMPSONS: LISA TURNS HER CAMERA ON»

Posted on May 5, 2008 in , (1 comments)
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Silly Billy Friedman Cannot Leave Unwell Enough Alone

If you haven't seen the documentary Capturing the Friedmans, you should. It's about a family in Great Neck, New York, patched together from home videos, after the father and one of the sons is charged with child molestation. In the...  CONTINUE READING SILLY BILLY FRIEDMAN CANNOT LEAVE UNWELL ENOUGH ALONE»

Posted on April 28, 2008 in , (2 comments)
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