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Documentarian Ross McElwee Excavates His Past in Hopes of Understanding His Children
Photographic Memory Nov. 16, Real Art Ways, 56 Arbor St., Hartford, (860) 232-1006, realartways.org Ross McElwee's documentaries aren't always easy to watch. There are painful silences, awkward blank stares into the camera, and moments where people...
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'My Olympic Summer' an exquisite short documentary
Sentinel Movie CriticDaniel Robin's exquisite short documentary MyOlympic Summer (a Sundance award winner) is about old home movies and old family photos and how they might reveal more than we think if we know the whole story. His father was an Army chaplain, a rabbi...Tags: Roger Moore, Documentary (genre), Entertainment, Movies
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'Aileen: The Life and Death of a Serial Killer'
![Fifteen months after her state-sanctioned death by lethal injection in a Florida prison, convicted serial killer Aileen Wuornos has never been more popular. Currently on display in the fictionalized art-house shocker "Monster," starring Charlize Theron and some impeccably crafted prosthetic teeth, Wuornos is now at the center of a non-exploitative, gratifyingly humanizing documentary from Nick Broomfield and Joan Churchill called "Aileen: The Life and Death of a Serial Killer." Think of it as the anti-monster movie.](http://www.calendarlive.com/media/thumbnails/story/2004-01/10922652.jpg "Fifteen months after her state-sanctioned death by lethal injection in a Florida prison, convicted serial killer Aileen Wuornos has never been more popular. Currently on display in the fictionalized art-house shocker "Monster,\" starring Charlize Theron and some impeccably crafted prosthetic teeth, Wuornos is now at the center of a non-exploitative, gratifyingly humanizing documentary from Nick Broomfield and Joan Churchill called \"Aileen: The Life and Death of a Serial Killer.\" Think of it as the anti-monster movie.")
Times Staff WriterFifteen months after her state-sanctioned death by lethal injection in a Florida prison, convicted serial killer Aileen Wuornos has never been more popular. Currently on display in the fictionalized art-house shocker "Monster," starring Charlize Theron...Tags: Prosecution, Punishment, Murder, Movies, Cinema Industry
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Movie review: 'Bright Leaves'
TRIBUNE MOVIE CRITIC3 stars (out of 4) How would you react if you discovered that your great-grandfather was not only a once-renowned Southern business giant whose fortune and fame were stolen by a more legendary tycoon--but also the possible inspiration for a movie hero...Tags: Music Box Theatre, Movies, Rick Beck, Donald Crisp, Health
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'Bright Leaves'
!["Bright Leaves" is yet another of documentarian Ross McElwee's droll, irresistible, multilayered, multifaceted journeys through the beguiling yet contradictory land of his youth, North Carolina — and inevitably through his own heart and soul. McElwee, who has chronicled his coming of age in such landmarks as "Sherman's March" and "Time Indefinite," now lives in Boston with his wife and young son but from time to time needs to reconnect with his relatives, friends and native region, connecting past to present while playing with and contemplating the documentary form itself.](http://www.calendarlive.com/media/thumbnails/story/2004-11/15041285.jpg ""Bright Leaves\" is yet another of documentarian Ross McElwee's droll, irresistible, multilayered, multifaceted journeys through the beguiling yet contradictory land of his youth, North Carolina — and inevitably through his own heart and soul. McElwee, who has chronicled his coming of age in such landmarks as \"Sherman's March\" and \"Time Indefinite,\" now lives in Boston with his wife and young son but from time to time needs to reconnect with his relatives, friends and native region, connecting past to present while playing with and contemplating the documentary form itself.")
Times Staff Writer"Bright Leaves" is yet another of documentarian Ross McElwee's droll, irresistible, multilayered, multifaceted journeys through the beguiling yet contradictory land of his youth, North Carolina — and inevitably through his own heart and soul....Tags: James Buchanan, Health and Safety at School, Documentary (genre), Entertainment, Education
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