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ESPN's '30 for 30': The world's most unlikely indy film festival
The Big PictureI go to film festivals to see the kind of idiosyncratic, personal movies big Hollywood studios rarely make anymore. But for the last 15 months, I've been watching a wonderfully engaging film festival with passionate and provocative movies on TV,...... -
Trailer for 'The Interrupters' -- upcoming Chicago-based documentary
Change of SubjectSteve James and Alex Kotlowitz are behind this highly anticipated documentary on the CeaseFire anti-violence program (explicit language warning):... -
Long Beach could lose 20 police officers in budget cuts
L.A. NOWAt least 15 to 20 police officers who patrol the streets of Long Beach could be laid off if negotiations between the city and the police union continue at a stalemate, city officials said Tuesday. Payroll cuts to the Police...... -
Chicago Movies and Google TV
WGN NewsChicago is famous for its beautiful skyline. Who wouldn't want to end a movie that fades into the background of Lake Michigan and the Sears (ehm, Willis) Tower? It's no wonder why Hollywood often ventures out to the Midwest to use Chicago as the...Tags: Newspaper and Magazine, WGN, Netflix Inc., Television, Movies
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'Bowling for Columbine' and 'Hoop Dreams' top group's list of 25 best documentaries
!["Hoop Dreams," the 1994 film about two African American teenagers pursuing basketball stardom, has been voted the best documentary in movie history by the International Documentary Assn.](http://media.trb.com/media/thumbnails/story/2007-10/32977364.jpg ""Hoop Dreams,\" the 1994 film about two African American teenagers pursuing basketball stardom, has been voted the best documentary in movie history by the International Documentary Assn.")
"Hoop Dreams," the 1994 film about two African American teenagers pursuing basketball stardom, has been voted the best documentary in movie history by the International Documentary Assn.
To help celebrate its 25th anniversary, the organization polled its...Tags: Social Issues, Los Angeles Times, Cinema Industry, Academy Awards, An Inconvenient Truth (movie)
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Documentaries' stories don't end
CAREERS have been made, awards have been won, but when it comes to making a documentary, a filmmaker's job is never finished. With the release of the academy's documentary shortlist last month, 20 directors of 15 films received the chance to wrap up years...Tags: Film Festivals, Family, Cinema Industry, Academy Awards, Movies
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'Reel Paradise'
![There's a scene in Steve James' entertaining documentary "Reel Paradise" in which John Pierson, a pioneering independent film producer's rep, aptly compares himself to Allie Fox, Harrison Ford's bespectacled, slightly mad visionary in the Paul Schrader-Peter Weir adaptation of Paul Theroux's novel "Mosquito Coast." Both men uproot their families from the relative luxury of middle-class America to pursue a dream of tropical nirvana — Honduras for the Foxes, Fiji for the Piersons.](http://www.calendarlive.com/media/thumbnails/story/2005-09/19256725.jpg "There's a scene in Steve James' entertaining documentary "Reel Paradise\" in which John Pierson, a pioneering independent film producer's rep, aptly compares himself to Allie Fox, Harrison Ford's bespectacled, slightly mad visionary in the Paul Schrader-Peter Weir adaptation of Paul Theroux's novel \"Mosquito Coast.\" Both men uproot their families from the relative luxury of middle-class America to pursue a dream of tropical nirvana — Honduras for the Foxes, Fiji for the Piersons.")
Times Staff WriterThere's a scene in Steve James' entertaining documentary "Reel Paradise" in which John Pierson, a pioneering independent film producer's rep, aptly compares himself to Allie Fox, Harrison Ford's bespectacled, slightly mad visionary in the Paul Schrader-...Tags: Paul Schrader, Family, Peter Weir, Kevin Smith, Television
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'The War Tapes'
![Whenever the topic of the war in Iraq comes up most people go out of their way to say that they "support the troops," whatever that's supposed to mean. "The War Tapes," arguably the most vital and eye-opening documentary yet made regarding the United States' current military entanglement, follows three National Guardsmen from New Hampshire as they are deployed to Iraq for one year. The film shows its support for the troops in a most literal way — by providing some sense of what it must be like to actually be there, on the ground, in the midst of war.](http://www.calendarlive.com/media/thumbnails/story/2006-10/25870590.jpg "Whenever the topic of the war in Iraq comes up most people go out of their way to say that they "support the troops,\" whatever that's supposed to mean. \"The War Tapes,\" arguably the most vital and eye-opening documentary yet made regarding the United States' current military entanglement, follows three National Guardsmen from New Hampshire as they are deployed to Iraq for one year. The film shows its support for the troops in a most literal way — by providing some sense of what it must be like to actually be there, on the ground, in the midst of war.")
Special to The TimesWhenever the topic of the war in Iraq comes up most people go out of their way to say that they "support the troops," whatever that's supposed to mean. "The War Tapes," arguably the most vital and eye-opening documentary yet made regarding the United...Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, U.S. Army, Scranton, Burger King, Iraq
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75 achievements Oscar forgot
Tribune movie criticWhen the Oscar nominations come out Tuesday, there are bound to be cries of injustice -- and in many cases, those charges will have merit. Can anyone really defend the exclusion from the Oscar nominee list in various years of movies such as "Some Like...Tags: Sergio Leone, Arts and Culture, Elections, Kim Novak, Celebrities
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'American Splendor' shines brightest at Sundance Festival
"American Splendor," a sly film biography that stars Paul Giamatti as churlish underground comic-book writer Harvey Pekar, won the grand jury prize, the top dramatic honor at the Sundance Film Festival. Sundance jurors gave the documentary grand prize to...Tags: Crimes, Death, Social Issues, Sundance Film Festival, Holly Hunter
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A delicate balancing act in Park City
![The Sundance Film Festival's selection for its dramatic grand jury prize, Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini's "American Splendor," reflects the complex new realities of the independent film scene.](http://www.calendarlive.com/media/thumbnails/story/2003-01/6386378.jpg "The Sundance Film Festival's selection for its dramatic grand jury prize, Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini's "American Splendor,\" reflects the complex new realities of the independent film scene.")
Times Staff WriterThe Sundance Film Festival's selection for its dramatic grand jury prize, Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini's "American Splendor," reflects the complex new realities of the independent film scene. As a warm, playful and visually inventive biopic...Tags: Steve Zahn, Crimes, Death, Family, Jennifer Lopez
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'Stevie'
Times Staff WriterWhen "Hoop Dreams," the highly acclaimed documentary about two inner-city youths striving for basketball stardom, brought its maker, Steve James, to southern Illinois in 1995 in connection with its presentation, he contacted Stevie Fielding, a troubled...Tags: Crimes, Death, Family, Social Issues, Cinema Industry
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