The other must-see Muppet movie this month is a documentary exploring how Jim Henson's puppetry inspired one man to go way beyond Kermit and create a giggling global icon named Elmo.READ»
They only saw the script a few days before the show airs, yet this Sunday "Mythbusters" Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman will guide viewers on a Discovery Channel special devoted to Steve Jobs. "Corporations should take note," Hyneman tells us, "to follow their vision and not have it watered down and flattened by committees."READ»
Peter was gay; Raymond was a homophobe. They were also, for some mysterious reason, roommates. Creative putdowns proliferated. Their story is now a documentary in theaters today. READ»
Photographer David Friedman makes gorgeous mini-documentaries about inventors (32 so far), and his latest is a must-see for anyone who wonders where world-changing technology comes from. Friedman interviewed Steven Sasson, inventor of ...READ»
He’s one of the best-known faces on Al Gore’s TV network Current TV. Venezuelan
born media persona Jason Silva is some newfangled hybrid of Journalist, Anchorman,Documentary Filmmaker, and Content Curator.
Silva says he ...READ»
There are plenty of reasons to see the documentary Our Time. The film at first sounds like a fairly standard 20-something road trip movie, but it will challenge your stereotypes about Millennials, and includes some excellent ...READ»
Half of America's young people don't vote in presidential elections. In his first documentary, 20-year-old David Burstein shows them why they should care.READ»
For some reason, we’re born to think that whatever we learn first about something continues to stay true.
“According to the first law of knowledge, people continue to believe whatever they learned first, regardless of later ...READ»
Hats off to Hitachi and their team of filmmakers.
Why?
Because they used the simplest code in corporate filmmaking.
Here’s the code:1. Real people.2. Real stories.3. Real emotions.It's pretty simple, yes?“Hitachi | True ...READ»
“Our company decided to make our own documentary.” Sounds easy enough, but do you know where to start?
“Let’s just roll some tape and see what happens.” Sounds exciting, but how much more will it cost you without using ...READ»
At age 100, Elena Bautista became a movie star. For a woman who doesn’t even have a physical memento or photograph of her own mother, it's significant that Bautista, now 101, is the subject of her filmmaker granddaughter’s ...READ»
About a month and a half ago, I attended a screening of indie documentarian Virginie-Alvine Perrette's 35-minute film that documents the closing of New York City's neighborhood stores (you can see my Q & A with Perrette here).The ...READ»
