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‘Enemies Of The State’ Trailer Blurs The Line Between Truth & Fiction For A Real-Life Hacker

June 24, 2021 10:49 am

Some stories seem too strange to be true — Matt DeHart's is one of them. "Enemies of the State" is finally telling his story. The hacker, whistleblower, and son of Cold War spies found himself wrapped up in a ...

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The 14 Best Movies To Buy Or Stream This Week: ‘Happiest Season,’ ‘My Psychedelic Love Story,’ ‘The Irishman,’ & More

Jason Bailey

December 1, 2020 1:52 pm

News

Every Tuesday, discriminating viewers are confronted with a flurry of choices: new releases on disc and on-demand, vintage and original movies on any number of streaming platforms, catalog titles making a spla...

‘My Psychedelic Love Story’ Trailer: Errol Morris Examines The Crazy Story of Timothy Leary Flipping As A Narc

Edward Davis

October 29, 2020 4:19 pm

News, Trailers

Academy Award-winning filmmaker Errol Morris has covered a lot of crazy stories in his day and he's arguably the godfather of the true-crime documentary that we all love and spend watching as docu-series on pl...

‘My Psychedelic Love Story’: Errol Morris’ Latest Doc Is A Trippy Romance With A Dash Of Conspiracy [AFI Review]

Andrew Bundy

October 22, 2020 2:18 pm

Festivals, News, Reviews

From “The Fog of War” to "Tabloid", to "Mr. Death," and "American Dharma," there are a few good reasons why many hail Errol Morris as the master of the one-on-one interview doc. Morris knows that the deepest s...

‘Enemies Of The State’ Is A Complex, But Gripping Cyber-Doc [TIFF Review]

Jason Bailey

September 10, 2020 5:00 pm

Festivals, News, Reviews

A clunky home PC appears, unassumingly, through the doorway on the clip from the home video, in the midst of a guided tour through the typical suburban home. “That’s the computer that Matthew plays on all the...

Watch The First Trailer For Errol Morris’ Showtime Doc About Timothy Leary

Charles Barfield

May 27, 2020 10:57 am

News, Trailers

There have been many projects devoted to the life of Timothy Leary. But none have looked at the life of the psychologist and LSD proponent quite like the new film by director Errol Morris, which is set to arri...

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‘American Dharma’ Trailer: Errol Morris Debates Steve Bannon About The Future Of America

Charles Barfield

September 19, 2019 1:27 pm

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There aren’t many people alive that are despised as Stephen K. Bannon. The former Breitbart executive and advisor to President Donald Trump, Bannon has been the poster child for what many call the alt-right mov...

Errol Morris Will Attempt Narrative Filmmaking One More Time Directing The Upcoming Film ‘Weegee’

Charles Barfield

January 28, 2019 4:12 pm

News

Errol Morris is one of the most recognizable filmmakers in the documentary film industry. An Academy Award winner, the director is responsible for some of the best docs in the modern era, including “The Thin Bl...

Errol Morris’ Controversial Doc ‘American Dharma’ Is The Portrait Of A Delusional, First-Rate A-Hole [TIFF Review]

Victor Stiff

September 11, 2018 10:52 am

Festivals, News, Reviews

No matter what subject documentarian Errol Morris chooses to explore, it’s always a big deal. And this is most certainly the case with his new documentary, “American Dharma,” where Morris casts his inquisitive ...

Filmmaker Errol Morris Defends Steve Bannon Documentary ‘American Dharma’ Amidst Heavy Criticism

Charles Barfield

September 5, 2018 4:12 pm

Festivals, News

While most of the film industry community is focused on the big names that are debuting big projects at the Venice Film Festival, there seems to be a bit of controversy surrounding one of the smaller titles. “A...

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