Bronx Banter » Documentaries http://www.bronxbanterblog.com Development site for Bronx Banter Blog's upcoming look and feel Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:33:56 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Million Dollar Movie http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2013/06/05/million-dollar-movie-363/ http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2013/06/05/million-dollar-movie-363/#comments Wed, 05 Jun 2013 14:22:58 +0000 Alex Belth http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=103600

My goodness, everything about this looks wonderful.

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Head on over to Roopstigo and check out this short documentary on Morganna the Kissing Bandit.

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Oh, baby. Please, yes.

Photograph by Kate Joyce. Oh my, she’s just tremendous.

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Now streaming for free on PBS.com.

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Tonight at 9 p.m. on PBS. Don’t miss it. 

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Via Kottke, this here looks like funski:

And there’s this:

[Photo Credit: David Sprague/L.A. Times]

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This could be good.

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[Featured Image Via: The New York Times]

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Over at Grantland, check out Nelson George’s short on Clyde Frazier.

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David Denby reviews The Central Park Five in this week’s issue of The New Yorker.

I saw the movie a few weeks ago and thought it was expertly made. Troubling and enraging. You should make a point to go see it.

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From Jamie Scott.

[Photo Via: Japan Society]

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Check out this short by Jared Levy.

NYC Dark from Already Alive on Vimeo.

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The latest from Ken Burns. The Dust Bowl. 

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Tonight gives more fabulous self-promotional Rolling Stones bullshit. Crossfire Hurricane, 9 pm on HBO. I’m so there.

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This looks like fun.

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Check out this wonderful short, New York: Night and Day, by Phillip Stockton.

New York: Night and Day from Philip Stockton on Vimeo.

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Here’s another wonderful short in the Made By Hand series.

Made by Hand / No 4 The Cigar Shop from Made by Hand on Vimeo.

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Here’s Jeff Feuerzieg’s short on Jeff Dowd the inspiration for Jeff Lebowski.

THE DUDE (Director’s Cut) from Jeff Feuerzeig on Vimeo.

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From Errol Morris comes a short film about the life and death of sports fans.

[Photo Via N.Y. Daily News]

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