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April 2008

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• 04.26.08
  Hot Docs Review – The Rise and Fall of the Grumpy Burger Jay CcloseAuthor: Jay C Name: Jay C
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  About: Jay loves the films of Werner Herzog, Errol Morris and The Maysles, and is currently in production on his own first feature-length documentary Beauty Day.
  
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  The Rise and Fall of the Grumpy Burger Director - Matt Gallagher Hot Docs Synopsis: Filmmaker Marshall Sfalcin is Canada's answer to Ed Wood and Russ Meyer. His no-budget monster movies are works of fantasy, favouring big scares and bigger boobs to truth and authenticity. With his latest film, Sfalcin is determined to tell the "serious" story about his family history and their bold claim that they, and not McDonald's, are the rightful inventors of fast food. Along to capture the making of Sfalcin's masterpiece is fellow filmmaker and childhood buddy Matt Gallagher. As Sfalcin's vision of his film changes due to a ...
• 04.25.08
  Hot Docs Review – The English Surgeon Jay CcloseAuthor: Jay C Name: Jay C
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  About: Jay loves the films of Werner Herzog, Errol Morris and The Maysles, and is currently in production on his own first feature-length documentary Beauty Day.
  
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  The English Surgeon Director - Geoffrey Smith Hot Docs Synopsis: When British brain surgeon Henry Marsh first visited the KGB Hospital in Kiev in the early 1990s, he was appalled by the conditions. Patients were dying from simple tumours left untreated. Since then, Marsh has been on a mission to create a viable brain surgery clinic, salvaging discarded equipment from British hospitals, second-hand drills from flea markets and any other tools that may be fashioned to do the job. Geoffrey Smith's exceptional documentary follows the maverick neurosurgeon on his latest trip to the Ukraine, as he once again encounters patients for whom he ...
• 04.25.08
  DocBlog Trailers: This American Life Season 2 Jay CcloseAuthor: Jay C Name: Jay C
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  About: Jay loves the films of Werner Herzog, Errol Morris and The Maysles, and is currently in production on his own first feature-length documentary Beauty Day.
  
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  I absolutely loved the first season of This American Life. One of my main goals for my upcoming trip to NYC is to hit up a Borders book store and pick it up on DVD. (For some lame reason, it's only available IN STORE through this American chain) I'm very excited for the premiere of season two, which is right around the corner. May 4th to be exact. A trailer has just popped up on YouTube, and it looks to be more of the same great stuff. Check it out.
• 04.21.08
  Hot Docs Review – Betrayal (Nerakhoon) Jay CcloseAuthor: Jay C Name: Jay C
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  About: Jay loves the films of Werner Herzog, Errol Morris and The Maysles, and is currently in production on his own first feature-length documentary Beauty Day.
  
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  Betrayal (Nerakhoon) Director - Ellen Kuras, Thavisouk Phrasavath Hot Docs Synopsis: During the U.S. military's covert operations in Laos in the early 1970s, Thavisouk Phrasavath's father was recruited to help the CIA. But when the Americans withdrew and the communist regime gained power, Phrasavath's father and thousands of others were declared enemies of the state and imprisoned. At the age of 12, Phrasavath made a harrowing escape from Laos to Thailand and eventually to New York City, where the hardships of an immigrant's life forced him, his eight siblings and his resilient mother to face an entirely different kind of war. The directorial ...
• 04.20.08
  Hot Docs Review – Shot in Bombay Jay CcloseAuthor: Jay C Name: Jay C
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  About: Jay loves the films of Werner Herzog, Errol Morris and The Maysles, and is currently in production on his own first feature-length documentary Beauty Day.
  
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  Shot in Bombay Director - Liz Mermin Hot Docs Synopsis Director Liz Mermin's fast-paced, multilayered and captivating doc about shooting a blockbuster gangster movie in Bombay/Mumbia is packed with more drama and action than the movie itself. Following a cast of charismatic and often surreal characters, the doc goes beyond the tinselly glamour of Bollywood to explore some of the industry's darker sides. With unprecedented behind-the-scenes access to a star-studded cast, Shot in Bombay tells three intertwined stories: the rise of the city's underworld in the 1990s, narrated by a no-nonsense ex-police chief known as "Bombay's Dirty Harry"; the tribulations of superstar Sanjay ...
• 04.17.08
  DocBlog Trailers: Glass: A Portrait of Philip in Twelve Parts and American Teen Jay CcloseAuthor: Jay C Name: Jay C
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  About: Jay loves the films of Werner Herzog, Errol Morris and The Maysles, and is currently in production on his own first feature-length documentary Beauty Day.
  
  Twitter: @jaycheelSee Authors Posts (465) | News, Trailers | (1)

  American Teen After a successful performance at Sundance, there's some massive buzz behind American Teen, and it looks like director Nanette Burstein (The Kid Stays in the Picture, On the Ropes) has created a film that celebrates non-fiction filmmaking while embracing a mainstream accessibility that just might make this high school doc one of the top grossing non-fiction films of the year. Here's the synopsis: In this biting cinema verte, director Nanette Burstein follows a group of four Indiana high school seniors as they navigate the social mazes of adolescence, prepare for graduation, and generally deal with the often surprising and strange ...

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