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01.14.1010 Documentaries to look out for in 2010Yes, there has been an influx of lists whizzing their way around the internet over the last few months, but there are also far too many great documentaries coming out this year to put into just one post. This is by no means a definitive list or a 'best of' etc. I'm just running with a 10 in 10 gimmick to highlight some particularly interesting documentaries for us to look forward to this year. 1. In Search of Memory In Search of Memory looks at the life and career of neuro-scientist Eric Kandel who won the Nobel Prize for his groundbreaking research ...
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01.05.10The Documentary Blog’s Top 50 Documentaries of the DecadeThis is it. The end of the lists. Finally! So the other day I posted the best documentaries of the decade as selected by a group of acclaimed documentary filmmakers. Now, we've got The Documentary Blog's own top 50 docs of the decade. I was originally aiming for 25 but I just couldn't cut it down, so 50 will have to do. Let me stress that this list represents my own personal opinion and nothing more. Hopefully some people can use this as a starting point to check out some great films. Feel free to share your own lists in ...
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12.29.09The Documentary Blog’s Top 10 Documentaries of 20092009 flew by so fast that I had to double check my list for 2008 entries. Seriously, I don't know where the time has gone. Luckily, this year brought us a lot of great non-fiction filmmaking and it was tough to narrow this years 'best of' list down to 10, even if I feel I didn't see nearly as many documentaries that I should have. There's a good mix of social, political, environmental and character driven films listed below that I think represent quality non-fiction filmmaking, both in craft and storytelling. So have a look and share your personal choices ...
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11.11.09Paste Magazine’s Top 25 Documentaries of the DecadeAh, lists. I'm personally a fan, but I know a lot of people hate them. In many cases I think the fun of compiling them might actually outweigh the worth of reading them, but every now and again you come across a list that hits your sweet spot while opening your eyes to some new films. Paste Magazine's Top 25 documentaries of the decade isn't really one of those lists, but it's not totally terrible either. They hit pretty much all of the crowd pleasers and were sure to include a fair amount of socially conscious docs, but didn't really ...
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06.11.09Errol Morris Picks his Five Favorite MoviesCurrent.com and The Rotten Tomatoes Show have been getting a lot of interesting directors and actors to pick their top 5 movies in a short video segment called Five Favorite Films. This week's guest is documentary filmmaker Errol Morris. I've listed his picks below... interesting to note: only one is a documentary! 5. Detour (Dir. Edgar Ulmer) 4. The Fallen Idol (Dir. Carol Reed) 3. Psycho (Dir. Alfred Hitchcock) 2. Sullivan's Travels (Dir. Preston Sturges) 1. The Emperor's Naked Army Marches On (Dir. Kazuo Hara) On a related note, Errol Morris also recently wrote a 7-part series of articles for The New York Times about master ...