'American Dharma' Review: Errol Morris Takes On Steve Bannon In His Newest Documentary [NYFF]
In our American Dharma review, we explore Errol Morris' new documentary on alt-right figurehead Steve Bannon.
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'Wormwood' Review: Errol Morris' Netflix Project Hauntingly Blends Fact And Fiction
Our Wormwood review takes a look at Errol Morris' new six-hour Netflix mini-series, as Morris examines the mysterious, and possible murder, of Frank Olson.
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'Wormwood' Trailer: Errol Morris Uncovers A CIA Conspiracy
In the Wormwood trailer, Errol Morris investigates a CIA conspiracy via his new Netflix series that blends documentary and narrative storytelling.
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This Week In Trailers: The Survivalist, Wakefield, Obit., The B-Side, Menashe
Trailers are an under-appreciated art form insofar that many times they’re seen as vehicles for showing footage, explaining films away, or showing their hand about what moviegoers can expect. Foreign, domestic, independent, big budget: What better way to hone your skills as a thoughtful moviegoer than by deconstructing these little pieces of advertising? This week…
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This Week In Trailers: The Thinning, Officer Downe, National Bird, Green Is Gold, Evolution
Trailers are an under-appreciated art form insofar that many times they’re seen as vehicles for showing footage, explaining films away, or showing their hand about what moviegoers can expect. Foreign, domestic, independent, big budget: What better way to hone your skills as a thoughtful moviegoer than by deconstructing these little pieces of advertising? This week…
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Bryan Cranston Will Play A Serial Killer In 'Holland, Michigan'
Briefly: In Holland, Michigan, the new non-doc from documentarian Errol Morris, Bryan Cranston will once again be very, very bad. We've seen the actor's descent into pure human horror in Breaking Bad, and here he'll play he'll play another suburban dad who has big secrets. Andrew Sodroski wrote the thriller in which a woman (Naomi…
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'The Unknown Known' Trailer: "Everything Seems Amazing In Retrospect"
We probably shouldn't have anticipated that Donald Rumsfeld would open up to documentarian Errol Morris in the same way that former defense secretary Robert McNamara did for the film The Fog of War. But that doesn't make the Morris conversations with Rumsfeld -- presented in the new film The Unknown Known -- any less fascinating.…
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Errol Morris Looks Back At JFK Assassination In Short Film 'November 22, 1963'
Almost exactly fifty years ago as I write this, President John F. Kennedy was shot in Dealey Plaza in Dallas, TX, and we're still talking about aspects of the shooting decades later. Was there a single shooter, or multiple assassins? Was the killing the action of a loner, or the product of a conspiracy involving…
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This Week In Trailers: The Unknown Known, Mister John, Proxy, Metalhead
Trailers are an under-appreciated art form insofar that many times they’re seen as vehicles for showing footage, explaining films away, or showing their hand about what moviegoers can expect. Foreign, domestic, independent, big budget: What better way to hone your skills as a thoughtful moviegoer than by deconstructing these little pieces of advertising? This week…
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Errol Morris To Direct Thriller 'Holland, Michigan'
Briefly: Errol Morris is best known as a director of documentaries (The Thin Blue Line, The Fog of War, Mr. Death), though his efforts range from commercials to television, newspaper essays, and books. He's even released one dramatic feature, The Dark Wind, and has been working on another, Freezing People Is Easy. Now Morris has…
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Errol Morris Crafting Donald Rumsfeld Interview Documentary?
The Fog of War, the Errol Morris-directed documentary featuring former Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara, is one of the most valuable works Morris has produced. While some might argue that McNamara's history would have been better revealed through a set of forceful interviews rather than the Morris style of gentle prodding, the fact is that…
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A Conversation With Errol Morris On The Nature Of Truth, Photography, And Documentary
Director Errol Morris has made a career out of solving mysteries, which comes as no surprise since the man used to be a private detective. Whether he was exonerating Randall Dale Adams in The Thin Blue Line or unraveling a sordid sex tale in Tabloid, Morris has deftly used his subjects to provide gripping accounts…
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Kristen Wiig, Owen Wilson, And Christopher Walken Could Join Paul Rudd In Errol Morris' 'Freezing People Is Easy'
Whether or not Kristen Wiig decides to do Bridesmaids 2, what's obvious is that she's not wanting for work. The actress-writer-producer is already involved with several intriguing projects, and she may soon be attached to one more. Wiig, along with Owen Wilson and Christopher Walken, are circling roles in Errol Morris' Freezing People is Easy,…
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Watch 'The Umbrella Man,' A Short By Errol Morris On The JFK Assassination And The Danger Of Jumping To Conclusions
What a treasure we have in Errol Morris. This year he already gave us Tabloid, a tremendously entertaining documentary that presents a wild, lurid story and uses it to sift for, if not factual truth, at least the perception of truth from a specific perspective. Truth and perspective have been two of the driving forces…
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Paul Rudd To Star In Next Errol Morris Film
Back in April of 2009 acclaimed documentarian Errol Morris announced his intent to make his second non-doc feature. The film was being written by Stranger Than Fiction scripter Zach Helm, based on two sources: Robert F. Nelson’s memoir We Froze the First Man and a This American Life segment called 'You’re Cold As Ice,' which…
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'Tabloid' Trailer: Errol Morris Explores '70s Sex Scandal
This is one of the best trailers I've seen so far this year. The Errol Morris documentary Tabloid chronicles a very strange subject: Joyce McKinney, who became a tabloid fixture in the UK in 1977 when accused of kidnapping and raping a Mormon missionary named Kirk Anderson. It was called ‘The Case of the Manacled…
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2010 Toronto Film Festival Documentaries Announced
A couple weeks ago, the Toronto International Film Festival announced their line-up of Galas and Special Presentations (aka the major films premiering at the festival). The list of films included Robert Redford's The Conspirator; George Hickenlooper's Casino Jack, The Bang Bang Club, starring Ryan Phillippe, Barney's Version, starring Paul Giamatti, Darren Aronofsky's Black Swan, Ben…
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First Details On Tabloid, The New Film From Errol Morris
If you follow Errol Morris on Twitter, you'll know that he's been finishing up a new film called Tabloid. For the most part, we haven't known much about what the film covers, as he's been quite oblique in referencing the project. But the simple fact of Morris making a new movie is exciting enough. The…
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LOL: Harvey Weinstein Suggests Appropriate PR Tactics To Errol Morris
Some of the most entertaining moments in the movie business come about when one overbearing personality gets a chance not just to be a total dick to another, but to be relatively justified in doing so. Harvey Weinstein is a master of these moments. When thinking about talking crap about the responsibilities of Mr. Weinstein,…
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The Chuck Klosterman Interview Part 1: Eating The Dinosaur, The State Of Entertainment Journalism, And Whether Or Not Avatar Is Geekdom's Chinese Democracy
Any pop culture writer today worth a scan online has a unique opinion on Chuck Klosterman. The renown American author and journalist made a name for himself in the aughts with witty, hyper-informed contributions as a former senior writer and columnist at SPIN. In 2003, he released a bestselling book of essays about "low culture"…
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Errol Morris To Make Second Non-Documentary Film
Update: I have been quickly corrected. This is not Errol's first non documentary film. He directed a mystery film called The Dark Wind in 1991. One of the best documentarians in the history of cinema has announced that he will be making his first second fictional feature film, kinda. Errol Morris, who won an Academy…
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VOTD: Survivors By Errol Morris
Errol Morris is one of the most talented documentarians alive. Few people possess his ability to draw out informative and emotional responses from fellow human beings, a talent we've seen on display from films as diverse as Gates of Heaven all the way to Fog of War. Small wonder then that his 8-minute short film…
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Editors Blog: Oscar Notes
Random Notes from the Editor: Errol Morris' short film which opened the Academy Awards show was fantastic. If you didn't see it, you can check out the video at Oscar.com. Ellen DeGeneres is not funny (with exception of the Jennifer Hudson/Al Gore joke, but I have a feeling someone probably wrote that for her). "If…
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