Documentary Archive

  • Blind film critic Tommy Edison reviews the documentary “Re:Generation Music Project”. Watch the video to find out how Tommy rates the movie. Visit the website: http://www.regenerationmusicproject.com/ Watch the Re:Generation Music Project trailer: Story: Five DJs turn the tables on the history of music. Follow DJ Premier, Mark Ronson, Skrillex, Pretty...

    RE:GENERATION MUSIC PROJECT review (no spoilers) – BLIND FILM CRITIC

    Posted on February 17, 2012 | No Comments
    Blind film critic Tommy Edison reviews the documentary “Re:Generation Music Project”. Watch the video to find out how Tommy rates the movie. Visit the website: http://www.regenerationmusicproject.com/ Watch the Re:Generation Music Project trailer: Story: Five DJs turn the tables on the history of music. Follow DJ Premier, Mark Ronson, Skrillex, Pretty...

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  • Blind film critic Tommy Edison reviews the movie “Crumb”. Watch the video to find out how Tommy rates the movie. Stars: Robert Crumb, Aline Kominsky and Charles Crumb Story: A cinematic portrait of the controversial comic book writer/artist and his traumatized family. Director: Terry Zwigoff “Crumb” on IMDB http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0109508/ Music...

    CRUMB Documentary Review – Blind Film Critic

    Posted on December 12, 2011 | No Comments
    Blind film critic Tommy Edison reviews the movie “Crumb”. Watch the video to find out how Tommy rates the movie. Stars: Robert Crumb, Aline Kominsky and Charles Crumb Story: A cinematic portrait of the controversial comic book writer/artist and his traumatized family. Director: Terry Zwigoff “Crumb” on IMDB http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0109508/ Music...

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  • Blind film critic Tommy Edison reviews the movie “Capturing the Friedmans”. Documentary on the Friedmans, a seemingly typical, upper-middleclass Jewish family whose world is instantly transformed when the father and his youngest son are arrested and charged with shocking and horrible crimes. Director: Andrew Jarecki Stars: Arnold Friedman, Jesse Friedman...

    Capturing The Friedmans – MINI-REVIEW – Blind Film Critic

    Posted on November 30, 2011 | No Comments
    Blind film critic Tommy Edison reviews the movie “Capturing the Friedmans”. Documentary on the Friedmans, a seemingly typical, upper-middleclass Jewish family whose world is instantly transformed when the father and his youngest son are arrested and charged with shocking and horrible crimes. Director: Andrew Jarecki Stars: Arnold Friedman, Jesse Friedman...

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  • Blind film critic Tommy Edison reviews the movie “Weekend At Bernie’s”. (1989) A pair of losers try to pretend that their murdered employer is really alive, but the murderer is out to “finish him off.” Stars: Andrew McCarthy, Jonathan Silverman and Catherine Mary Stewart Director: Ted Kotcheff Weekend At Bernie’s...

    Weekend At Bernie’s – MINI-REVIEW – Blind Film Critic

    Posted on November 25, 2011 | No Comments
    Blind film critic Tommy Edison reviews the movie “Weekend At Bernie’s”. (1989) A pair of losers try to pretend that their murdered employer is really alive, but the murderer is out to “finish him off.” Stars: Andrew McCarthy, Jonathan Silverman and Catherine Mary Stewart Director: Ted Kotcheff Weekend At Bernie’s...

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  • Magic Trip Release Date: August 5, 2011 Director: Alex Gibney, Alison Ellwood Screenwriter: Alex Gibney, Alison Ellwood Genre: Documentary In 1964, Ken Kesey, the famed author of “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest,” set off on a legendary, LSD-fuelled cross-country road trip to the New York World’s Fair. He was...

    “Magic Trip” Trailer (2011)

    Posted on August 2, 2011 | No Comments
    Magic Trip Release Date: August 5, 2011 Director: Alex Gibney, Alison Ellwood Screenwriter: Alex Gibney, Alison Ellwood Genre: Documentary In 1964, Ken Kesey, the famed author of “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest,” set off on a legendary, LSD-fuelled cross-country road trip to the New York World’s Fair. He was...

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  • The Missing Piece Release Date: August 19, 2011 Director: Joe Medeiros Screenwriter: Joe Medeiros Genre: Documentary “The Missing Piece” tells the story of Joe Medeiros’ 34-year quest to find the facts about Vincenzo Peruggia’s involvement in the theft of the Mona Lisa. His search takes him to the thief’s 84-year-old...

    “The Missing Piece” Trailer (2011)

    Posted on June 5, 2011 | No Comments
    The Missing Piece Release Date: August 19, 2011 Director: Joe Medeiros Screenwriter: Joe Medeiros Genre: Documentary “The Missing Piece” tells the story of Joe Medeiros’ 34-year quest to find the facts about Vincenzo Peruggia’s involvement in the theft of the Mona Lisa. His search takes him to the thief’s 84-year-old...

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  • Project Nim Release Date: July 8, 2011 Director: James Marsh Genre: Documentary From the Oscar-winning team behind “Man on Wire” comes the story of Nim, the chimpanzee who in the 1970s became the focus of a landmark experiment which aimed to show that an ape could learn to communicate with...

    “Project Nim” Trailer (2011)

    Posted on June 4, 2011 | No Comments
    Project Nim Release Date: July 8, 2011 Director: James Marsh Genre: Documentary From the Oscar-winning team behind “Man on Wire” comes the story of Nim, the chimpanzee who in the 1970s became the focus of a landmark experiment which aimed to show that an ape could learn to communicate with...

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  • Beats, Rhymes & Life: The Travels of a Tribe Called Quest Release Date: July 8, 2011 Director: Michael Rapaport Starring: Michael Rapaport, Dante ‘Mos Def’ Smith, Chris ‘Ludacris’ Bridges, Common, Pharrell Williams II Genre: Documentary “Beats, Rhymes & Life: The Travels of a Tribe Called Quest” documents the inner workings...

    “Beats, Rhymes & Life: The Travels of a Tribe Called Quest” Trailer (2011)

    Posted on June 4, 2011 | No Comments
    Beats, Rhymes & Life: The Travels of a Tribe Called Quest Release Date: July 8, 2011 Director: Michael Rapaport Starring: Michael Rapaport, Dante ‘Mos Def’ Smith, Chris ‘Ludacris’ Bridges, Common, Pharrell Williams II Genre: Documentary “Beats, Rhymes & Life: The Travels of a Tribe Called Quest” documents the inner workings...

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  • Love Etc. Release Date: July 1, 2011 Director: Jill Andresevic Genre: Documentary “Love Etc.” is Jill Andresevic’s acclaimed multi-character documentary depicting the many stages of modern metropolitan romance set entirely in New York. Filmed over the course of a year, “Love Etc.” is actually five different relationship stories–all of them...

    “Love Etc.” Trailer (2010/2011)

    Posted on June 4, 2011 | No Comments
    Love Etc. Release Date: July 1, 2011 Director: Jill Andresevic Genre: Documentary “Love Etc.” is Jill Andresevic’s acclaimed multi-character documentary depicting the many stages of modern metropolitan romance set entirely in New York. Filmed over the course of a year, “Love Etc.” is actually five different relationship stories–all of them...

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