For seven years, Ondi Timoner filmed the Dandy Warhols, who rose from the rock underground to stardom, and their archenemies, the Brian Jonestown Massacre, who failed to follow that path, done in by leader Anton Newcombe’s spasms of ego. The resulting 2004 documentary is a riveting auto...
“In November of 1978, bookending the Thanksgiving holiday, the city of San Francisco and, it might be said, the world was changed forever. The double horror of the tragedy at Jonestown, followed by the slaying of Harvey Milk and George Moscone was a crushing trauma to the heart and ...
wanted. He also brought in a top-flight team of cinematographers, led by Michael Chapman and including László Kovács (Easy Rider) and Vilmos Zsigmond (McCabe & Mrs. Miller) to ensure his vision was fulfilled. In 2020, Scorsese served as executive producer on the fine The Band documentary ...
examines this phenomenon via the diverging fortunes of two 1990s West Coast alt-rock groups: The Dandy Warhols and the Brian Jonestown Massacre. Members of both bands have said that Timoner exaggerated conflicts to make a more dramatic documentary, but there’s still a lot of truth to what Dig...
Stephen Cognetti’s ‘Hell House LLC’ doesn’t have much to distinguish it from other found footage films in terms of set-up: There’s a documentary crew investigating a haunted house that’s been closed for 15 years, only for the ghosts of the past to haunt them and leave (spoiler ...
Through a mix of chilling survivor accounts and never-before-seen footage, the film paints a haunting portrait of life within the Jonestown commune and its eventual tragic downfall. A sobering reminder of the power and danger of blind faith, this documentary is both informative and deeply ...
California Representative Leo Ryan was in Jonestown to check on the remote community, and he was killed by gunfire at an airstrip as he tried to escape the tense situation. [125] [126] White remarked to two aides who were working for his reinstatement, "You see that? One day I'm on ...
including buzzy originals likeV/H/S/94. Over on Sundance Now, you can take your pick of prestige drama and true crime picks likeJonestown: Terror in the Jungle. IFC Films Unlimited is also a great addition to this bundle, screening all of those indie and foreign films you've been meaning...
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W. Bush. Produced by PBS for the American Experience documentary program, it recounts Bush's life from his childhood and experience in World War II up to the end of his presidency in 1993. Written, co-produced, and directed by Austin Hoyt, the film aired on PBS in two parts on May ...