Posts Tagged with "Fri Doc"

Fri Doc: Terry Jones’ Ancient Inventions

Friday, March 26, 2010

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Fri Doc: Terry Jones’ Ancient Inventions

Oh, this hits me where I live: Monty Python and ancient civilizations? Did they talk to my parents or something? “And what type of documentary would Michael like?” I’m having trouble typing this post because I can’t stop watching the film! There, switched it off for a second. “Ancient Inventions” is a three-part documentary hosted [...]

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Fri Doc: “The Second Gun”

Friday, March 19, 2010

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Fri Doc: “The Second Gun”

Everybody agrees that Robert Kennedy was shot on June 4, 1968, in the pantry of the Ambassador Hotel here in Los Angeles. Everybody also agrees that Sirhan Sirhan was in the pantry firing a gun at the Senator. But after that, nobody agrees on much—not witnesses, not coroner Thomas Noguchi, and not the LAPD. A [...]

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Fri Doc: The King of Kong

Friday, March 12, 2010

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Fri Doc: The King of Kong

SURGEON GENERAL’S WARNING: if you have anything important to do, do not start watching The King of Kong. This 2007 documentary about competitive classic videogaming is absolutely mesmerizing—much to my chagrin, I missed this when it came through the theaters; as punishment, it has eaten my morning whole. In 1982, legendary gamer Billy Mitchell set [...]

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Fri Doc: Timothy Leary, the Man Who Turned On America

Friday, March 5, 2010

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Fri Doc: Timothy Leary, the Man Who Turned On America

This Friday’s documentary, originally aired by the BBC in the late 90s (?), tells the strange, dramatic, and ultimately quite sad story of acid guru Timothy Leary. The question with Leary—and perhaps with all such larger-than-life characters—is this: what was behind the surface we all saw? What was inside him? What made him different from [...]

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Fri Doc: “The Fog of War” (2004)

Friday, February 26, 2010

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Fri Doc: “The Fog of War” (2004)

I love documentaries. Making them is the only job I’ve ever really wanted–besides running a humor magazine, of course. (And you wonder why I’m not a millionaire?) Today I’m starting a new regular feature here on the site: every Friday, I’m going to post a documentary for our mutual enjoyment. Today’s doc is the Oscar-winning [...]

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