Errol Morris

Sara Vilkomerson's Guide to This Week's Movies: Errol Morris' Awful Truth

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We woke up Monday morning to a pretty big surprise: the funniest-naked-breakup-scene movie Forgetting Sarah Marshall did not take top box office honors last weekend. That spot went to The Forbidden Kingdom (Tag line: “The path is unsafe. The place is unknown. The journey is unbelievable.” Read: boy movie), which features Jet Li and Jackie Chan co-starring for the first time. Kung fu kicked Apatow ass!  read more »

Tribeca Film Fest Announces Spotlights and Showcases

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The Tribeca Film Festival just unveiled the line-up for its Spotlight, Showcase and Restored/Rediscovered sections, which include titles by Jose Padilha, Julian Schnabel, Harmony Korine, Guy Maddin and Tom Kalin, and world premieres from Peter Tolin and Adam Yauch. Director Julian Schnabel's new film Lou Reed's Berlin, a documentary about Mr. Reed playing his Berlin song cycle live for the first time at St. Ann's Warehouse in Brooklyn, and Gunnin' for That #1 Spot, a doc by the Beastie Boys' Adam Yauch, will premiere at the fest, which begins April 23. The festival also announced its Special Events, including a conversation with Errol Morris and the North American Premiere of his latest film, Standard Operating Procedure, and a screening coinciding with the 40th anniversary of Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey that will include a special panel with prominent filmmakers and scientists. Full line-up after the jump.  read more »

Day I Was Stopped From C.I.A. Approach Now Appears Karmic

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Publicly available photo of C.I.A. headquarters.

I know that my recent near-arrest in front of C.I.A.  read more »

A Little Movie 'Bout Jack & Diane Proves Oldies Like Sex, Too

Nancy Meyers' Something's Gotta Give , from her own screenplay, plays like an old-fashioned star veh  read more »

New Morris Film Traps McNamara in a Fog of War

Errol Morris seemed a little worried on his recent visit to New York, but I don't think he should be  read more »

Errol Morris and the Tricky Art of Refuting Holocaust Denial

"I didn't want to make a movie proving the world is round," Errol Morris keeps telling me.  read more »

Errol Morris' Big Bag of Tricks: A Symphony of Speculations

Errol Morris' Fast, Cheap & Out of Control turned out to be one of the most cinematically and philos  read more »