Über-director Oliver Stone’s latest documentary film South of the Border offers a provocative glance at the US media’s take on Latin American politics.
South of the Border
It’s like America, only South by Laura Bennett
Never afraid to court controversy, Oliver Stone focuses South of the Border on Venezuela’s charismatic yet polarising president, Hugo Chávez. Regularly demonised in the US media as an anti-American [...]
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Film Review: South Of The Border (2009)
July 25th, 2010 No Comments
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Film Review: When You’re Strange (2009)
June 25th, 2010 No Comments
A medley of grainy super-8 footage, Tom DiCillo’s When You’re Strange strips The Doors down to no-holds-barred exuberance. Or is it just wallowing in the mire?
When You’re Strange
Shaman’s Blues by Mark Wilshin
CAUTION: Here be spoilers
In 27 short years, Jim Morrison managed to construct a vast iconography of photos and video footage, his pouty stare engraved into an insatiable public consciousness. [...]
Tags: 2009 · cinema · documentary · dogandwolf · film · film review · Jim Morrison · Johnny Depp · London Film Festival · Mark Wilshin · Oliver Stone · Reviews · Sundance · The Doors · Tom DiCillo · When You're Strange · William Blake · Wilshin
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