Documentaries - Salon.com http://dir.salon.com/topics/documentaries/?source=rss&aim=documentaries en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Wed, 23 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT Michael Moore and the evils of free enterprise By Stephanie Zacharek Wed, 23 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2009/09/23/capitalism_a_love_story/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2009/09/23/capitalism_a_love_story/index.html?source=rss In "Capitalism: A Love Story," the filmmaker takes to the bullhorn to decry corporate greed -- and promote himself "The End of Poverty?": How the rich steal from the poor By Andrew O'Hehir Wed, 23 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2009/11/13/poverty/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2009/11/13/poverty/index.html?source=rss Does a confrontational new documentary try to resurrect Marx for the 21st century? And is that such a bad idea? Lightning survivors tell (almost) all! By Andrew O'Hehir Wed, 23 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2009/11/03/act_of_god/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2009/11/03/act_of_god/index.html?source=rss A spectacular new film explores the physics and metaphysics of nature's most terrifying elemental force DVDs you should have seen -- but didn't By Andrew O'Hehir Wed, 23 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2009/10/20/dvds/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2009/10/20/dvds/index.html?source=rss Let's dance! "Adventureland" and "Last Days of Disco" bring the coke, "Audition" brings the sexual terror Let a thousand eco-documentaries bloom! By Andrew O'Hehir Wed, 23 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2009/09/17/ecodocs/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2009/09/17/ecodocs/index.html?source=rss A guide to help you choose between "Earth" and "Earth Days," and "War, Inc." and "Food, Inc." The family who just said no By Andrew O'Hehir Wed, 23 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2009/09/11/no_impact/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2009/09/11/no_impact/index.html?source=rss "No Impact" couple Colin Beavan and Michelle Conlin on the new movie capturing their year without A/C, TV or T.P. Will Ecuador's Indians bankrupt Chevron? By Andrew O'Hehir Wed, 23 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2009/09/10/crude/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2009/09/10/crude/index.html?source=rss Documentarian Joe Berlinger on the amazing Amazon pollution case in "Crude" -- and its link to the West Memphis 3 Who's to blame for the mortgage crisis? By Andrew O'Hehir Wed, 23 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2009/09/02/casino/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2009/09/02/casino/index.html?source=rss A chilling new investigative film spins a yarn of real-life tragedy -- and points the finger at Gramm and Greenspan Eco-pirates of the Antarctic By Andrew O'Hehir Wed, 23 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2009/08/28/edge_of_world/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2009/08/28/edge_of_world/index.html?source=rss This thrilling sea adventure follows a ragtag activist group's highly illegal campaign against Japanese whalers Art, commerce, Anna Wintour and "The September Issue" By Andrew O'Hehir Wed, 23 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2009/08/27/cutler/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2009/08/27/cutler/index.html?source=rss Director R.J. Cutler on Anna Wintour, Grace Coddington and the backstage fashion dramas of "The September Issue" "The September Issue" By Stephanie Zacharek Wed, 23 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2009/08/27/september_issue/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2009/08/27/september_issue/index.html?source=rss Behind the gloss of Vogue, a revealing look at work, creativity and two strong women Woodstock never dies By Jacqueline Linge Wed, 23 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/int/2009/08/14/barbara_kopple/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/int/2009/08/14/barbara_kopple/index.html?source=rss A new VH1 documentary by Barbara Kopple suggests that the festival's legacy carries on and on When we thought we could save the Earth By Andrew O'Hehir Wed, 23 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/critics_picks/2009/08/14/earth_days/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/critics_picks/2009/08/14/earth_days/index.html?source=rss Robert Stone's documentary feels like a Pynchon-style alternate history of the U.S. -- except it really happened Critics' Picks: Suicide boys By Heather Havrilesky Wed, 23 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/critics_picks/2009/08/03/boy_interrupted/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/critics_picks/2009/08/03/boy_interrupted/index.html?source=rss "Boy Interrupted" tells the story of an emotionally unstable kid whose parents loved him -- but it wasn't enough Bond and Cousteau track the dolphin killers By Andrew O'Hehir Wed, 23 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2009/07/30/cove/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2009/07/30/cove/index.html?source=rss Spinning a grim tale of murdered dolphins and poisoned schoolkids, "The Cove" is an amazing, real-life spy story Roundup: Movies not to miss By Andrew O'Hehir Wed, 23 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2009/06/20/roundup/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2009/06/20/roundup/index.html?source=rss Which is worse: The Lyme disease coverup, the devastation of global fisheries or undead Nazis in Norway? Behind the food industry's iron curtain By Andrew O'Hehir Wed, 23 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2009/06/12/food_inc/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2009/06/12/food_inc/index.html?source=rss Michael Pollan and director Robert Kenner talk about "Food, Inc.," the movie agribusiness doesn't want you to see. Movies not to miss: "Unmistaken Child" By Andrew O'Hehir Wed, 23 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2009/06/06/unmistaken/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2009/06/06/unmistaken/index.html?source=rss A heartbroken monk looks for his lost master among 2-year-olds. Plus: Bisexuality, rediscovered yet again! "Objectified" By Stephanie Zacharek Wed, 23 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2009/05/08/objectified/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2009/05/08/objectified/index.html?source=rss Gary Hustwit's documentary isn't just about industrial design. It's about the way everyday objects can take on powerful meaning. Interview with Kirby Dick Wed, 23 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/video_dog/ifc/2009/05/07/btm_kirbydick/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/video_dog/ifc/2009/05/07/btm_kirbydick/index.html?source=rss The filmmaker talks about his latest documentary and why politicians should get out of the closet. Tribeca: Best of the fest By Andrew O'Hehir Wed, 23 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2009/05/05/tribeca_wrap/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2009/05/05/tribeca_wrap/index.html?source=rss An Irish horror-romance-farce, an Iranian take on "L'Avventura," a gritty lesbian thriller, a black-and-white jazz musical -- and go-kart racing. How to make a film about Rachel Corrie Wed, 23 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/video_dog/ifc/2009/05/03/btm_rachelcorrie/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/video_dog/ifc/2009/05/03/btm_rachelcorrie/index.html?source=rss Andrew O'Hehir interviews documentary filmmaker Simone Bitton about her latest project. The great foreskin debate By Joy Press Wed, 23 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2009/04/30/circumcision/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2009/04/30/circumcision/index.html?source=rss To snip or not to snip? That was the question facing new parent Danae Elon, who didn't just wrestle with the controversies of circumcision -- she made a documentary about it. Mike Tyson: Broke, wounded and misunderstood By Andrew O'Hehir Wed, 23 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2009/04/24/tyson/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2009/04/24/tyson/index.html?source=rss Are you ready to feel nostalgic about the most notorious ex-heavyweight champ and convicted rapist of the '90s? Hollywood maverick James Toback sure hopes so. Handicapping Manhattan's spring movie fling By Andrew O'Hehir Wed, 23 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2009/04/24/tribeca_preview/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2009/04/24/tribeca_preview/index.html?source=rss Newly downsized and shorn of Hollywood glitz, Robert De Niro's Tribeca Film Festival remains a vigorous venue for cinematic discoveries.