http://dir.salon.com/topics/documentaries/?source=rss&aim=documentaries en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Sun, 24 Aug 2008 04:08:00 PDT By Heather Havrilesky Sun, 24 Aug 2008 04:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/iltw/2008/08/24/bolt/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/iltw/2008/08/24/bolt/index.html?source=rss Mad respect to the disrespectful, from gold medalist Usain Bolt to the authority-questioning Marines of "Generation Kill" to the thoughtful artists on HBO's "The Black List." Andrew O'Hehir Sun, 24 Aug 2008 04:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2008/08/11/fire_snow/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2008/08/11/fire_snow/index.html?source=rss After 33 years of abuse and imprisonment, one Tibetan monk says no to the Beijing Olympics -- and to the Dalai Lama's accommodation with tyranny. Andrew O'Hehir Sun, 24 Aug 2008 04:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2008/08/06/patti_smith/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2008/08/06/patti_smith/index.html?source=rss A dazzling, dizzying documentary captures rock pioneer Patti Smith during her comeback years, surrounded by death and life. Andrew O'Hehir Sun, 24 Aug 2008 04:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2008/07/25/myths/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2008/07/25/myths/index.html?source=rss An arch, acute and haunting documentary about the segregated Mardi Gras traditions of Mobile, Ala., "The Order of Myths" might be the nonfiction film of the year. Andrew O'Hehir Sun, 24 Aug 2008 04:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2008/07/10/exiles/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2008/07/10/exiles/index.html?source=rss Kent Mackenzie's gorgeous black-and-white film "The Exiles" captures a garage-rock world of urban American Indians in a vanished L.A. Plus: German groupie tells all! Andrew O'Hehir Sun, 24 Aug 2008 04:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2008/07/09/battle_rattle/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2008/07/09/battle_rattle/index.html?source=rss Welcome to the military's Iraq Simulation, where the townspeople are Arab actors, the insurgents come from Arkansas -- and things tend to go horribly wrong. Andrew O'Hehir Sun, 24 Aug 2008 04:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2008/06/26/trumbo/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2008/06/26/trumbo/index.html?source=rss How the legendary screenwriter of "Roman Holiday" and "Spartacus" defied Congress, broke the blacklist and raised his family. By Caitlin Shamberg Sun, 24 Aug 2008 04:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/feature/2008/06/25/yauch/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/feature/2008/06/25/yauch/index.html?source=rss The Beastie Boys' Adam Yauch on his new documentary, "Gunnin' for That #1 Spot," and tomorrow's NBA superstars. Andrew O'Hehir Sun, 24 Aug 2008 04:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2008/06/19/winnipeg/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2008/06/19/winnipeg/index.html?source=rss It's frozen allegory week -- in summer! Guy Maddin reveals the sleepwalking sex secrets of Winnipeg; Werner Herzog chases psycho penguins in Antarctica. Andrew O'Hehir Sun, 24 Aug 2008 04:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2008/06/13/roundup/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2008/06/13/roundup/index.html?source=rss Opening this week: Farmiga's feral femme fatale, Herzog at the South Pole, a true-life gay love story, the amazing "Blue Planet" and more. Andrew O'Hehir Sun, 24 Aug 2008 04:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2008/06/06/opening/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2008/06/06/opening/index.html?source=rss We haven't exhausted the kids' movies topic yet, believe me! Meanwhile here's a quickie guide to new films opening this week (that I'm not covering). Andrew O'Hehir Sun, 24 Aug 2008 04:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2008/05/17/cannes_3/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2008/05/17/cannes_3/index.html?source=rss A marriage made in Cannes: Two notorious tabloid-fodder Yanks are showered with love on the Riviera. Andrew O'Hehir Sun, 24 Aug 2008 04:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2008/05/08/haditha/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2008/05/08/haditha/index.html?source=rss Nick Broomfield's pulse-pounding "Battle for Haditha" turns the infamous 2005 civilian massacre into a haunting classic about the inhumanity of war. By Amy Reiter Sun, 24 Aug 2008 04:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/feature/2008/05/05/chevolution/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/feature/2008/05/05/chevolution/index.html?source=rss The filmmakers behind "Chevolution" explain how Che Guevara's face ended up on all those T-shirts, posters, beer bottles and bikini bottoms. Andrew O'Hehir Sun, 24 Aug 2008 04:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2008/04/25/morris/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2008/04/25/morris/index.html?source=rss Errol Morris on his film "Standard Operating Procedure," why Lynndie England and others took photographs, and how the infamous images conceal as much as they reveal (podcast and video). Andrew O'Hehir Sun, 24 Aug 2008 04:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2008/04/18/obl/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2008/04/18/obl/index.html?source=rss Likable "Super Size Me" director searches for video-game villain (and '80s rapper) Osama bin Laden, yuks it up with Arab citizenry. Andrew O'Hehir Sun, 24 Aug 2008 04:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2008/04/18/carroll/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2008/04/18/carroll/index.html?source=rss Leading Catholic dissident James Carroll talks about Pope Benedict's visit, and the church's failure to confront its anti-Semitic history. Andrew O'Hehir Sun, 24 Aug 2008 04:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2008/04/11/stalags/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2008/04/11/stalags/index.html?source=rss Hot she-wolves of the SS, rescued from the memory hole. Also: Buddhism for murderers, housewife seeks Asian stud and more. Andrew O'Hehir Sun, 24 Aug 2008 04:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2008/04/11/dhamma/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2008/04/11/dhamma/index.html?source=rss Buddhism without parole, in Alabama's darkest prison. Plus: Hot housewife seeks Asian stud, physics geek goes nutzoid and more. Molly Eichel Sun, 24 Aug 2008 04:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2008/03/10/girls_camp/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2008/03/10/girls_camp/index.html?source=rss A new documentary on rock camp for girls. Where was this when we were kids? Andrew O'Hehir Sun, 24 Aug 2008 04:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2008/02/29/unforeseen/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2008/02/29/unforeseen/index.html?source=rss Produced by Terrence Malick and Robert Redford, "The Unforeseen" is the "Chinatown" of Texas real-estate documentaries. Andrew O'Hehir Sun, 24 Aug 2008 04:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2008/02/23/oscar_docs/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2008/02/23/oscar_docs/index.html?source=rss Oscar-nominated documentaries as a hotbed of anti-Bush, antiwar ideology? Heaven forfend! By Salon/IFC Sun, 24 Aug 2008 04:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/2008/02/08/video_protestfilms/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/2008/02/08/video_protestfilms/index.html?source=rss Upcoming releases "Chicago 10" and "Battle in Seattle" make history look hip. Andrew O'Hehir Sun, 24 Aug 2008 04:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2008/02/02/lior/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2008/02/02/lior/index.html?source=rss Meet the adorable kid from suburban Philly some observant Jews have dubbed a "spiritual genius." By King Kaufman Sun, 24 Aug 2008 04:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/sports/col/kaufman/2008/01/24/thursday/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sports/col/kaufman/2008/01/24/thursday/index.html?source=rss The harder they shawl: The documentary "Orthodox Stance" explores the worlds of Dimitriy Salita, an undefeated boxer and observant Chasidic Jew.