I can’t wait to see Hell and Back Again, the film by our friend Danfung Dennis. Not because it won the World Cinema Jury Prize Documentary at Sundance 2011 but because it looks truly extraordinary
This came out of nowhere: Fox has ordered a 13-episode documentary series that will follow up on Carl Sagan’s Cosmos. The producers will be Dr Sagan’s wife — the amazing Ann Druyan, who was a Cosmos co-writer — and Seth MacFarlane!
To celebrate Qantas’ 90th anniversary last year, boutique film production company The Film Bakery created a documentary tracking six of the most pivotal aircraft in the airline’s history called “From the Outback to the World”. Some of the footage they found is unbelievable!
What’s more fascinating than the ultralight free fliers in Phil Kibbe’s documentary Float? The people who dedicate their lives to making them.
There’s only one man left in Britain who knows how to make a glass eye. And he does it with such care, such intensity, and such skill, that after watching him work you’ll understand why he’s a man apart.
Ready for your Tuesday-morning mindfrak? Here’s a whirlwind tour that takes apart almost everything you thought you knew about reality. If those BBC accents weren’t so soothing, I might actually be pretty freaked out by now.
