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Tag Archives: Documentary

Return to the Batcave: The Misadventures of Adam and Burt

July 30, 2011by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Holy Reunion Movie, Batman! When the original Batmobile is stolen, there’s no time to call the police. This is a job for actors! Thirty-five years after BATMAN went off […]

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Literature, Television

Grant Morrison: Tallking with Gods

July 22, 2011by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Grant Morrison is one of the most popular writers in comics – and one of the most controversial. He is the Rock Star of Comics, a philosopher and chaos […]

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Film

Missing

June 28, 2011by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: The first American film by Costa-Gavras. This political thriller has its origins in an actual event – the disappearance of a young American writer and filmmaker, Charles Horman (John […]

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Film

Best Worst Movie

May 26, 2011by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Best Worst Movie is an affectionate and intoxicatingly fun tribute to the single greatest bad movie ever made and the people responsible for unleashing it on the world. In […]

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Film

His Name Was Jason: 30 Years of Friday the 13th

May 18, 2011by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: The Ultimate Retrospective on the Groundbreaking Horror Series 12 Films. 3 Decades. Bad luck was never so bloody. 30 years ago, a small horror film gave birth to 11 […]

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Film

F For Fake

April 29, 2011by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Trickery. Deceit. Magic. In Orson Welles’ free-form documentary F for Fake, the legendary filmmaker (and self-described charlatan) gleefully engages the central preoccupation of his career-the tenuous line between truth […]

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Film

Working With Orson Welles

April 29, 2011by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: After nearly 30 years of self-imposed commercial/artistic exile in Europe, Orson Welles returned to Hollywood to undertake the ultimately unfinished The Other Side Of The Wind, the fascinating story […]

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Film

Orson Welles : The One-Man Band

April 26, 2011by The Thorn Leave a comment

  Synopsis: An 88-minute documentary about Welles’s unfinished projects. ************************************************************************* Orson Welles : The One-Man Band 7.5 A visual essay on Welles final years and the unfinished projects that will […]

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Film

The Yes Men

April 5, 2011by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Changing the world one prank at a time. With poker-faced impersonation as their weapon, and World Trade Organization officials as their target, the Yes Men pull off one bold […]

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Film

Mrs. Henderson Presents

March 13, 2011by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: The Show Must Go On, But The Clothes Must Come Off. Academy Award® winner Judi Dench (Shakespeare In Love) received her fifth Oscar® nomination for her saucy, hilarious performance […]

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Film

Sam Peckinpaw : Man of Iron

March 13, 2011by The Thorn Leave a comment

  Synopsis: This film explores the life and work of film director Sam Peckinpah, through interviews with associates and relatives, readings from his papers, and clips from his films. ************************************************************************* […]

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Television

End of the Century

December 10, 2010by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: In 1974 the New York City music scene was shocked into consciousness by a band of misfits from Queens called the Ramones. Playing in a seedy Bowery bar to […]

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Film, Music

The Filth and the Fury

December 9, 2010by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Madonna’s directorial debut, Filth And Wisdom, is a hilariously sexy tale of three roommates who must delve into mischievous and naughty behavior in pursuit of bigger and brighter futures. […]

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