The mis-titled American Grindhouse is a decent, if unspectacular, documentary about exploitation films through the years, featuring John Landis and Joe Dante, among others. It more or less rehashes most of the other documentaries made about exploitation films in previous years, though some of the interview subjects are entertaining. The most ( Read more... )

I watched the whole thing, and I'm still not sure it wasn't an elaborate prank. What starts out as an interesting documentary about a slightly unhinged French guy obsessed with street artists turns into a sort of commentary about how easy it is to prank the art world and gullible people. Thierry Guetta is a French emigre and shop owner who ( Read more... )

Once upon a time, the Australian film industry didn't exist. And then it did, and when it did, it was a glorious land of exploitation, action, kung fu, and the occasional fine cinematic gem by Peter Weir ( Read more... )

Ever go into a truckstop? Ever see those racks of cassette tapes and CDs geared towards truck drivers, usually comedy albums by Jeff Foxworthy and the like? Then chances are you might have heard the name Larry Pierce before. Dirty Country is a documentary from the two guys who run the Found Footage Festival which is primarily about Pierce, but ( Read more... )

Is a very entertaining, but very slight documentary about the rise and fall of the drive-in in American culture. Archival photos and clips of vintage promo reels accompany interviews with people like Leonard Maltin, Joe Bob Briggs, and actual drive-in owners and employees. The documentary covers the origins of the drive-in, and how they morphed ( Read more... )

Everyone knows Deep Throat. People who've never, and would never watch porn, know what Deep Throat is. But not many people know the real story of how a $25,000 porn film ended up making almost a billion dollars, almost none of which went to the people who made it ( Read more... )