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Documentary films have in recent years achieved unprecedented glory and success in the United States. Michael Moore's "Fahrenheit 9/11" not only was named best picture at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival, but also made big bucks at the box office. "Bowling for Columbine" attracted a large audience to theatres nationwide, and crystallized a lively debate about violence in schools. Similarly, the documentary "Super Size Me" was yet another U.S. documentary that became a global hit: That orgy of on-screen gluttony even gave the world's largest fast-food chain, McDonalds, a severe case of PR-indigestion.
In neighbouring Denmark, [Karolina Lidin] observes, new documentaries tend to have an intellectual and poetic edge. This is probably due partly to the influence of demon director Lars von Trie...
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... given by the parties, as about the documentary evidence and the hearing of witnesses stating in a...
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From the book Dum og andre steder i Norge (meaning "Stupid" and Other Places in Norway) by writer Silje Kathrine Sviggum and photographer Knut Egil Wang. The book, published by Cappeien Damm Forlag a/s is available in Norwegian only. The authors journey from Hell to Paradise in a combination of documentary reports and travel features through a Norway of funny place names.
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Are you a documentary lover, with an interest in international, independ...
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From the book Dum og andre steder i Norge (meaning "'Stupid' and Other Places in Norway") by writer Silje Kathrine Sviggum and photographer Knut Egil Wang. The book, published by Cappelen Damm Forlag a/s is available in Norwegian only.
... Hell to Paradise in a combination of documentary reports and travel features through a Norway of fu...
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... attending a film screening of the documentary The New Face of Cyber Crime produced by Fortify So...
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... under one hour, this film adopts a documentary format taking the abandoned movie theatre "The Gra...
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Fashion designer Tom Ford has heralded it. Julie Gilhart, SVP of Barneys department stores, is buying it. And from fashion critic Suzy Menkes to the editor of Vogue Italia, Franca Sozzani, the powerbrokers of the international fashion media are endorsing it. Ethical and sustainable fashion is style. The challenge now is to bring it into the mainstream and onto the streets. Sozzani thinks that in the future, approaching fashion in an ethically responsible manner will be the way to behave. The problem is not only for the designers but also for consumers because it will take time to teach them how to recognize and choose sustainable items. The market for ethical fashion is growing but it should be put into context. It currently constitutes just 0.4% of the UK market. In order for sector to...
... the BBC's Blood, Sweat and T-Shirts documentary series. "Sustainable luxury" has made it onto to t...
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...The hit documentary, Mais im Bundeshuus, (Corn in Parliament) will exp...
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...Watched every documentary about filmmaking. My girlfriends went crazy becaus...