10 Food Documentaries Worth a View


Updated 02/06/12 5:57 PM · Posted by · 5 comments

Food Documentaries

As a self-proclaimed documentary junkie, I'm fascinated by the sheer volume of foodie documentaries out there for your viewing pleasure. Most recently, I've found myself intrigued by the history of local farming movements and the intense pressure chefs deal with every day. I've rounded up some of my favorite foodie documentaries I've seen to date. Grab some gourmand popcorn and get watching! Read more

10 Awe-Inspiring Documentaries About Women


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Documentaries About Powerful Women

If you love learning, chances are you love documentaries. This week we were treated to Gloria in Her Own Words, which chronicled icon Gloria Steinem's eventful life, but there are many more films about the triumphs of women. Some of these films follow women making their way through truly horrific situations, and others are lighter tales of self-made entrepreneurs or proponents of feminist Read more

We Catch Up With Makers of Catfish: The Other Facebook Movie


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What Is the Catfish Movie About?

In Catfish, out in limited release tomorrow, 20-something NYC photographer Nev Schulman develops a Facebook friendship with 8-year-old artist Abby after she sends him an inspiring painting of one of his published photos. Soon, this friendship leads Nev to "meet" Abby's mother and attractive older sister Megan via Facebook. The site lets them feel like they're really getting to know each other, Read more

The Subversive Back Story of HBO's For Neda Documentary


Updated 06/14/10 10:04 PM · Posted by TresSugar · 1 comment

Behind the Scenes of HBO's Neda Documentary

If the name Neda Agha-Soltan doesn't sound familiar, that's because the brave heroine of HBO's newest documentary is better known by a single haunting image, captured on a cell-phone camera. As we learn in For Neda, premiering tonight, Agha-Soltan wasn't merely a convenient symbol. Before being shot during the Iranian election protests last June by a presumed government sniper, the 26-year-old Read more

Waiting For Superman Trailer: Kids Send Out the S.O.S. Call


Updated 09/19/10 7:41 PM · Posted by BuzzSugar · 3 comments

Trailer For Documentary Waiting For Superman

Every so often there comes a documentary ready to unleash our inner activists: Super Size Me pulled the curtain back on the fast food industry, An Inconvenient Truth got us to take notice of global warming, and now Waiting for Superman will delve into America's problematic education system. From the people who brought us An Inconvenient Truth, Superman shows us that kids in the US are Read more

Tune In Tonight: Through a Dog's Eyes


Updated 04/26/10 1:44 PM · Posted by PetSugar · 2 comments

Through a Dog's Eyes Documentary on PBS

Every time I witness a service dog in action, I'm amazed by just how much these dogs can do and how well-prepared and well-matched they are with their loving owners. The second thing I think . . . is how my own pooch's training pales in comparison. I know it's hard work to train a potential service dog, but I've never seen the actual process of matching pets to people so I'm excited to check out Read more

Chipotle Promotes Food, Inc. Documentary


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Chipotle Mexican Grill to Partner With Food, Inc. Documentary

Chipotle doesn't just want to feed its customers — it wants to educate them, too. The fast-casual food chain has teamed up with Magnolia Pictures, Participant Media, and River Road Entertainment to promote Food, Inc., a documentary that exposes issues with the food industry in America. Beginning today, Chipotle Mexican Grill will host free screenings of the film. In addition, the eatery will Read more

Oscar Movie Preview: The Betrayal For Best Documentary


Updated 02/16/09 11:42 AM · Posted by BuzzSugar · 1 comment

Trailer for The Betrayal, 2009 Oscar Best Documentary Nominees

Since it can often be hard to see some of the Oscar-nominated documentaries in theaters, it's nice to get a taste of them before Oscar night — not to mention that it might help you when you fill out your Oscar ballot. So this week I'll feature as many of the Best Documentary previews as I can. The New York Times writes that while the topics in The Betrayal are big and heavy (war, revolution, Read more

Gonzo: Focusing on the Work of Hunter S. Thompson


Updated 06/30/08 7:44 PM · Posted by BuzzSugar · 5 comments

Review of Gonzo

Hunter S. Thompson isn't always associated with terms like "brilliant writer" or "inventor of gonzo journalism" or even "patriot." By the time his famous work Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas was adapted for film in 1998, he was becoming a caricature and a symbol of a bygone era. Just as there is irony in one of history's most complicated revolutionaries, Che Guevara, being boiled down to an Urban Read more

Shine a Light: Long Live the Rock Doc


Updated 11/27/09 7:27 PM · Posted by BuzzSugar · 6 comments

Movie Review: Shine a Light

When I realized that Martin Scorsese's new rock doc Shine a Light chronicles two Stones concerts from 2006, I was slightly disappointed. Don't get me wrong: I devour rock documentaries (Scorsese's The Last Waltz is one of my faves), and I love me some Rolling Stones. But I've never had much interest in seeing the band live in its modern incarnation (or in paying the high-ticket price for a Read more