Your Favorite Superhero Movies Reimagined As Documentaries
Coming soon to a theater near you.
Coming soon to a theater near you.
This was my favorite documentary short at Sundance AND it’s on YouTube! If you like zombies and/or ‘Walking Dead,’ then you will like this. One of the best parts of this whole thing is ACE Hardware’s response.
A short documentary on the effects, side effects and dangers of the popular street drug: catnip.
In 1994 a 13-year-old boy disappeared without a trace from his home in San Antonio, Texas. Three and a half years later he is found alive thousands of miles away in a village in southern Spain with a horrifying story of kidnap and torture. But all is not quite as it seems.
Sure, who doesn’t want to hear the 2/3 of the brothers Bluth talk about male grooming habits?
Part one of a marvelous Neil DeGrasse Tyson documentary exploring why we have given up on space.
Who could imagine that the world’s best sushi bar would be hidden in Tokyo’s subway?
Getting drunk and almost murdered makes for one hell of a documentary. NSFW language, folks. (via vice.com) View Media ›
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‘Miss Representation’ explores the under-representation of women in positions of power and influence in America. Everyone needs to see this. Watch Video ›
These days supermarkets only carry uniformly shaped produce, but endless variations naturally occur. Berlin-based artist Uli Westphal documents the ‘non-standard’ fruits, roots and vegetables he finds at fresh produce markets for his project “Mutatoes”. Watch Video ›
Part of the One Day On Earth project, a movie in the making which will include footage shot on the same day in every country in the world. (via bitrebels.com) (via bitrebels.com) Watch Video ›
Vincent, ‘The Fashion Man’ of Chicago is a city treasure. He shows up everywhere donning suits in every conceivable color. Now he is getting his own documentary. I am so down to see this. (via The Uniblog) Watch Video ›
While filming Once in 2006, the stars, Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová had a real life romance. They formed The Swell Season to continue making music after they were done with Once. This documentary, also called The Swell Season, explores their relationship more deeply. (Via The Uniblog) Watch Video ›
This short documentary about a topless coffee shop is way more depressing than it should be. (Via) Watch Video ›
Meet the mechanophiles. The clip below is from the BBC documentary, “My Car Is My Lover.” I didn’t even know that this was a thing. I would think that after a while this would get pretty “exhaust”-ing. View Media ›
The video supposedly belonging to a new documentary on BABIES might possibly be the most awww-inducing movie of all time. Anything’s better than Baby’s Day Out, am I right? Watch Video ›
A thousand years after the Beatles changed the course of music forever, historians look back at some of the incredible accomplishments of John, Paul, Greg, and Scottie Pippen. (Via.) Watch Video ›
Basically, this is 6 minutes of the director bitching about kids or bitching at kids. Fantastic! Also, young-and-hot Josh Brolin is lurking around in a few of the scenes, enjoy. Watch Video ›
The story of a cult classic. Take a movie deemed the worst of all time, track down its proud star-turned-dentist, and make a heartwarming documentary about him finding out about his film’s underground cult status. For fans of The Room and other horrendous fan favorites, this doc is arriving at the perfect time. Watch Video ›
Beer gets the King Corn/Michael Pollan treatment in a new documentary. This trailer is a font of wisdom: “Angry beer makes for happy people” and “If you listen to your beer, it will tell you things.” Read More ›
Sex Art is a new documentary by David Fine that seeks to discover where (if anywhere) we can find “obscenity” on the spectrum between erotic art and alternative pornography. It looks pretty damn interesting, though to be perfectly honest, I only watched this trailer originally because it had “sex” in the title. Watch Video ›
CONFESSIONS OF A SUPERHERO is a feature length documentary that chronicles the lives of three mortal men and one mortal woman who make their living working as superhero characters on Hollywood Boulevard. Watch for free on SnagFilms.
The original mock rock documentary (“mockrockumentary?”) celebrates its 25th year. Additionally, they’ll be releasing a new album, and are currently looking for a drummer. Read More ›
A documentary about people who fall in love with inanimate objects, like fences, amusement parks, historical landmarks. Read More ›
Defamer said it first, and now Entertainment Weekly’s getting in on the action, speculating that Joaquin Phoenix’s “retirement” from acting and new rap career are an “elaborate Andy Kaufman-style hoax.” Casey Affleck is supposedly documenting the transition in a new film, but the guy is Phoenix’s friend and brother-in-law and could just be doing him a solid.
A new documentary chronicling the first independent fashion show of Project Runway season one winner Jay McCarroll. The film picks up where the Bravo special Project Jay left off. Expect hysterics (but of only the most stylish kind, of course). Read More ›
This fascinating image of an elephant swimming comes from an upcoming documentary called Earth. Click on the link for pictures of a duckling taking flight and a herd of cows crossing a river. And then die a little. View Image ›
The documentary will be airing on 20/20 in January, but advance notice for Orgasmic Birth has a lot of people talking. So the combination of childbirth and “intense sexual ecstasy” is controversial? That’s weird. Read More ›
A documentary about a murder, a son, a friend and a father. After Andrew Bagby was murdered, a friend set out to make a documentary about Bagby’s life for his infant son, Zachary. But Zachary’s mother is also the prime suspect in Bagby’s murder, making this a very complicated story to tell — and the ending is just heartbreaking. Dear Zachary has been making the film festival and art house rounds, but it airs this Sunday at 9 EDT on MSNBC. Watch Video ›
