Werner Herzog

20 Must-See Docs Making Their TV Premieres This October

October is big month for television -- the broadcast networks continue to roll our their new fall shows and familiar returning ones while cable channels like HBO and Showtime are in full swing with series like "Boardwalk Empire," "Treme," "Dexter" and "Homeland.&qu...

The Mystery of Werner Herzog: Two Video Essays and One Text Essay

One of the most revealing statements in the book "Herzog on Herzog" appears early on, when Werner Herzog tells interviewer Paul Cronin that from the time he was a young child he has suffered a particular "communication defect": he has no sense of irony.

Werner Herzog Has Now Worked With the Killers. What Filmmaker-Musician Collaborations Are Next?

Werner Herzog recently teamed up with The Killers for an online concert. After watching a sample of their collaboration, what other director/musician pairings should come next?

Watch: Werner Herzog-Directed Mini-Documentary On The Killers

Having tackled such topics as people on death row, the oldest known images created by early man, grizzly bear activists and the landscape of the Antarctic, Werner Herzog is next flexing his directorial muscle and inquistive brain power on... a mini-documentary about The Killers? Uh, sure why not...

Weekend Reel Reads: Stoppard's Adaptations and Herzog's Chickens

A look at the reasons for the darkness of "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom" and an interview with "The Ambassador" director Mads Brügger are also featured on this week's edition of movie-related pieces from around the Internet.

Documentary 'The Act of Killing' Premieres at Telluride, Screens at Toronto

Werner Herzog To Direct The Killers Concert Webcast

With lineups that has included so far Terry Gilliam and Arcade Fire, Todd Haynes and My Morning Jacket, David Lynch and Duran Duran, Anton Corbijn and Coldplay and many more, the American Express’ Unstaged concert series hasn't been lacking in inspired pairings. And this may be the be...

Werner Herzog Directs Cheery New Documentary Series 'Hate In America'

In the last few years, filmmaker Werner Herzog's documentary output has garnered more critical acclaim and commercial attention than his narrative efforts. Just last year, "Cave of Forgotten Dreams," Herzog's nearly catatonic 3D movie about ancient cave paintings, was a critics' darling and became t...

Werner Herzog Making Two New Doc Series: 'Hate in America' and 'On Death Row'

Werner Herzog's TV documentary project "On Death Row," a series of interviews with death row inmates, served as a kind of continuation of the themes in his 2011 film "Into the Abyss," and aired in four parts in the US on the Investigation Discovery channel. Now Herzog's g...