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indieWIRE Does Hulu: We Pick Our Favorite Docs About the American Dream (or the lack thereof)
For this edition of indieWIRE at Hulu Docs - iW's regular curation of Hulu's Documentaries page - we're very loosely tying into this month's connection with patriotism and national celebration by looking at a selection of films addressing the American Dream… or its flipside.
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DIY Spirit Alive and Well in "Zombie Girl: The Movie"
The movie brat spirit is alive and well, judging by the determination of Emily Hagins, the twelve-year-old subject of "Zombie Girl: The Movie." With the help of family, friends and a surprisingly generous grant, Hagins managed to complete a feature-length undead saga at a time when most kids are gra...
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Life, The Movie: Bill and Turner Ross' "45365"
Cinema vérité writ large and literal, "45365" offers a supremely detailed look at daily routines in small town America. Focusing on a huge ensemble of characters residing in Sidney, Ohio — the movie's the titular zipcode — sibling filmmakers Turner and Bill Ross capture the minutiae of a self-contai...
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REVIEW | Fan-dumb: Josh Koury's "We Are Wizards"
Full disclosure: I have never read any of J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter novels. I have never seen any of the blockbuster movies based on her series. That I plan to never do so is not entirely because of any perceived intellectual and emotional poverty of these books and movies--I know plenty of smart ...
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REVIEW | You Can Go Home Again: Arnaud Desplechin's "A Christmas Tale"
Though it often seems the nadir of schmaltz and sentimentality, the Hollywood Christmas movie has always been a bit bipolar. From "A Christmas Story" to "Gremlins," "National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation" to (undoubtedly) the forthcoming "Four Christmases," the subgenre requires a course of dysfunct...
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REVIEW | Like a Virgin Redux: Madonna's "Filth and Wisdom"
The filmmaker of "Filth and Wisdom" has a lot to say. She's got big ideas and some clever ones too, and she's letting it fly. She's repulsed and fascinated by hypocrisy in the world, and wants people to just get over themselves, to abandon fear, pride, and learn to fly their freak flag high. She fou...
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REVIEW | The Naked Truth: Joe Swanberg & Greta Gerwig's "Nights and Weekends"
Joe Swanberg and Greta Gerwig, the costars, cowriters, and codirectors of "Nights and Weekends," spend a good part of their film naked. At the film's outset, while in a long-distance relationship, James and Mattie enter the former's Chicago apartment and promptly make love on the floor; toward the e...
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REVIEW | Easy Bake: Darren Grodsky and Danny Jacobs's "Humboldt County"
From its simple title font evocative of another era to its opening and closing shots reminiscent of "The Graduate" to its casting of filmmaking icon Peter Bogdanovich, "Humboldt County" acknowledges its immodest aims early on. Taking as their subject matter a happy, hippie hideaway in the marijuana...
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