Bookgasm (Free subscription) | 9 hours ago
There will never be another writer like Hunter S. Thompson. Alex Gibney’s new documentary GONZO: THE LIFE AND WORK OF DR. HUNTER S. THOMPSON focuses on the controversial journalist/author and true American original, detailing his life from his upbringing to the fateful night when he took his own life. Viewers are treated to countless footage [...]
Davos Newbies (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
... session at Momentum was on democracy and there were a number of outstanding speakers. First Alex Gibney , director, writer and producer of the Oscar-winning “Taxi to the Dark Side” spoke about his film and the rather chilling understanding it gave him about the US and torture. “We’re all complicit. We let it happen.” Fortunately, Gibney was able to end on a more uplifting note....
Talking Points Memo (Free subscription) | 07/18/2008
Checking in from Austin. Alex Gibney just previewed a couple of short segments from his still-in-production documentary on Jack Abramoff: Casino Jack and the United States of Money. I'm very jealous of some of the video they've managed to dig...
atHome Top Story (Free subscription) | 07/18/2008
TheStar.com | entertainment | Reading between gonzo's lines Reading between gonzo's lines Jul 18, 2008 04:30 AM Peter Howell Movie Critic Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson (out of 4)A documentary on the life and times of gonzo journalist Dr. Hunter S. Thompson. Written and directed by Alex Gibney. At the Cumberland. 14A The myth of the late Hunter S. Thompson always played...
TUMEKE! (Free subscription) | 07/17/2008
Taxi to the dark Side | Director: Alex Gibney American military prison guards are simpletons and Rumsfeld was perhaps the biggest simpleton in the whole Pentagon. America runs a shady and badly mismanaged prison operation overseas where torture is allowed and that was exposed by the shocking photographs from Abu Graib. This documentary features the sobering testimony of witnesses and...
rochesterturning.com (Free subscription) | 07/18/2008
... to be the California Secretary of State ! Unfortunately, I’m missing the discussion with filmmaker Alex Gibney, who made the movie Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room . He’s discussing his new movie: Casino Jack and the United States of Money. The guys from TalkingPointsMemo make that discussion sound quite interesting . ShareThis
Defamer (Free subscription) | 07/17/2008
... video. And docs are proven box-office poison, with everyone from Oscar-winners Errol Morris and Alex Gibney to, of course, Leonsis himself, taking baths on acclaimed films in the last year. Leonsis acknowledged that despite current programming that includes Super Size Me and the Sundance hit Dig!, the majority of SnagFilms titles will come from distribution libraries on the "short...
