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A couple of filmmakers have been hard at work putting together a film on the typewriter and how it fits into our modern world.  Apparently there is a wave of support as younger people (re)discover the typewriter and all of its gloriousness.  I don’t think my daughter ever put her fingers on one and...

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What a wonderful documentary is Jon Shenk’s The Island President, which just had its first viewing in North America here at the Telluride Film Festival....

Kris Tapley at In Contention calls Werner Herzog’s new documentary “a crucial viewing experience.” In short, the film is a penetrating, comprehensive look at the issue of capital punishment by way of studying the circumstances and prominent figures in the case of Michael Perry and Jason Burkett, two Texas youths who were accused of a triple homicide...

Nearly 42 years to the day since the Stonewall Riots of June 27, 1969, New York State becomes the 6th and largest state to legalize gay marriage. Congratulations, New York! (and thanks to all the straight folks around the country helping celebrate by playing with their 4th of July fireworks already.) civilrights.org, Stonewall Riots: The Beginning of the LGBT Movement Stonewall...

Pete Hammond interviews David Carr and the LA Times’ Jim Rainey If Microsoft never saw the internet coming, and Google never saw Facebook coming,...

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