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Surveilled : Exclusive Interview with Co-Director Matthew O’Neill

©Courtesy of HBO SURVEILLED tracks Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Ronan Farrow as he investigates the growing business of commercial spyware, following the story from New York City to Tel Aviv, Israel, a center of espionage cybertechnology. Once a target of covert surveillance himself, Farrow explores the multi-billion-dollar industry, addressing the contradictory uses and implications of…

MoviePass, MovieCrash | Official Trailer | HBO

The HBO Original documentary has released a trailer for a highly anticipated film, MOVIEPASS, MOVIECRASH, directed by award-winning filmmaker Muta’Ali (HBO’s ‘Yusuf Hawkins: Storm Over Brooklyn’). In a span of eight years, MoviePass went from being the fastest growing subscription service on Spotify to total bankruptcy, losing over $150 million in 2017 alone. MOVIEPASS, MOVIEECRASH…

SXSW Review: Grappling with ‘The Truth vs. Alex Jones’

There are few public personalities alive today who seem to relish being despised as much as Alex Jones. The longtime host of InfoWars, a news program that wholeheartedly embraces fringe conspiracy theories as irrefutable truth, believes that he is doing the public a great service by sharing all the things he believes to be wrong…

‘Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project’ DOC NYC Film Review – A Creative Look at an Incredible Mind

Unconventional people deserve to have their stories told in unconventional ways. A poet is rarely the subject of a film, and typically not until long after their work has been able to be digested and scrutinized in new ways by future generations with a better appreciation for their innovation and style. But it’s nice to…

“David Holmes: The Boy Who Lived”: A Story of Courage Before and After Tragedy / DOC NYC Film Review

@Courtesy: HBO Documentaries When people watch movies with dangerous stunts or fighting, it’s supposed to make you believe that it’s real. That is what a good stuntman or fight coordinator is supposed to do, keep it safe but look unsafe. Most people, if not everyone, has seen or heard of the “Harry Potter” franchise. You…

Universal’s Content Group Acquires Rights to Alex Gibney’s ‘Musk’ Documentary

Musk, the new documentary that Alex Gibney is directing about the ultra-wealthy mogul, will be released in North America by HBO Documentary Films. Universal Pictures Content Group has acquired international rights to distribute the film. The award-winning Gibney has directed such titles as The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley the Oscar-nominated Enron: The…