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26 August 2008 10:34 AM, PDT | From Studio Briefing | See recent Studio Briefing news

Those who were expecting the Democratic convention in Denver to be a cut-and-dried affair were controverted Monday night by the poignant appearance of Senator Ted Kennedy, who is battling brain cancer, at the podium to endorse the Obama-Biden ticket. As television cameras panned the crowd of delegates, many of whom were wiping away tears, Kennedy declared "Nothing, nothing is going to keep me away from this special gathering tonight." The first day of the convention turned into a tribute to veteran Massachusetts senator, which included the showing of a film, directed by documentary maker Ken Burns, about Kennedy's career, and remarks by Caroline Kennedy, who introduced her "Uncle Teddy" to the crowd. NBC drew the most viewers for the first-night coverage with an audience of 4.85 million. ABC was second with 3.78 million, followed by CBS with 3.52 million. Combined, the three networks attracted 12.15 million viewers. Earlier in the evening the season premiere of NBC's Deal or No Deal drew more viewers -- 12.30 million. (Cable ratings for the convention were not immediately available.)

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21 July 2008 5:02 AM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

The U.S. Television Critics Association has named New York advertising drama Mad Men its TV programme of the year.

The show, set in 1960s Manhattan, landed the coveted prize as well as gongs for outstanding new show and outstanding drama.

Other winners at the awards ceremony in Beverly Hills, California on Saturday included Tina Fey's comedy series 30 Rock - which took two awards including a comedy prize for Fey.

The full list of winners is as follows:

Programme Of The Year: Mad Men

Outstanding New Programme: Mad Men

Outstanding Achievement In Drama: Mad Men

Outstanding Achievement In Comedy: 30 Rock

Outstanding Achievement In News + Information: The War: A Film by Ken Burns + Lynn Novick

Outstanding Achievement In Children's Programming: WordGirl

Outstanding Achievement In Movies, Mini-Series + Specials: John Adams

Individual Achievement In Comedy: Tina Fey, 30 Rock

Individual Achievement In Drama: Paul Giamatti, John Adams

Heritage Award: The Wire

Career Achievement: Lorne Michaels.

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27 May 2008 8:22 AM, PDT | From ifc.com | See recent IFC news

By Michael Atkinson

Like a missing-link hominid stepping out of the jungle, famous photographer William Klein emerges on 21st century DVD as the great bullgoose Art Film-era satirist we never knew we had. Hallowed for his still images and his documentaries, the Paris-based Klein also made three furiously hostile lampoons that were nominally released, ignored and then forgotten. Until now, you could only find "Who Are You, Polly Maggoo?" (1966), "Mr. Freedom" (1969) and "The Model Couple" (1977) in scruffy bootlegs from pro-am vendors like Pimpadelic Wonderland . and given the movies' paucity of reputation, you would've had little reason to do so. A busy '60s shutterbug for the French Vogue, Klein more or less fell in with the Left Bank New Wavers (Resnais, Demy, Marker, Varda) and the Panic Movement (Fernando Arrabal and Roland Topor both show up in "Polly Maggoo"). But his perspective was New Yawk pugilistic, his humor was mercilessly

Michael Atkinson

16 May 2008 8:43 PM, PDT | From blogs.suntimes.com/ebert | See recent Roger Ebert's Blog news

After the release of his Standard Operating Procedures, the director Errol Morris writes me: This movie seems to have incited controversy, almost as if I broke some sort of rule or series of rules. The ultimate mystery is people. They are often mysteries not only to others but to themselves. Almost everyone wants to dismiss the bad apples rather than look at them, as if there is nothing inherently interesting in their stories. Oh well. The words "to themselves" hold the key.

None of the opinions in the film are owned by Morris. They belong to the people on the screen, who actually appear in the infamous photographs from Abu Ghraib. There are a few very brief off-screen questions by Morris ("That was on your birthday?") but they're not penetrating, do not suggest opinions, are the sorts of things any attentive listener would say. Most of the reviews of the film get this right.

Roger Ebert

22 April 2008 4:11 AM, PDT | From ifc.com | See recent IFC news

By Nick Schager

Since his masterful 1980 debut "Gates of Heaven" . and, more specifically, after 1988's "The Thin Blue Line" . documentarian Errol Morris has boldly expanded the notion of documentary filmmaking, pushing the boundaries set by his cinema vérité forefathers in an effort to discover, if not kindred spirit (and admirer) Werner Herzog's "ecstatic truth," then at least an essential truth. Whether examining the life of Stephen Hawking, the ruminations of Robert S. McNamara, or the study of eccentrics like those featured in his "Fast, Cheap & Out of Control," Morris has sought to explore fundamental questions about life through a combination of traditional nonfiction interviews and fictionalized reenactments. That hybridized aesthetic design is at the forefront of his latest, "Standard Operating Procedure," an in-depth look into the infamous photos taken by American soldiers at Abu Ghraib in which, amidst stylized reenactments of the controversial pics, the director affords a platform

Nick Schager

5 articles from 2008