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19 June 2008 2:02 PM, PDT | From avclub.com | See recent The AV Club news

Some documentarians think like essayists, propagandists, abstract painters, or magazine reporters. Doug Pray approaches his documentaries as though he's writing books. From his earliest films, Hype! and Scratch, to his latest, Surfwise, Pray has shown an ability to cover a lot of ground without rambling aimlessly or sacrificing the kind of rhythmic editing and image-gathering that makes a documentary artful. In Surfwise, Pray tells the story of Dorian "Doc" Paskowitz and his nine children, who spent the '60s and '70s traveling the country in a beat-up Rv, living hand-to-mouth while surfing as much as possible. Pray leaves few aspects of the Paskowitz legend unexplored, or overexplored. There will be no need to ask, "But what about.?" while watching Surfwise. Pray will eventually get to it. And with the Paskowitzes, there's a lot to get to. Doc's story alone is remarkable; an early success in the medical community, he was.

Noel Murray

5 May 2008 8:14 AM, PDT | From ifc.com | See recent IFC news

By Neil Pedley

This week sees the return of the Wachowski brothers, Tarsem Singh ("The Cell") and Henry Bean ("The Believer") to the big screen, not to mention new films from documentarians Nick Broomfield ("Tupac and Biggie") and Doug Pray ("Scratch"). On the other hand, after running around Tribeca, we still need to catch up on last week's releases.

"The Babysitters"

The idea of the spunky teenage boy succumbing to the allure of an experienced older woman is the kind of Hollywood golden goose that launches major careers (think Dustin Hoffman). But when the roles are reversed, the result is the directorial debut of David Ross that sees an entrepreneurial high schooler (Katherine Waterston, daughter of Sam) and her friends turn their babysitting ring into a call girl service, realizing there are alternative ways to pay for college besides waiting tables. It stars when one local dad (John Leguizamo) goes

Neil Pedley

2 articles from 2008