Month: April 2010

“We are a fallen and dark-hearted species, and so Alex Gibney will never want for work. But immersion in some pretty fetid swamps — telling the stories of the spectacular thieves at Enron (Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room, nominated for an Academy Award), American torturers in the war on terrorism (Taxi to the… Continue reading Esquire profile: Alex Gibney “is becoming the most important documentarian of our time”

The 9th Tribeca Film Festival opens this week and it seems that Jigsaw films are the highlight. The New York Times yesterday featured a piece about the festival with a brief rundown of the interesting films, and it seemed evident to them which film most impresses: “My Trip to Al-Qaeda,” which exemplifies the loftiest ambitions… Continue reading New York Times on Tribeca: “the year of Alex Gibney”