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'The King of Texas' Looks at Eagle Pennell's Brilliant, but Wasted, Lifenew

The proto-indie filmmaker's highs and many lows are chronicled in this new documentary.
The Texas Observer  |  Steve McVicker  |  05-07-2008  |  Profiles & Interviews

Steel Wheelsnew

Murderball, a documentary about quad rugby players, absolutely kills.
Dallas Observer  |  Robert Wilonsky  |  07-25-2005  |  Reviews

Skate Borednew

Adding only melodrama and pretty young boys, this fictional version of a documentary about the birth of skateboarding in 1970s California is no improvement on the original.
Dallas Observer  |  Robert Wilonsky  |  06-06-2005  |  Reviews

What in Tarnation: Will Success Spoil the Filmmaker Savant?new

A macabre family album excavated from the deepest recesses of memory, Tarnation is Jonathan Caouette’s personal history reconstituted as a maelstrom of images and ideas about mental illness, mother love, homosexuality and other ties that bind.
L.A. Weekly  |  Scott Foundas  |  10-19-2004  |  Profiles & Interviews

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