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Justina John and Bart talk about "Catagory: Woman" a film that played at Hot Docs, there are some hot takes.

Justine and Bart talk about the film Fireboys and have an interview with one of the directors Jake Hochendoner

Justina, John and Bart talk about films seen at SXSW, Oxford Film Festival, and Thin Line Fest

Justina, John and Bart have a late-night discussion about Dick Johnson is Dead, Sundance Docs, Tik Tok Docs, Annie Hall, and a funeral with dogs.  

John, Justina, and Bart talk about Robert Greens's Procession, Sundance, and industrial Musicals. 

Justina, John, and Bart discuss their top 10 documentary lists of 2021, and former Fog of Truth co-host Christopher Llewellyn Reed chimes in his updates about him, his top 10 list, and his love life.

John Bart and Guest Host Bruce Richardson talk Beatles 

John, Justina, and Bart talk about The Neutral Ground 

John Justina and Bart interview Keith Maitland about his new film "Dear Mr. Broady"

We are back, with new hosts Justina Walford and John Wildman. This week we review  Morgan Neville's "Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain"

In this bonus episode, we invite back our former cohost Summre Garber to talk about the documentary slate at the 2021 Slamdance Film Festival, where she is co-captain of the documentary-features program. Then we all discuss, in depth, the following three films: Code Name: Nagasaki, Everyone Wants to Be the Next Weismann and Holy Frit. This episode marks the departure of Chris Reed as permanent cohost, leaving Bart Weiss in charge of the future. Should be fun! Enjoy! Group Review Documentaries: Code Name: Nagasaki (Fredrik S. Hana, 2021) Everyone Wants to Be the Next Weismann (Alberto Triano, 2020) Holy Frit (Justin S. Monroe, 2021) Other Films/Series Mentioned: Bleeding Audio (Chelsea Christer, 2020) Dick Johnson Is Dead (Kirsten Johnson, 2020) Firebones (Greg Brownderville/Bart Weiss, 2021) 306 Hollywood (Elan Bogarín/Jonathan Bogarín, 2018) Workhorse Queen (Angela Washko, 2021) Links to reviews by Christopher Llewellyn Reed: Hammer to Nail review of Code Name: Nagasaki Hammer to Nail review of Everyon

In this bonus episode, cohosts Bart and Chris revisit their favorite documentaries of 2020, and then invite, each in turn, six guest hosts from the past year to chat about their own favorites. Those guests, in alphabetical order, are: Hannah Buchdahl, Sandie Angulo Chen, Leslie Combemale, Roxana Hadadi, Lisa Sanchelo and Debra Zimmerman. Chris and Bart each gave a Top 10, while our guests each listed a Top 5. Those lists follows, below, in the order given on the episode. Enjoy, and see you in 2021! Chris’s List (in alphabetical order): Boys State (Amanda McBaine/Jesse Moss) Capital in the Twenty-First Century (Justin Pemberton) Collective (Alexander Nanau) Crip Camp (James Lebrecht/Nicole Newnham)  Jimmy Carter: Rock & Roll President (Mary Wharton) John Lewis: Good Trouble (Dawn Porter) Mayor (David Osit) 76 Days (Hao Wu/Weixi Chen/Anonymous) Space Dogs (Elsa Kremser/Levin Peter) A Thousand Cuts (Ramona S. Diaz) Bart’s List (in alphabetical order): Boys State (Amanda McBaine/Jesse Moss) Capital in the

We wrap up Season 10 with returning guest host Anuradha Rana (Associate Professor, School of Cinematic Arts, DePaul University) as we review Daniel Lombroso's White Noise, a profile of some of the current leading figures among the alt-right. This leads to a discussion of the dangers of turning one's lens on problematic ideologues, given how the camera may amplify their message even as it deconstructs and criticizes it. From there, Bart and Chris interview the great Errol Morris, whose American Dharma offers a portrait of right-wing activist Steve Bannon. We've wanted to have Morris on an episode since we started, given how we named our podcast partly in homage to his The Fog of War. Though occasionally contentious, as Chris questions Morris on his approach to Bannon, our conversation proves fascinating and respectful. What a great way to end the season! Listen in and enjoy. Group Review Documentary: WHITE NOISE (Daniel Lombroso, 2020) Available now on demand. Clips provided courtesy of director. Film Featur

We have our second new guest host of the season join us this week: Inkoo Kang, formerly of Slate and now of The Hollywood Reporter. Together, we review the new Showtime documentary Citizen Bio, which profiles the late Aaron Traywick and his (not so) merry band of biohackers at Ascendance Biomedical, and pair that with an interview that Bart and Chris conduct with Sharon Shattuck, one of the directors of Picture a Scientist, an examination of pervasive gender bias in the sciences. Yes, the nation may be riven by election madness and discord, but we thought we'd take a break from our recent political coverage to talk about different topics. Enjoy! Group Review Documentary: CITIZEN BIO (Trish Dolman, 2020) Playing now on Showtime. Film Featured in Interview Portion: PICTURE A SCIENTIST (Ian Cheney/Sharon Shattuck, 2020) Currently only available for educational and private group screenings. One can request a screening at www.pictureascientist.com. Sign up for mailing list on the website for broadcast and streamin

This week, as the conclusion to the 2020 election season looms, and everyone anxiously awaits the results, we examine the grotesque incompetence, selfishness and venality of Donald Trump and others in his administration, as evidenced by their response to the coronavirus pandemic, through the lens of Alex Gibney's latest documentary, Totally Under Control (made with co-directors Ophelia Harutyunyan and Suzanne Hillinger). New guest host Shilyh Warren makes her debut to help us express our outrage. Then, Chris interviews filmmakers Eli B. Despres, Josh Kriegman and Elyse Steinberg about their profile of the ACLU, The Fight, which we previously reviewed in Episode 906. Listen in and then, please, if you have not done so, already … VOTE! Group Review Documentary: TOTALLY UNDER CONTROL (Alex Gibney/Ophelia Harutyunyan/Suzanne Hillinger, 2020) Available on VOD from NEON. Film Featured in Interview Portion: THE FIGHT (Eli B. Despres/Josh Kriegman/Elyse Steinberg, 2020) Available on VOD from Magnolia Pictures. Othe

The internet and its many connected sites and apps is a fraught place, filled with algorithms that manipulate the user beyond what she or he comes close to realizing. Both films we discuss this week, The Social Dilemma and Feels Good Man, look at the more sinister aspects of online culture. Returning guest host Jennifer Proctor joins us a for a review of the first, and then Bart and Chris interview the director, Arthur Jones, and producer, Giorgio Angelini, of the second. Afterwards, we all share a film much on our individual minds following the recent passing of Ruth Bader Ginsburg and the rushed confirmation hearings for her chosen successor, Amy Coney Barrett. These are troubling times, so listen in and listen up. Group Review Documentary: THE SOCIAL DILEMMA (Jeff Orlowski, 2020) Available on Netflix. Film Featured in Interview Portion: FEELS GOOD MAN (Arthur Jones, 2020) Available on VOD. Other Films Mentioned: The Abortion Diaries (Penny Lane, 2005) Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex* But W

Our nation's 39th president, Jimmy Carter, is on the documentary docket this week as we review Mary Wharton's Jimmy Carter: Rock & Roll President, joined by returning guest host Sedika Mojadidi. That film looks at Carter's love of music and how it helped shape both his insurgent 1976 campaign and his time in the White House, revealing the compassionate humanitarian in all his glory. Then, Bart and Chris interview the great Barbara Kopple about her Desert One, which analyzes what went wrong with Carter's attempted rescue of the American hostages held in Iran following its 1979 revolution. Just as much complexity, far less glory (to tragic results). It's a fascinating combination of films, and we hope you enjoy. Group Review Documentary: JIMMY CARTER: ROCK & ROLL PRESIDENT (Mary Wharton, 2020) Available on VOD from Greenwich Entertainment. Film Featured in Interview Portion: DESERT ONE (Barbara Kopple, 2019) Available on VOD from Greenwich Entertainment. Other Films Mentioned: Harlan County U.S.A. (Bar

We are back! We start Season 10 with two documentaries about the animal kingdom: Bird Island and Space Dogs. With returning guest host Leslie Combemale (owner of ArtInsights Gallery), we review the former, and then Bart and Chris interview Elsa Kremser and Levin Peter, the directors of the latter. Given the political season and the upcoming episodes that deal with all of that fraught material, we thought that we would first begin with a look at something else. But stay tuned, as more directly relevant topics to our current time are on the agenda … Group Review Documentary: BIRD ISLAND (Sergio Da Costa/Maya Kosa, 2019) Available on MUBI USA until October 24. 2020. Film Featured in Interview Portion: SPACE DOGS (Elsa Kremser/Levin Peter, 2019) Currently out in theaters and on VOD. Other Films/Websites Mentioned: Alliance of Women Film Journalists Birthright: A War Story (Civia Tamarkin, 2017) Cinema Siren An Inconvenient Truth (Davis Guggenheim, 2006) Los Reyes (Iván Osnovikoff/Bettina Perut, 2018) Kanopy str

In this special bonus episode, the last before we begin our momentous Season 10 … can you believe it? … Bart and Chris revisit some favorite moments from past shows, including: all the previous clip-montage intros; excerpts from our interviews with filmmakers Chelsea Hernandez, Stanley Nelson and Morgan Neville; an excerpt from Bart's interview with Patricia Aufderheide about Fair Use; an opening chatter sequence about Sexy Beast; a Doc Talk about James Bond; and a Doc Talk where guest host Sedika Mojadidi discussed her plans for her then new job as a college professor. You'll hear our former third cohost, the incomparable Summre Garber, in many of the early moments. Enjoy! Thanks to all who submitted suggestions of their own favorite moments from past shows. We'll be back some time in October with more (i.e., Season 10)! Films Mentioned:   A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood (Marielle Heller, 2019) Becoming Bond (Josh Greenbaum, 2017) Best of Enemies: Buckley vs. Vidal (Robert Gordon/Morgan Neville, 2015)

In this bonus episode, Bart and Chris interview filmmaker Laurens Grant, first briefly reviewing two of her documentaries, the 2016 Stay Woke: The Black Lives Matter Movement and the brand-new Black in Space: Breaking the Color Barrier, before launching into an in-depth examination of her career. Both a director and a producer, Grant has a lot to say about the art, craft and business of documentary cinema, as well as about the challenges of being a black woman in this industry. She offers wonderful insights that are especially relevant to the world of today, so listen in! In addition, we ask our loyal listeners, old and new, to help us out for the next bonus episode, which will drop at the end of August. Please email us at disinfo@fogoftruth.com to let us know some of your favorite moments – reviews, interviews, Doc Talk, banter and more – from past episodes, and we will put together a compilation of those excerpts for that episode. What a great way to lead us in to our 10th season! Films Mentioned/Song Feat