Category Archive: Reviews

Big Sky Documentary Film Festival Review – Sunday February 15th, 2009

Big Sky Documentary Film Festival Review – Sunday February 15th, 2009

February 13th through the 22nd, The Wilma Theatre was overrun with filmakers, volunteers, and fans of the documentary film. I was one of the …

 

Big Sky Documentary Film Festival Review – Saturday February 14th, 2009

Big Sky Documentary Film Festival Review – Saturday February 14th, 2009

BSDFF 2009 Review:  Saturday February 14th February 13th through the 22nd, The Wilma Theatre was overrun with filmakers, volunteers, and fans of the documentary film.  I …

 

Big Sky Documentary Film Festival 2009 – Day 1

Big Sky Documentary Film Festival 2009 – Day 1

The Wilma Originally uploaded by BigSkyDocFF Thriller in Manilla Directed by Joe Dower, 2008 I was too young to remember the details of these fights when …

 

Butte, America World Premiere

Butte, America World Premiere

But the story is more than just a story of workers and a boomtown gone bust. The story is a human one about the bonds that hard work can forge within a community, how hard work can actually become the defining element of a community. Those bonds and that sense of identity can be destroyed when work dries up. In the case of Butte, the work dried up as a result of corporate greed, when finally, mining left the town forever.

 

Chrome Unresponsive

Chrome Unresponsive

Google Fail I had only four tabs open when this message displayed. I killed the page. I attempted to upload this screenshot to Flickr via Chrome, …

 

Reverend Horton Heat in Missoula

Reverend Horton Heat in Missoula

The Supersuckers opened.  Nashville Pussy played next.  Then the Rev took the stage and wore us out. The performances by all bands were amazing.  high energy, …

 

Magic at the Key Arena

Magic at the Key Arena

2008-03-29 Springsteen Seattle 1091 Originally uploaded by albabe “Nils just played my pants off!” she said as the band launched into “She’s the One”. I …

 

Trent Reznor is the New Brian Eno

Trent Reznor is the New Brian Eno

The only CD I ever checked out of a library that I never returned was “My Life in the Bush of Ghosts”, the David Byrne/Brian …

 

Big Sky Documentary Film Festival Day One – 2 Movie Reviews

Big Sky Documentary Film Festival Day One – 2 Movie Reviews

Finding Normal Listening to the Q+A session after the film, it was good to hear that some of those depicted in the film have seen …