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Tag: Documentaries

Hot Docs 2019: Assholes: A Theory

Posted on April 24, 2019March 6, 2023 By Sammy Younan No Comments on Hot Docs 2019: Assholes: A Theory
Hot Docs 2019: Assholes: A Theory

A Hot Docs 2019 Recommendation: Assholes: A Theory.

Movies

113 | Alexandre O. Philippe (Memory – The Origins of Alien)

Posted on April 23, 2019March 21, 2024 By Sammy Younan 2 Comments on 113 | Alexandre O. Philippe (Memory – The Origins of Alien)
113 | Alexandre O. Philippe (Memory – The Origins of Alien)

My Summer Lair Host Sammy Younan talks with director Alexandre Philippe about his documentary Memory: The Origins of Alien based on the 79 movie.

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Hot Docs 2019: The Pickup Game

Posted on April 23, 2019March 6, 2023 By Sammy Younan No Comments on Hot Docs 2019: The Pickup Game
Hot Docs 2019: The Pickup Game

A Hot Docs 2019 Recommendation: The Pickup Game.

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107 | Todd Douglas Miller (Apollo 11)

Posted on March 12, 2019March 6, 2023 By Sammy Younan No Comments on 107 | Todd Douglas Miller (Apollo 11)
107 | Todd Douglas Miller (Apollo 11)

My Summer Lair Host Sammy Younan interviews director Todd Douglas Miller whose doc Apollo 11 reveals never-before-seen footage & audio recordings of the moon mission.

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The Red Flag of Neverland

Posted on March 8, 2019 By Sammy Younan
The Red Flag of Neverland

Absolute concrete certainty is a red flag: I can’t trust you.

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106 | Charles Officer (Invisible Essence: The Little Prince)

Posted on March 5, 2019March 6, 2023 By Sammy Younan No Comments on 106 | Charles Officer (Invisible Essence: The Little Prince)
106 | Charles Officer (Invisible Essence: The Little Prince)

My Summer Lair Host Sammy Younan interviews Charles Officer the director of Invisible Essence: The Little Prince a doc on the book’s legacy.

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Give Up The Ghosting

Posted on February 26, 2019March 6, 2023 By Sammy Younan
Give Up The Ghosting

Boo!! Ghosts, yo.

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Dating Is Dated

Posted on February 26, 2019March 6, 2023 By Sammy Younan

About the time I had no desire to touch your boobies…

Movies

104 | Joshua Harris (I Survived I Kissed Dating Goodbye)

Posted on February 19, 2019March 6, 2023 By Sammy Younan No Comments on 104 | Joshua Harris (I Survived I Kissed Dating Goodbye)
104 | Joshua Harris (I Survived I Kissed Dating Goodbye)

My Summer Lair Host Sammy Younan interviews Joshua Harris whose 1997 book I Kissed Dating Goodbye generated enough friction that Joshua was prompted to make the documentary I Survived I Kissed Dating Goodbye.

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Netflix and Chill with…Behind the Curve

Posted on February 15, 2019 By Sammy Younan

I’ve so many questions. about this while Flat Earth business: like…are all planets flat or just Earth? Where is the edge…of a flat Earth and the edge of our universe? So many questions…

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    by Sammy Younan
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