Christopher Guest News
Documentary films, the traditional kind that the average person simply ignores, have long since given way to the popular faux documentary. These films, unlike their parent genre, have been and continue to be wildly successful. ... Full Article
A Beginner's Guide to Mockumentaries
film.com –
2009-08-04
With the upcoming release of Paper Heart (August 7), you've heard about these mockumentaries, and once you look into it, it seems as if they're everywhere. ... Full Article
Grand Funk pulls into nostalgia station
buffalonews.com –
2009-07-15
LEWISTON - My dictionary defines nostalgia as a "sentimental longing or wistful affection for a period in the past." From a musical standpoint, this particular definition means that a musician, whose appearance at the pinnacle of artistic or monetary success... ... Full Article
Obsessed
slantmagazine.com –
2009-06-17
Obsessed without first thinking about its progenitor, A&E's award-winning Intervention , an immensely moving and inescapably authentic documentary series that profiles people who are crumbling beneath the weight of their addictions, and the friends and family members who are struggling... ... Full Article
The Baby Formula
eyeweekly.com –
2009-06-17
Fake documentaries can be puh-retty funny: the absurdity, foible and screwball comedy of human existence works well in the fourth wall-crushing style. Christopher Guest joints, Borat and the Canadian rocker mock-doc fubar all mine their highly particular subjects for the... ... Full Article
What You Missed If You Missed The Bing-A-Thon
nytimes.com –
2009-06-09
If you ever wanted to see a company spend a lot of money in an attempt to make it look like it didn't spend a lot of money to promote its important new product, you could have done worse than... ... Full Article
These guys Tap into rock parody
bostonherald.com –
2009-05-25
"I'm going back to where I started," the singer sang, sensitively. "I'm flashing back into my pan." It was almost poignant. But funny, too. "Flashing back into my pan." ... Full Article
Christopher Guest, from left, Michael McKean and Harry Shearer. (April 30, 2009) Sorry to let the cucumber out of the tinfoil, Spinal Tap fans: But it's called the Unwigged & Unplugged tour for a reason. ... Full Article
On the Road, Without Wigs and Spandex
nytimes.com –
2009-05-24
WASHINGTON LATE into their set at the Warner Theater here on a recent Wednesday night, Christopher Guest , Michael McKean and Harry Shearer , the members of the comedy music groups Spinal Tap and the Folksmen, put down their guitars... ... Full Article
Funny business booms on museum sequel's set
thestar.com –
2009-05-23
WASHINGTON, D.C.-With so many comic actors in the cast, there were bound to be plenty of laughs on the set of the sequel to the hit comedy Night at the Museum . ... Full Article