Religulous

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Porno, Dungeon, Paris: 10 Toronto Films We’re Betting On
Published 9/4/2008 by Karina Longworth at SpoutBlog
... both new celebrities and cultural attitudes, via the life and early death of Pedro Zamora, AIDS activist and cast member of the Real World San Francisco, The Movie. Which sounds very important, as does the fact that this is (I believe) the first fictional film that will ostensibly reenact moments from reality TV. But we’ll excuse you if you read the above and thought only, “OMG, Puck! OMG, the peanut butter fight!!!” 6.  Religulous (TIFF screening info) Why anyone takes Bill Maher’s Borscht Belt-to-Venice Beach ...

Hollywood Reporter Weighs in on RELIGULOUS
Published 9/5/2008 by AJ Schnack at All these wonderful things
Larry Charles' RELIGULOUS, which had all kind of bad buzz circulating earlier this summer when it canceled festival appearances and when some got a sneak peak at clips, seems to be gathering important critical raves heading into its Toronto premiere on Saturday. Variety's Robert Koehler ...

From Toronto: Larry Charles' RELIGULOUS
Published 9/7/2008 by AJ Schnack at All these wonderful things
... , the Bill Maher-hosted, Larry Charles-helmed RELIGULOUS , was building a bad buzz wave throughout the summer. Festival screenings were abruptly canceled and some of those who saw an early cut of the film reported an uneven and frequently unfunny, overly strident film. But the first "official" critical responses to the film from trade crix ...

Religulous goes to Toronto.
Published 9/9/2008 by noreply@blogger.com (Peter T Chattaway) at FilmChat
Religulous had its festival premiere in Toronto the other day, so a few new reviews and interviews have popped up. Karina Longworth, SpoutBlog: Hopeful that [Bill Maher's] feature-length collaboration with Larry Charles would offer a similar balance writ large, I went in to Religulous with an open mind –– which is more than can be said of Maher. The comedian-turned-political pundit/committed agnostic, and star and producer of this non-fiction film, explains early in the picture that he thinks ...