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More Religulous Reviews Hit The Web, Calling It “Brilliant” and Sure To “Stir Raging Arguments”
Published 8/21/2008 by orfilms@gmail.com (slashfilm.com) at /Film
As reported by Jeff Wells awhile back, Religulous has started playing in two theaters (one in NYC and one in Claremont, CA) to fulfill Rule 12 of the Academy’s eligibility rules for Best Documentary nominations. The theaters themselves are out of the way (apparently the one in New York is all the way up on 181st St.) and is playing with very little accompanying publicity, as the film doesn’t officially open until October 3rd. indeed I spoke with Chud’s Devin Faraci this morning, who saw the film last night in Claremont, and he told me that the theater was half full ...

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Published 8/22/2008 by Keith Uhlich (noreply@blogger.com) at The House Next Door
... porn, but it also happens to contain one of the sexiest, most hysterical and poignant portrayals of polyamory to come along in a long, long time. Allen actually gets that those of us who choose to live outside of hetero monogamy are not voracious sex addicts lacking in morality – on the contrary, we simply abide by a different set of desires and ethics than that of the mainstream."] *** 5. Robert Koehler raves about Religulous in Variety. ["The only recent comparable ...

Religulous reviews begin to trickle in.
Published 8/23/2008 by noreply@blogger.com (Peter T Chattaway) at FilmChat
Religulous doesn't come out until October 3, but it recently played in a couple of theatres near New York and Los Angeles, to qualify for the Academy's award for Best Documentary Feature, and a few reviews and comments have begun to surface. Robert Koehler, Variety: Skeptics unite: You only have to lose your inhibitions. That, in sum, is the underlying message of Bill Maher and Larry Charles' brilliant, incendiary "Religulous," in which comedian/talkshow host Maher inquires of the ...

As Oscar's Doc Deadline Arrives, MAN ON WIRE & TROUBLE THE WATER Seen as Frontrunners
Published 9/2/2008 by AJ Schnack at All these wonderful things
Today is the deadline for filmmakers interested in pursuing the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature to turn in their paperwork and supporting materials. As you may remember , this year films only had to have runs in Los Angeles and New York (as opposed to last year's complicated 14 city-10 state requirement). It remains to be seen whether the revised rules end up enforcing the Academy's stated goal of nominating true theatrical films. In discussions over the past several days, two films are seen as frontrunners for the Oscar, with James Marsh's MAN ON WIRE the consensus favorite and Carl Deal & Tia Lessin's TROUBLE THE WATER as ...

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 ...

From Toronto: Larry Charles' RELIGULOUS
Published 9/7/2008 by AJ Schnack at All these wonderful things
Festival coverage sponsored by Indiepix . Religulous As we've previously reported , 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 Robert Koehler (for Variety) and Kirk Honeycutt (for the Reporter) were raves, so perhaps the early word was off (or editing helped the film's cause). However, Karina Longworth , ...