Alex Gibney News

April 28, 2010
Alex Gibney Discusses Upcoming Projects
Alex Gibney has filmed some of the most highly regarded documentaries of recent years -- and he's working on a slew of new ones, including movies about Eliot Spitzer and Lance Armstrong. More...

January 22, 2009
RT Interview: Gus van Sant and Dustin Lance Black on Milk
Gus Van Sant and Dustin Lance Black look rather exhausted at this stage in their publicity whirlwind for Milk. The day RT sits down with them, the film has just received four BAFTA nominations, including one for Lance's original script. The jetlag seems to be getting to them, but they perk up when they start talking about Harvey Milk and their very different journeys into this project. More...

December 19, 2008
RT Interview: Director Alex Gibney on Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson
Documentarian Alex Gibney was tasked with the challenge of bringing structure to the extreme life of controversial journalist Hunter S. Thompson. RT talks to him to find out more. More...

September 26, 2008
Alex Gibney Feels Gravity
For his next project, "Taxi to the Dark Side" director Alex Gibney will executive-produce and "serve as mentor" on "Gravity," a documentary about the world of BASE jumping. More...

June 26, 2008
Gibney Says ThinkFilm Failed Taxi to the Dark Side
Alex Gibney's Taxi to the Dark Side won an Oscar, but its box office performance was a disappointment, to say the least -- and Gibney says the financial woes of the documentary's distributor, ThinkFilm, are to blame. More...

May 9, 2008
RT Interview: Morgan Spurlock on the Personal, the Political and Osama bin Laden
The documentarian comes over all Kandahar as we talk his latest, Where in the World is Osama bin Laden?. More...

January 11, 2008
Juno, No Country for Old Men Among Writers Guild Award Nominees
If there's one Hollywood awards ceremony that you'd think would be able to go off without a hitch this year, it'd be the Writers Guild Awards -- but you'd be wrong. More...

December 19, 2007
MPAA Rejects Taxi to the Dark Side Poster
The poster submitted by ThinkFilm for Taxi to the Dark Side -- the Alex Gibney documentary opening January 11 -- has been rejected by the MPAA. More...

December 6, 2007
Freakonomics Headed to a Theater near You
Perhaps you've heard of Freakonomics, the bestselling book by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner, and thought it sounded interesting, but never found out, on account of how you're too lazy to read. Well, good news: now you never have to, because it's being made into a movie. More...

March 6, 2006
Indie Spirit Awards Distributed
Lost in the shadow of the weekend's Oscar coverage was the annual Independent Spirit Awards presentation, which is where you'll find ... a lot of accolades similar to the Academy Award winners. More...

January 5, 2006
Writers' & Producers' Guilds Deliver Their '05 Noms
As usual we rely on Movie City News to bring us the "best of 2005" picks from the critics, and now come the year-end nominations from the Writers Guild of America (WGA) and the Producers Guild of America (PGA). More...

December 13, 2005
Awards Season Gets Rolling with Crix Picks
If you're a fan of the late-year awards season, be sure to add Movie City News to your hit list, because they deliver some consistently excellent coverage. Mid-December is when most of the critics' groups start doling out their accolades, and so far we've gotten input from reviewers' groups in Boston, Los Angeles, New York, and Washington. More...