Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull will be huge regardless of what any critic says about it, and for good reason. It’s freaking Indiana Jones! Why is Indy so compelling? And why have attempts to repeat him (Romancing the Stone?) failed every time?
And a movie we think everyone should be compelled to see. We interview one of the greatest documentary filmmakers alive, Steve James (Hoop Dreams, Stevie), and Reverend Carrol Pickett, a prison chaplain and activist who presided over 95 death row executions in Texas. Their documentary, At the Death House Door, sets a new gold standard in “issue” docs. (At the Death House Door airs on IFC Thursday night at 9:00.)
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Filmcouch #71 - Indiana Jones and the Death Penalty
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