Alex Gibney

'Scuse Me While I Kiss the Sky: Revisiting the Monterey International Pop Festival Through A Perfect Haze

Holly Cara Price | Posted 02.19.2012

Holly Cara Price

The Monterey International Pop Festival took place at such a guileless time that the promoters used the word "pop" in its title. Not long after this would have been unthinkable, after the lines were drawn between "pop" music and rock and roll.

Ken Kesey Rides Again In Magic Trip

Cynthia Ellis | Posted 10.06.2011

Cynthia Ellis

Directors Alex Gibney and Allison Ellwood have resurrected, cinematically, the pivotal moment when our country went from Mad Men to HAIR.

Neal Cassady Drives Again in 'Magic Trip'

Regina Weinreich | Posted 10.04.2011

Regina Weinreich

See Alex Gibney and Alison Ellwood's "archival cinéma vérité" documentary "Magic Trip" to see Neal Cassady's next chapter, as the driver of Ken Kesey's bus Further.

HuffPost Review: Magic Trip

Marshall Fine | Posted 10.04.2011

Marshall Fine

You don't have to be a Deadhead or a Ken Kesey-phile to find the fun and the wistfulness in Magic Trip, Alex Gibney and Alison Ellwood's reconstruction of the famous cross-country bus trip by Ken Kesey and his Merry Pranksters.

Video: Alex Gibney on Steve Bartman and Catching Hell

Kristin McCracken | Posted 08.23.2011

Kristin McCracken

In Catching Hell, Oscar-winning director Alex Gibney explores the psychology of die-hard sports fans and scapegoating through the lens of two infamous...

Tribeca Film Exclusive Interview: Alex Gibney's Catching Hell -- Sports: The Dark Side

Cynthia Ellis | Posted 07.05.2011

Cynthia Ellis

Can catching a ball for your favorite baseball team, in front of millions of fans, literally ruin your life? This very scenario is the subject of Alex Gibney's brilliant new documentary, Catching Hell.

Sundance Preview: Tripping with Alex Gibney

Regina Weinreich | Posted 05.25.2011

Regina Weinreich

The idea for Alex Gibney's new film Magic Trip began at Sundance and climaxes with a world premiere at the film festival this weekend. En route to S...

HuffPost Review: Casino Jack

Marshall Fine | Posted 05.25.2011

Marshall Fine

It's a tragedy that director George Hickenlooper didn't live to see the release of his film, Casino Jack. This fun film encapsulates the hubris that marked the career of uber-lobbyist Jack Abramoff.

Of Testosterone and Pheromones

Michael Shermer | Posted 05.25.2011

Michael Shermer

Client 9 is unabashedly sympathetic to Eliot Spitzer. Spitzer makes no excuses for either his overweening ambition as the left's lawman against Corporate Corruption or for his biblical-like fall from grace.

Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 05.25.2011

Marcia G. Yerman

Director Alex Gibney's account is a story with a motley cast of characters that only a screenwriter could dream up. It is a political intrigue tale, missing only a definitive "Deep Throat" anchor.

Alex Gibney on Client 9, Spitzer, Dupree, Harry Potter, etc. (VIDEO)

Liz Glover | Posted 05.25.2011

Liz Glover

Cross posted at Wonkette....

'Client 9' Director Uncovers Spitzer Secrets

Posted 05.25.2011

The prostitution scandal that took down governor Eliot Spitzer is well worn territory, but the explanation behind it had some intriguing holes that A...

The Hot Breath of Power: Interview With the Director of Client 9

Erica Abeel | Posted 05.25.2011

Erica Abeel

This season, docs have become the star attraction of theatrical releases. Soaring above the others are Inside Job -- and now, virtually a companion piece, Alex Gibney's Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer.

HuffPost Review: Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer

Marshall Fine | Posted 05.25.2011

Marshall Fine

Alex Gibney's film makes the case is that, while Spitzer absolutely did the things he admitted, he was the target of right-wing-powered federal investigations into relatively minor tax infractions.

Eliot Spitzer and the Madam Co-Star in Client 9

Regina Weinreich | Posted 05.25.2011

Regina Weinreich

Even as a CNN political talk show host, the specter of scandal haunts Eliot Spitzer. Oscar winning Alex Gibney seized the moment to document the falle...

On the Culture Front: T-Post, Client 9 and More

Chris Kompanek | Posted 05.25.2011

Chris Kompanek

Each shirt has a story idea illustrated by an artist with a colorful graphic on the front of the shirt. Flip it inside out to read the article.

ReThink Interview: Alex Gibney

Jonathan Kim | Posted 05.25.2011

Jonathan Kim

It's safe to say that Alex Gibney is easily among the five best documentary filmmakers in America, if not the world, with Michael Moore and Errol Morr...

All They Ask for Is an Unfair Advantage

Michael Winship | Posted 05.25.2011

Michael Winship

I attended a screening this week of Alex Gibney's new documentary, Client 9. It's the story of the rise and fall of New York State Governor Eliot Spit...

The Sheriff of Wall Street Returns in Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer

Michael Rose | Posted 05.25.2011

Michael Rose

Eliot Spitzer-- a member of the pantheon of fallen political gods who couldn't keep it zipped -- is the subject of a new documentary that explodes the myths surrounding his case. The film is riveting.

Dream Team Documentarians Make Freakonomics

Regina Weinreich | Posted 05.25.2011

Regina Weinreich

The new documentary based on Freakonomics is a very clever, entertaining, seemingly random, fact-loaded commentary on the workings of our world.

HuffPost Review: Freakonomics

Marshall Fine | Posted 05.25.2011

Marshall Fine

As anthology films go, Freakonomics is an entertaining -- if occasionally scattershot -- documentary. But then, that was the nature of the book by Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner, upon which the film was based.

ReThink Interview: Seth Gordon, Exec. Producer of Freakonomics

Jonathan Kim | Posted 05.25.2011

Jonathan Kim

I spoke to Gordon about applying Freakonomics, working with a group of celebrated documentarians, films that changed Gordon's life, and matters concerning Donkey Kong and the scripted remake of the King of Kong that is in the works.

Lawrence Wright's New Journalism: "My Trip to Al-Qaeda" and "The Human Scale"

Regina Weinreich | Posted 05.25.2011

Regina Weinreich

Lawrence Wright, New Yorker staff writer and Pulitzer Prize winning author of "The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11" is also a performer/...

The Plot Behind the Fall of Eliot Spitzer

Erica Abeel | Posted 05.25.2011

Erica Abeel

Alex Gibney's new film reveals that the Wall Street titans Spitzer spent his career targeting were allied to choreograph his downfall.

Must See TV: My Trip to Al-Qaeda on HBO

Jackson Williams | Posted 05.25.2011

Jackson Williams

This new film isn't some cookie-cutter analysis of Islamic terror. There is no "Bring it on" bumper sticker sloganeering to appease conservative ideologues. In fact, there's no appeasing of either side.