Docs for People 2: Free Fruit for Everyone (I Am Los Angeles)

[May 23, 2011] Los Angeles, the film entertainment capital of the world, is known as a place of glitz and glamour, palm trees, and living the high life. Hollywood, after all, is a place where dreams can come true. But is also a place where many dreamers come to meet their reality. Some succeed, but far more pack up and...

My Joy (2010)

[January 24, 2011] Director Sergei Loznitsa’s first fiction is a deep journey through the alienation and Soviet remains on the remote population around Russia’s deepest villages. It’s also a journey of a man, Georgy, that gets lost in his cargo truck deep into the wilderness unable to find his way, just like the characters that he encounters, filled with desperate and starving violence and psyche. Keep reading for the full review and more shots of this fabulous movie, and remember: you read it first on Heartbreak Motel!

Docs for People 1: Scrapertown

[November 28, 2010] California is a Place are putting some gorgeous docs out there, short, human, and simply beautiful. Scrapertown is a cute little tale of a group of young folks that created a club for scrapper bikes, complete with a king and a strict membership, that requires the bike to be approved beforehand

Top 11 Weird, Strange and Best Song Versions

[November 21, 2010] There are tribute bands and there are bands that earn their gold doing miserable and sloppy versions of popular songs, but countless covers abound that are weird and truly beautiful. You probably didn’t know most of these are actually versions so be prepared for a top 10 of the most underrated and bizarre covers ever. Start the journey!

The Night of the Hunter (1955)

[May 30, 2010] The only directing effort from the actor Charles Laughton, this is a phenomenal exercise in style and narrative, one true classic that inspired many and is as frightening today and breathtaking as it was 60 years ago.