Festivals >> Glasgow >> 2010 >> Stranger Than Fiction

American: The Bill Hicks Story (Country: UK; Director: Matt Harlock, Paul Thomas; Cast: Kevin Booth, John Farneti, Bill Hicks, Lynn Hicks, Mary Hicks, Steve Hicks, Andy Huggins, David Johndrow, James Ladmirault, Dwight Slade)
Documentary examining the life and legacy of the controversial comic. Full Review

Capitalism: A Love Story (Country: US; Director: Michael Moore; Writer: Michael Moore; Cast: William Black, Jimmy Carter, Elijah Cummings, Baron Hill, Marcy Kaptur, John McCain, Michael Moore, Sarah Palin, Ronald Reagan)
A documentary about laissez faire capitalism and its effect on American society. Full Review Official Site, View Trailer

Con Artist (Country: US; Director: Michael Sladek; Cast: Wilfredo Arias, Molly Barnes, Jean Michel Basquiat, Andy Behrman, Pope Benedict XVI, Victor Bockris, Mike Cockrill, Jacob Collins, Adrian Dannatt, Fabio D'Aroma)
One of the biggest names in the East Village art scene of the Eighties, “business artist” Mark Kostabi gleefully made a fortune signing and selling artworks painted by a revolving stable of hired hands. This punk-fueled docu-comedy looks back at Kostabi’s ultimately self-destructive skewering of the celebrity art world, and gets as close as one can to a man who’s been called “the black hole of irony”. Full Review See: Tribeca Film Festival: Diary/Movie/Film reviews - Con Artist, North, Mark Kostabi Official Site

Corso - The Last Beat (Country: US; Director: Gustave Reininger; Cast: Gregory Corso, William S Burroughs, Ethan Hawke)
A documentary following the last surviving beat poet as he undertakes a journey to Europe to explore his past and discovers the truth about the mother he thought had abandoned him.

Expansive Grounds (Ein Weites Feld) (Country: Germany; Director: Gerburg Rohde-Dahl; Cast: Uta Gille, Lea Rosh, Peter Eisenman, Bernd Hillermeier)
A documentary exploring present day feelings about the Holocaust in the context of Berlin's monument to murdered Jews. Full Review Official Site

His & Hers (His And Hers) (Director: Ken Wardrop; Cast: 70 women)
Seventy women talk about the men in their lives. Full Review View Trailer

Kicking It (Country: US; Director: Susan Koch; Writer: Susan Koch; Cast: Narrated by Colin Farrell)
The lives of homeless people are changed forever through an international soccer competition. This film follows six players as they set off for Cape Town, South Africa to play in the Homeless World Cup. Official Site

Old Partner (Wonangsori) (Country: South Korea; Director: Lee Chung-ryoul; Cast: Choi Won-Kyun Lee Sam-Soon)
A humble octogenarian farmer lives out his final days with his spitfire wife and his loyal old ox in the Korean countryside. Full Review

Stolen (Country: Australia; Director: Violeta Ayala, Daniel Fallshaw; Cast: Violeta Ayala, Daniel Fallshaw)
Saharawi refugees in the Algerian desert speak out about slavery, and two filmmakers find themselves in unexpected danger. Full Review

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