Strangers to Fiction Podcast

27/10/2020

New episode where we talk about the nine part HBO Documentary The Vow

The Vow is a new nine part documentary series on HBO about the NXIVM mlm s*x cult.  we discuss if it's worth watching and look forward to some other documentaries that will be dropping soon. ...

18/10/2020

We launched this podcast in October of 2019 so we are one year old this month! We took this opportunity to take a look back at some of the films we talked about in our first year of the Podcast.

07/10/2020

New episode!

We were joined this week by Bobby Herrera to discuss a documentary he picked called "In the Realm of Perfection" by Julien Faraut. Bobby (Robert T. Herrera) is an old friend and colleague of both Bill and Jacob. He has made several films and you can learn more about his work here.

09/09/2020

New episode! https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-7ht2i-eaebbc

This week we watched the 2015 documentary The Wolfpack about a family who lived isolated in the middle of New York for years and the six brothers who eventually escaped.

01/09/2020

New episode. This week we invited guest filmmaker Oscar Harding to pick a film for us to watch and talk about. He chose "Finding Frances" but we also talked about his current project which is nearing completion, "A Life on the Farm" which is a found footage documentary. He's wrapping up a Kickstarter campaign right now. So if you want to help him complete the film I'm sure he would appreciate a contribution. We'll put the link to that in the comments below.

This week we are joined by Oscar Harding who is finishing his own film "A Life on the Farm" which is a found footage documentary for which he is raising money to finish on Kickstarter here. We discuss this project and if you find the project as compelling as we did you can contribute to the kickstar...

27/08/2020

A little late getting this one up this week. Sorry about that! On this episode we discuss the disturbing yet compelling 2003 documentary Capturing the Friedmans that offers a rare inside look at a family facing a profound crisis when the father and one son is accused of child molestation.

On this episode we discuss the disturbing yet compelling 2003 documentary Capturing the Friedmans that offers a rare inside look at a family facing a profound crisis when the father and one son is accused of child molestation.

17/08/2020

New episode!

This is an episode recorded before the Covid-19 pandemic. Where's My Roy Cohn? is a fascinating portrait of one of the most influential figures of the 20th century that you've probably never heard of.

10/08/2020

New episode with guest filmmaker Justin L. Fisher.

We were joined this week by guest filmmaker Justin L. Fisher who picked Side by Side (available to stream on multiple platforms) for our discussion this week. Justin has a new film out himself entitled "Recording in Progress" about the current state of the recorded music business. It's a good discus...

06/08/2020

New episode!

Where we take a look at the 1992 experimental documentary Baraka. Mentioned in the podcast is this interview with the filmmakers.

28/07/2020

In honor of Baseball starting up again we reviewed this film ...

This week in honor of the opening of the 2020 Baseball season (finally) we decided to look back at this 2014 film, The Battered Bastards of Baseball, about the fabled Portland Mavericks, a short lived independent class A team that operated in Portland Oregon from 1973-1977.

21/07/2020

After a bit of a Covid-19 hiatus we are back with a new episode!

Jiro Dreams of Sushi is a meditative character study about an 85 year old sushi master in Japan. This 2011 film was released in 2011 and shot and directed by David Gelb. We discuss this film and if you like it we suggest a few other films that are similar that you might enjoy.

31/03/2020

Strangers to Fiction : Tiger King (2020)

25/02/2020

This week our special guest David Wraith brought us the 2016 documentary "Check It" to watch and review. A surprising and eye opening documentary about an street gang in Washington DC.

11/02/2020

Strangers to Fiction : Super Size Me (2004)

04/02/2020

Strangers to Fiction : Hoop Dreams (1994)

28/01/2020

Strangers to Fiction : Brooklyn Bridge [Ken Burns] (1981)

21/01/2020

Strangers to Fiction : American Movie (1999)

07/01/2020

Strangers to Fiction : Roger & Me (1989)

31/12/2019

Strangers to Fiction : Don't F**K With Cats (2019)

19/12/2019

Here is the documentary we're watching for next week. Watch it now and then follow along on the podcast! We do spoilers!

17/12/2019

We talk about the nearly forgotten 1972 academy award wining documentary Marjoe.

This week on Strangers to Fiction we take a look back at the 1972 Academy Award winning documentary Marjoe. A former child preacher, Marjoe Gortner, invites a documentary crew to follow him on a revival tour, while confessing that he is not a believer.

17/12/2019

Here Bill complains about the direction of Netflix doc series. Jacob does his best to console him.

On this episode of Strangers to Fiction we start with an impromptu discussion on the state of Netflix documentaries before diving into their newest series The Devil Next Door. Check us out on FB!

17/12/2019

In which we talk about one of the great documentary filmmakers of our time ...

On this episode of Strangers to Fiction we discuss two films by legendary documentary filmmaker Errol Morris. We take a look at Vernon, Florida - a film pieced together after the originally project Nub City had to be scrapped. As well as Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter Jr. 

17/12/2019

Our auto cross posting seems to have stopped ... here lets catch up:

On this episode of Strangers to Fiction we delve into three project by prolific filmmaker Werner Herzog - Grizzly Man, Into the Abyss and Meeting Gorbachev. Since directing his first film at nineteen, Herzog has gone on to direct more than sixty documentary and fictions films. 

19/11/2019

Strangers to Fiction : Dear Zachary (2008)

09/11/2019

Strangers to Fiction : Hail Satan?

05/11/2019

Strangers to Fiction : Crumb (1995)

29/10/2019

Strangers to Fiction : Three Identical Strangers (2018)

28/10/2019

We're still working on the website but you can subscribe to the podcast via most podcast directories including Apple, Google Play, Stitcher, and Spotify. Just search for "Strangers to Fiction Documentary podcast" Here is the Spotify link (more subscription links in the comments here) https://open.spotify.com/show/7aB1gzVftiSgrfBsJ6ZJ23?si=1Omhi662Sx-fyWKXJbzSkQ

28/10/2019