Jordan M. Smith

192 POSTS

Exclusive articles:

2013 Sundance Film Fest: U.S. Documentary Comp Sees Deal/Lessin, Greg Barker, Sean/Andrea Nix Fine Return to Park City

Film Festivals

Jordan M. Smith - November 28, 2012

Keeping us firmly on the ground, this year's domestic competition is mostly comprised of the politically charged verity we've come to expect to find...

Waiting For Lightning | Review

Reviews

Jordan M. Smith - November 28, 2012

Bigger, Faster, Higher: Biography Of Way's Big Air There have been plenty of quality biographical extreme sports docs released in the last couple years, with...

Burning Man | DVD Review

Disc Reviews

Jordan M. Smith - November 27, 2012

Tragically overlooked by much of the Western cinematic consciousness this passed year, Burning Man came to be one of the biggest films of the...

Otelo Burning | Review

Reviews

Jordan M. Smith - November 22, 2012

Blecher Rides Waves, Inelegantly Cutting her teeth with the surfing 2010 short doc Surfing Soweto, director Sara Blecher has forged ahead, tackling similar territory with...

The Central Park Five | Review

Reviews

Jordan M. Smith - November 21, 2012

Burns Dissects Why Pride & Prejudice Put Innocent Youths Behind Bars After years of acclaimed documentary mini-series, Ken Burns returns to the feature film with...

1...212223...38 Page 22 of 38

Breaking

The Devils (1971) | Review

Reviews November 8, 2026 0

Sympathy for The Devils: The Suppression of Ken Russell’s...

Ken Russell’s The Devils – 2010 Fantasia International Film Festival

Film Festivals November 8, 2026 0

Iconic director Ken Russell was in town to receive a lifetime achievement award from Fantasia for his 50-plus years in the business, a career that has spawned many genre classics including Altered States, Gothic, and The Lair of the White Worm. But it was the little-seen and hard to find The Devils from 1971 that proved to be Russell's most controversial work, and Fantasia managed to snag a copy to be screened on Russell's big night. In the video, Russell discusses the true story behind the film and receives his award with the grace befitting one of the great filmmakers of all time.