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A warning sign near the cove in Taiji is glimpsed in "The Cove," a documentary about dolphin-killing that will be shown at the Auburn Public Theater.

MARSHA LEDERMAN Last updated on Monday, Dec. 14, 2009 3:53AM EST D ANCE The Nutcracker There is much excitement about this world premiere of Goh Ballet's new production of the holiday classic.

In Section: Movies >> Posted By: Jason Gargano Clint Eastwood might be one of the most overrated directors currently making movies - don't get me started on the heavy-handed melodramatics of 2004 Best Picture winner Million Dollar Baby - but you can't call him lazy.

Crude focuses on indigenous Ecuadoreans whose way of life is threatened by oil drilling in the region.

In the documentary Crude , Brothers Keeper director Joe Berlinger presents a courtroom drama that never takes place in a courtroom.

Master herbalist Andrea Candee, a resident of South Salem and filmmaker Joe Berlinger will participate in "CrossTalk: Reel Heals" at the Katonah Village Library on Thursday, Nov.

Tens of thousands of Ecuadoreans living in the Amazon rainforest are suing Chevron, the US oil company, for poisoning their waterways in what is billed as one of the biggest environmental lawsuits in history.

But this story is a whole new direction for Joe. I spoke with Joe recently about his new film which plays more like a thriller than a documentary.

Rating: PG-13; some violence and sexuality. Where: Edina. An improbable true story of bloodlines and color lines, "Skin" dramatizes the life of Sandra Laing.

Cancer victim Maria Garofalo is reflected in the stream behind her home in the Ecuadorean Amazon.

A documentary filmmaker has to pay the bills. So between press junkets, making a new HBO documentary, and shooting a seafood commercial in New England, badass documentary filmmaker Joe Berlinger - see also: Brother's Keeper , Paradise Lost 1&2 , and Metallica: Some Kind of Monster - took time to speak with City Paper about his newest documentary, ...

On Friday, October 23 and Saturday, October 24, join state, regional and national experts in a statewide dialogue on energy efficiency and money saving energy innovations.

Joe Berlinger's new documentary, 'Crude,' is set deep in the Amazon jungle and tells the David-and-Goliath story of one of the world's biggest environmental lawsuits.

The United Nations Association Film Festival highlights documentaries about clean energy, the homeless, women's rights and the effects of war.

You're an Ecuadoran Indian. You live in the rainforest. The Amazon provides the water that you drink, that you use to live.

FLAMING LIPS ALBUM LAUNCH On the heels of the recent Mt. Tabor naked bike-ride film shoot commissioned by the Flaming Lips, Portland fans get a special "theatrical multimedia presentation" of the Oklahoma band's new album, "Embryonic," which is set to drop the day after this event.

Joe Berlinger came up with every reason not to make his latest movie, 'Crude.' Not because he was heartless, of course.

We've hit the lag that comes before the Oscar rush, folks. Not a lot of big new movies are coming out this week, but a few indie/arthouse films are opening here in Austin.

Movie Review: Crude Looking for another reason to leave your car at home? Go see Crude.

Check out Tonic's eco-highlights of the week! From innovation to entertainment, here's what's hot in the latest " good news ." Cat Lincoln sat down with Joe Berlinger , maker of the award-winning documentary Crude , and learns why the story of big oil's exploits in Ecuador, but the award-winning documentary almost never made it to the big screen.