Articles by Michael Barclay
Wiebo's War
David York
PUBLISHED Oct 20, 2011
Filmmaker David York thought he was going to talk to Wiebo Ludwig about his conviction and imprisonment, years earlier, for sabotaging natu...
If God Is Willing And Da Creek Don't Rise
Spike Lee
PUBLISHED May 13, 2011
Spike Lee's greatest film remains 1989's Do the Right Thing, a complex, dense, gloriously photographed portrait of a neighbourhood in turmo...
Wiebo's War
David York
PUBLISHED Apr 28, 2011
Filmmaker David York thought he was going to talk to Wiebo Ludwig about his conviction and imprisonment, years earlier, for sabotaging natu...
Inside Job
Charles Ferguson
PUBLISHED Mar 3, 2011
When director Charles Ferguson accepted this year's Academy Award for Best Documentary, he opened his speech by saying: "Three years after...
Away We Go
Sam Mendes
PUBLISHED Oct 6, 2009
In every romantic comedy the main couple must find each other, lose each other and then attempt reconciliation. So what if there was a roma...
Big River Man
John Maringouin
PUBLISHED Jun 4, 2009
The man who holds the world record for long-distance swimming is a 53-year-old, overweight drunk driver and gambling addict from Slovenia,...
Apostle of Hustle
Masters of the Realm
PUBLISHED May 21, 2009
Andrew Whiteman is a lazy man. At least, he seems to think so. His resumé, which spans a 24-year career, begs to differ. He's been i...
The Red Chapel
Mads Brugger
PUBLISHED May 13, 2009
The worst nightmare of a satirical filmmaker is to find out that the joke is on them. And it's debatable whether Danish director Mads Brugg...