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3 Docs to Watch For: A Disgraced Governor, the Hot Bard of New Jersey and Steamy Mormon Sex

The problem with covering film festivals is that the things you have to see so often conflict with the things you want to see; bits of the latter have to be stuffed into the corners of the usual crazed festival going. There’s also the problem of making choices: The other day a new acquaintance tempted me, like a cartoon devil on my shoulder, to check out a Mexican film, Leap Year, that supposedly had, she said, “Lots of explicit sex.” Count me in! But after checking my schedule, I realized that if I went to see that, I’d miss the Alex Gibney documentary on Eliot Spitzer, Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer, which I was extremely curious about.

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3 Docs to Watch For: A Disgraced Governor, the Hot Bard of New Jersey and Steamy Mormon Sex

When Werner Herzog Rescued Joaquin Phoenix: The Adorable Animated Version

Since I’m Not Here came out, have you been a little down on Joaquin Phoenix ? Remember the happier, somewhat saner times with this brand-new animated clip , which dramatizes an odd, years-ago encounter between Phoenix and director Werner Herzog where the latter came to the former’s aid after a car crash. We promise: There’s absolutely no face-defecating or back hair removal .

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When Werner Herzog Rescued Joaquin Phoenix: The Adorable Animated Version