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The story of a man and a beast. This entrancing short film is titled Alberto and The Beast and it played at last year's Toronto Film Festival. After screening at festivals it's now online to enjoy - all 17 minutes of it. While working for a children's show, a wildlife researcher encounters Bigfoot in the woods. Alberto and The Beast is written and directed by John Paul Lopez-Ali, starring Bruno Kanter as Alberto. (He looks a lot like Burn Gorman.) This is also the perfect companion piece to the other Bigfoot movie arriving in theaters later this month - Sasquatch Sunset from the Zellner Brothers (big fan of this film, highly recommend it). Both Sunset and Alberto approach sasquatches with the same sensibilities - they're misunderstood creatures and humans shouldn't just see them as a rare phenomenon to capture on camera. I do wish there was a bit more going on with Alberto and his new friend in this short, but it's a good one anyway. Click on play below. Thanks to Vimeo Staff Picks for the tip on this one. ...

"For months, my life has just been a struggle between sanity and madness." Hulu has revealed an official trailer for a documentary film titled The Contestant, a fascinating, unbelievable true story about a game show contestant in Japan in the 1990s known as "Nasubi". It's a bizarre cross between The Truman Show and Oldboy (and predates both of these films), but it actually really happened. This true story of a Japanese reality TV star left naked in a room for more than a year, tasked with filling out magazine sweepstakes to earn food & clothing, prompts innumerable questions about our culture of oversharing. Before the reality TV craze, there was this ominous harbinger in Japan of what was to come in oversharing-obsessed culture. The Contestant traces the experience of aspiring comedian Tomoaki Hamatsu, nicknamed Nasubi, who unwittingly became an extreme case study. The doc film brings a revelatory depth of insight by interviewing Nasubi and others, exploring further twists in Nasubi's life after "Denpa Shonen" to deliver one of the most WTF stories of the year. Wow. A must watch. ...

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"No One Walks The Trail Alone." Lama Ent. has revealed the official trailer for an indie drama called The Keeper, opening in theaters this Memorial Day weekend in May. Based on a true story. Heavily impacted by his fellow veteran's suicides, George Eshleman, an Army Veteran, decides to raise awareness for military member suicides by hiking the entire nearly 2,200-mile Appalachian Trail from Maine to Georgia. On the trek, he carries 363 name tapes from the uniforms of military who committed suicide, given to him by their families. Along the way he is given the trail name of "The Keeper" (of the names) and finds support and comfort from fellow hikers, civilians, and military Veterans alike, in the "Hiker Universe." This adventurous subculture forms a network of hikers that revel in their common purpose and an unspoken meaning of life that drives them down the trail and over the next peak. Starring director Angus Benfield as George, with Haley Babula, Michael Maclane, Nicolas Asad, Andrew Ferguson, Kameron Whitaker, & Lance Bonza. This looks a bit rough around the edges, but ...

"Brian put together textures that no one had ever put into popular songs before. He did it first!" Disney has revealed an official trailer for a documentary film titled The Beach Boys, all about the band known as The Beach Boys. A celebration of the legendary band that revolutionized pop music and created the harmonious sound that personified the California Dream. This is set to launch streaming on Disney+ at the end of May in just a few months, another major music offering from D+ after the Peter Jackson doc about The Beatles. Get ready for an endless summer of fun, fun, fun with The Beach Boys, the all-new documentary co-directed by acclaimed producers / filmmakers Frank Marshall & Thom Zimny. Featuring interviews with all of the original band members, tracing their origins and success and beyond. Viewers will also hear from the group's Carl & Dennis Wilson in their own words, plus view a new interview with Blondie Chaplin and hear audio from Ricky Fataar. The poster below describes it as "the definitive look at America's band." This looks ...

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