News for Herzog and Ebert fans! Chaz Ebert announced the publication of a book collecting the legendary film critic’s essays on Herzog films and transcripts of interviews. The two men had massive respect for each…

What’s Sup – Documentary news and chatter, Tape Up Your Cameras edition.

Next week’s show Monday Sept 4th (Labor Day) we celebrate Werner Herzog‘s birthday with Bucky Sinister! The comedian/poet/novelist drops by to discuss his favorite documentary, 1999’s MY BEST FIEND about Herzog’s tumultuous working relationship with German actor/madman Klaus Kinski.


We also discuss SF counterprotests, West Wing Weekly‘s live show at the Castro, The Defiant Ones, I Called Him MorganCitizenfour, Hypernormalization, and upcoming shows.

Check out Paco’s show The Charm Offensive Sept 13th at the Punchline.

Joan Didion never shied away from making herself the center of her stories, but news about a forthcoming documentary on her very private life in her own words has the internet slavering. The 82-year-old author…

*WATCH THE TRAILER* Next Week August 21st on Sup Doc: Paco & George talk to comedian/actor Baron Vaughn (Grace and Frankie, Mystery Science Theater 3000, New Negroes) about his documentary Fatherless (2017, Dawn Porter)