From B-movies to The Big House: Jack Abramoff

What if Aldolf Hitler had been accepted at art school? What if Fidel Castro had made it in the Major Leagues? What if Jack Abramoff had scored as a B-movie producer with Red Scorpion? Oscar-winning documentarian Alex Gibney and I ponder these pressing questions -- well, OK, one of those pressing questions -- as we chat about Casino Jack and the United States of Money in this Houston Culture Map Q&A.

Indie arbitration on The Dark Side

From IndieWire: Documentarian Alex Gibney claims ThinkFilm botched the release of his Oscar-winning Taxi to the Dark Side -- and is demanding $1 million in damages. Not surprisingly, ThinkFilm's Mark Urman disputes Gibney's claims.