The trailer for Gary Hustwit’s latest documentary, Objectified is now up. Here’s the Quicktime version and the Flash version. The release date is set for this Spring.

Still in the early stages of production but a couple of great documentaries are coming out from a small production company based in Zurich, Switzerland. piXiu films will be releasing documentaries on the Case Study Program and Herbert Matter. The Visual Language of Herbert Matter is currently in production and is scheduled to be released this year. Many people will recognize Matter’s work with Knoll in which he spent over 12 years contributing to the company’s identity.

Herb and Dorothy made its premier in June of this year, a documentary about a couple of art collectors from Manhattan. During the 1960s Herb Vogel, a postal clerk, and Dorothy Vogel, a librarian, started buying minimal and conceptual art from then unknown artists. With their modest income the Vogels lived off of Dorothy’s earnings while all of Herb’s was spent on purchasing art. Throughout the years the couple have amassed over 4,000 pieces. Never willing to sell any of the artwork the Vogels decided to move their collection to the National Museum in 1992.

For all the Michel Gondry fans that can’t get enough of the director and his works, michelgondry.com is coming, very soon. The site is stocked with Gondry’s side projects and non studio works, including comic books, online video exclusives, t-shirts, and nuggets of wisdom printed on toilet paper. You can even have Gondry draw a portrait of yourself. Many of these items will be available starting next month with others coming in March.

Aaron Rose tipped-off that he’s working on a new documentary about Sister Corita via his blog on RVCA. We’re long-time fans of Sister Corita, an artist and teacher who spoke her mind during some of the most tumultuous times in recent history. We’ll be anxiously awaiting this doc, especially after Beautiful Losers was so well done.

Ain’t it Cool News released a massive interview with Spike Jonze today. Speculation and rumors about whether Where the Wild Things Are would see the light of day ran rampant throughout the web this year. Missing its original release date of October 2008, many thought Warner Brothers had shelved the project. But the movie is back on track with a new release date of October 2009. Moriarty talks to Jonze in length about the film, the process, the editing, the shoot, the postproduction, the studio’s reaction, the actors, the score, and more.