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    ‘The Super 8 Years’: Returning to a Time Capsule

    by Nick Kush December 20, 2022
    by Nick Kush December 20, 2022

    In reflecting on the year, a film that always comes up in my mind is Audrey Diwan’s 1960s abortion drama, Happening. Many would point to the film’s startlingly prescient release just weeks before the Dobbs…

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    ‘All the Beauty and the Bloodshed’: Nan Goldin’s Truth, Sacklers’ Lie

    by James Y. Lee November 27, 2022
    by James Y. Lee November 27, 2022

    One of the first notable visuals in Laura Poitras’s landmark documentary, All the Beauty and the Bloodshed, is an excerpt slideshow from Nan Goldin’s legendary photography collection, “The Ballad of Sexual Dependency” — as good a time…

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    New York Film Festival 2022 Review: ‘Rewind and Play’

    by James Y. Lee October 16, 2022
    by James Y. Lee October 16, 2022

    When you envision the legacy of jazz pianist Thelonious Monk, you’re probably familiar with his distinct improvisation style — his winding melodies, harmonies, techniques, and dissonances that have since gone down as hallmarks in jazz…

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    New York Film Festival 2022 Review: ‘Mutzenbacher’

    by James Y. Lee October 7, 2022
    by James Y. Lee October 7, 2022

    An expansive, white-walled studio. A camera crew helmed by director Ruth Beckermann. A lavish, pink-red sofa that’s previously been used for erotic films. And 100 men, aged from 16 all the way to 99, who…

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    ‘Moonage Daydream’: A Dizzying, Dazzling and Life-Affirming Musical Odyssey (MIFF 2022)

    by Sean Coates August 18, 2022
    by Sean Coates August 18, 2022

    January 9th, 1997. David Bowie stands before a massive crowd at Madison Square Garden at a special concert event for his 50th birthday and exclaims, “I don’t know where I am going from here, but…

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    Sundance Film Festival 2022 Review: ‘Navalny’

    by Nick Kush February 9, 2022
    by Nick Kush February 9, 2022

    The reported heinous acts committed by the Russian government sound like something straight out of a 1970s political thriller. And that’s probably exactly how they like it. “If you want to kill someone,” Alexei Navalny…

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    Sundance Film Festival 2022 Review: ‘Fire of Love’

    by Nick Kush February 3, 2022
    by Nick Kush February 3, 2022

    Sara Dosa’s Fire of Love is truly a sensory overload, and not just because of its staggering archival footage of gorgeous volcanoes. On top of that, it’s edited like a French New Wave film to the tune…

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    ‘Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time’: A Moving and Deeply Personal Documentary About a Great Writer and Friend

    by Chris van Dijk December 5, 2021
    by Chris van Dijk December 5, 2021

    Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time is not a conventional documentary, though that was the original intention. Its inception started nearly forty years ago, in 1982. Robert B. Weide had just finished a well-received PBS documentary…

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    Speer Goes to Hollywood’ Is an Intriguing Documentary That Doesn’t Answer all of its Questions

    by Ingridje October 28, 2021
    by Ingridje October 28, 2021

    If you have never heard about Albert Speer, this documentary is a great introduction to his life. He grew up in a bourgeois family and studied architecture and eventually became a confidant of Hitler. He…

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    New York Film Festival 2021 Review: ‘Returning to Reims’

    by James Y. Lee October 6, 2021
    by James Y. Lee October 6, 2021

    Capturing the spirit and history of the French working class over the past 70 years is a gargantuan task of historical retelling and curation — especially if it’s through an 80-minute documentary strung together solely…

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    ‘Lily Topples The World’: Welcome to the Wonderful World of Domino Art

    by Brian Connor August 26, 2021
    by Brian Connor August 26, 2021

    The world of online fame is a strange one. There are people out there with millions of fans, real fans that are actively subscribed to the output of artists and sometimes literally invested in their…

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    Melbourne International Film Festival 2021 Review: ‘Hopper/Welles’

    by Sean Coates August 20, 2021
    by Sean Coates August 20, 2021

    It was November of 1970. Dennis Hopper, hot off the success of his counterculture masterpiece Easy Rider and deep into post-production of his second feature, The Last Movie travels from Taos, New Mexico to Los Angeles…

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    Melbourne Documentary Film Festival 2021 Review: ‘The Road Up’

    by K at the Movies July 26, 2021
    by K at the Movies July 26, 2021

    When life gets you down, sometimes it seems like there’s no road up. Co-directors Greg Jacobs and Jon Siskel take an in-depth look into The Cara Program, an employment support group that aids struggling Chicagoans…

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    Melbourne Documentary Film Festival 2021 Review: ‘By Rook or Left Hook: The Story of Chessboxing’

    by K at the Movies July 20, 2021
    by K at the Movies July 20, 2021

    It’s hard to deny the title has some punch to it. The peculiar world of chessboxing, a sport determined to find the smartest toughest guy. The art of chessboxing is finding the balance between two…

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    Melbourne Documentary Film Festival 2021 Review: ‘Enemies of the State’

    by James Y. Lee July 16, 2021
    by James Y. Lee July 16, 2021

    Take one look at, say, Netflix’s vast documentary catalog, and you’ll instantly realize that the true-crime documentary genre has found itself in a state of oversaturation. From the litany of same-ish docs on streaming services…

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    Melbourne Documentary Film Festival 2021: ‘The Last Horns of Africa’

    by Jack Edgar July 15, 2021
    by Jack Edgar July 15, 2021

    Nature documentaries often take a wonder-first approach to storytelling: the narration and cinematography are acutely focused on portraying the majesty of nature, the beauty of its subjects, and the stunning worlds that exist parallel to…

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    Melbourne Documentary Film Festival 2021 Review: ‘Aware – Glimpses of Consciousness’

    by Cammy Madden July 14, 2021
    by Cammy Madden July 14, 2021

    The nature of consciousness is a complex topic. One that humanity has tried to view through every lens that we’ve created or discovered. Religion, philosophy, psychology, biology, chemistry, and psychedelics, just to name a few.…

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    Melbourne Documentary Film Festival 2021 Review: ‘Holy Frit’

    by James Y. Lee July 11, 2021
    by James Y. Lee July 11, 2021

    Eccentricity and innovation have always been defining features of any given artist — even more so for documentaries that specifically go out of their way to train a lens on them. Whether it be the…

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    ‘Truman & Tennessee: An Intimate Conversation’ – An Interesting Comparison Between Two Literary Giants

    by Ingridje June 18, 2021
    by Ingridje June 18, 2021

    I will never forget how I felt the moment I finished reading Capote’s In Cold Blood. I was overwhelmed by sadness and disappointment, not because the book was bad, but that I was aware that it…

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    ‘Emily @ the Edge of Chaos’: Emily and Her Theory of Everything

    by Ingridje May 9, 2021
    by Ingridje May 9, 2021

    The Emily mentioned in the title is Emily Levine, an actress, stand-up comedian, TV writer, and lecturer. She was known for her smart sense of humor which she used in her lectures. As you can…

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    ‘Tina’: One Last Time

    by Anthony Labson April 15, 2021
    by Anthony Labson April 15, 2021

    Anna Mae Bullock was born 50 miles outside of Memphis in a small town called Brownsville on November 11th, 1939. She would eventually become known for two distinct reasons: as an icon in the music…

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    SXSW Film Festival 2021 Review: ‘Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched’

    by Nick Kush March 30, 2021
    by Nick Kush March 30, 2021

    It’s not often that you watch a documentary that is genuinely informative and also includes a talking head drinking a Tecate. In life, it’s all about the simple pleasures. Seldom does a documentary instantly feel…

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    ‘Wojnarowicz: F**k You F*ggot F**ker’ – The Tragic Lives of David, Peter, and Tom

    by Ingridje March 25, 2021
    by Ingridje March 25, 2021

    Before I saw this movie, I had no idea who David Wojnarowicz was. Its title was also a complete mystery to me. But then I saw the documentary, and I decided to do some background…

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    ‘F.T.A.’ – When Jane Fonda and Donald Sutherland Spoke Up

    by Ingridje March 10, 2021
    by Ingridje March 10, 2021

    I am, of course, familiar with Jane Fonda the actress. Indeed, I have admired her in dramas such as The China Syndrome and especially They Shoot Horses, Don’t They? Honestly, I even enjoyed her in…

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    Jewish International Film Festival 2021 Review: ‘They Call Me Dr. Miami’

    by Bethany Lola February 23, 2021
    by Bethany Lola February 23, 2021

    When the opportunity arose to watch They Call Me Dr. Miami, I jumped on it faster than a half-price BBL. Dr. Miami has always been one of the most fascinating people on the internet to…

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    International Film Festival Rotterdam 2021 Review: ‘The Witches of the Orient’

    by Liam Trump February 10, 2021
    by Liam Trump February 10, 2021

    Sports movies can provide great insight into foreign cultures. Almost every country in the world weaves sports into its culture to some degree, even relying on them greatly to present a strong national image to…

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    International Film Festival Rotterdam 2021 Review: ‘Archipelago’

    by Liam Trump February 7, 2021
    by Liam Trump February 7, 2021

    Animation is a powerful tool in a filmmaker’s arsenal. Sure, many of the most popular and successful animated films are under the ‘kids’ movies’ banner, but there are many which take on thought-provoking, introspective ideas.…

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    International Film Festival Rotterdam 2021 Review: ‘Landscapes of Resistance’

    by Liam Trump February 7, 2021
    by Liam Trump February 7, 2021

    Creating an intimate documentary that goes deep into an individual’s backstory can be one of the most difficult types of film to do right. The level of intimacy necessary can be difficult to capture and dip…

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    ‘Heartworn Highways’ Lets the Music Speak for Itself

    by Ingridje February 5, 2021
    by Ingridje February 5, 2021

    When you grow up in Belgium, you don’t often hear country music. In the seventies and the eighties, I did, however, become familiar with some of the biggest names in the genre. I remember Kenny…

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    Sundance Film Festival 2021 Review: ‘The Sparks Brothers’

    by Liam Trump February 4, 2021
    by Liam Trump February 4, 2021

    Edgar Wright is by far one of the greatest filmmakers of the generation. His films offer a style that’s completely his own, and the reception his films receive reflects it. One of the most notable…

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