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    ‘The Mystery Of D.B. Cooper’ Tells an American Outlaw Tale

    by Brian Connor November 27, 2020
    by Brian Connor November 27, 2020

    On November 24, 1971, D.B. Cooper jumped out of a plane with two hundred thousand dollars in ransom money and disappeared. Now, the phrase “living the dream” is thrown around a lot these days, but……

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    Killing Gets Wholesome in ‘Dick Johnson is Dead’

    by Patricia Henderson October 11, 2020
    by Patricia Henderson October 11, 2020

    In 2007, filmmaker Kirsten Johnson lost her mother, Catherine (nicknamed Katie Jo), to Alzheimer’s. Johnson was struck by how little footage she had shot of her mother, despite being a cinematographer for many years. That…

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    ‘Boys State’ is a Fascinating Look at a Very American Event

    by Brian Connor August 11, 2020
    by Brian Connor August 11, 2020

    “The desire to be a politician should bar you for life from ever being one.” – Billy Connolly Since 1935, The American Legion has sponsored Boys State (and Girls State, which is somehow a separated…

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    MIFF 2020 Review: ‘Coded Bias’

    by Nick Kush August 7, 2020
    by Nick Kush August 7, 2020

    Movies have trained us not to trust AI. We’ll never forget seeing Hal 9000 lay waste to a group of astronauts; Skynet has threatened to destroy humanity so many times, it has become synonymous with…

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    2020 Melbourne Documentary Film Festival: Virtual Edition Mini-Reviews – Part 4

    by Nick Kush July 16, 2020
    by Nick Kush July 16, 2020

    Check out the rest of our coverage of the 2020 Melbourne Documentary Film Festival: Read Part 1 here. Read Part 2 here. Read Part 3 here. Paradise Without People Even though the Syrian refugee crisis…

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    2020 Melbourne Documentary Film Festival: Virtual Edition Mini-Reviews – Part 2

    by Sean Coates July 15, 2020
    by Sean Coates July 15, 2020

    Read part 1 of our 2020 Melbourne Documentary Film Festival coverage here. The Wheels of Wonder Play is a very important aspect of every child’s development. It gets them moving, stimulates their imagination, and helps…

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    2020 Sydney Film Festival: Virtual Edition Mini-Reviews – Part 2: Documentaries

    by Sean Coates June 15, 2020
    by Sean Coates June 15, 2020

    This is part 2 of my 2020 Sydney Film Festival Coverage. To read Part 1, click here. Part 1 covered the narrative features, and now we are here to focus on the documentaries screening online…

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    The Best Movies of August 2019: Two Actresses Lead the Way in Star Turns

    by Nick Kush September 5, 2019
    by Nick Kush September 5, 2019

    After Hobbs and Shaw — the cinematic equivalent of an eight-year-old boy smashing toxically buff action figures together for two hours — opened in theaters, the rest of August was full of intriguing projects, many…

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    “Racism Stops With Me” – The Adam Goodes Story as Told by Two 2019 Documentaries

    by Sean Coates August 27, 2019
    by Sean Coates August 27, 2019

    Footballer. Advocate. Champion. Hero. Inspiration. All of these words could be used to describe former Indigenous Australian Footballer, Adam Goodes. A remarkable man whose work both on and off the football field has been an…

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    Frank Simon’s ‘The Queen’: The Restoration of an Icon

    by Michael Heimbaugh August 21, 2019
    by Michael Heimbaugh August 21, 2019

    From its roots in the “pantomime dame” craze of the late 19th century to the modern-day antics of RuPaul’s Drag Race, drag has served as a way of subverting audiences’ expectations about gender. By performing…

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    Film Review – One Child Nation (2019)

    by Nick Kush August 14, 2019
    by Nick Kush August 14, 2019

    Sometimes not getting into the screening you desire at a film festival can be a blessing in disguise. After missing out on seeing The Farewell at Sundance earlier this year, I rushed to find another…

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    Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF) 2019 Mini Reviews – Part 1

    by Sean Coates August 7, 2019
    by Sean Coates August 7, 2019

    If you are a film fan in the great city of Melbourne, August is the most wonderful time of the year. The Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF) is in full swing and for the cinephiles…

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    Melbourne International Film Festival 2019 Preview (Another Bloody Movie Podcast)

    by Sean Coates July 16, 2019
    by Sean Coates July 16, 2019

    The Melbourne International Film Festival is just over 2 weeks away. Celebrating it’s 68th year, the program for MIFF 2019 was unveiled last week, announcing the largest line-up in the festival’s history. Over a massive…

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    The Best Movies of June 2019

    by Nick Kush July 16, 2019
    by Nick Kush July 16, 2019

    June was…rough. We saw a slew of high-profile blockbusters flop hard; most notably, Dark Phoenix will lose Fox (Disney) around $100 million. Other films like The Secret Life of Pets 2 and Shaft also cratered,…

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    Is ‘The Blair Witch Project’ Still Haunting Us After 20 Years?

    by Cammy Madden July 10, 2019
    by Cammy Madden July 10, 2019

    “In October of 1994, three student filmmakers disappeared in the woods near Burkittsville, Maryland while shooting a documentary. A year later their footage was found.” — The Blair Witch Project These are the words that mark…

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    Film Review – Life Overtakes Me (2019)

    by Cammy Madden June 15, 2019
    by Cammy Madden June 15, 2019

    Netflix has been churning out documentary after documentary, and Life Overtakes Me is the latest. With a relatively short runtime of just 40 minutes, it follows several refugee families living in Sweden. Each of these…

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    The Best Movies of May 2019

    by Nick Kush June 11, 2019
    by Nick Kush June 11, 2019

    Sorry, but UglyDolls will not be making an appearance on this list of the best movies of May 2019. Let’s all take a moment of silence for this tragic loss… … … … …Okay, that’s…

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    Film Review – Apollo 11 (2019)

    by Nick Kush April 4, 2019
    by Nick Kush April 4, 2019

    2019 marks the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission, or Stanley Kubrick’s finest work as a director depending on your proclivity to indulge in conspiracies. Nevertheless, with the help of some incredible, never-before-seen footage…

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    Film Review – The 2019 Oscar Nominated Documentary Shorts (2018)

    by Nick Kush February 15, 2019
    by Nick Kush February 15, 2019

    When the Academy releases their nominations for the Oscars, two things normally happen. 1) everyone erupts in rage as the Academy continues to make the wrong choices time and time again. And 2) most people…

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    The Best Movies of January 2019

    by Nick Kush February 11, 2019
    by Nick Kush February 11, 2019

    Ah January, you stinky, obnoxious turd. We meet again! With the holiday season over, Oscar-hopeful films expanding into more theaters, and studios saving their marketing budgets for their bigger movies later in the year, Hollywood…

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    Sundance Film Review – The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley (2019)

    by Nick Kush January 27, 2019
    by Nick Kush January 27, 2019

    You don’t need me to tell you that Silicon Valley in the “in” place for technological advancement in our current business marketplace. Investors are shelling out millions with the hopes of buying early on the…

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    Top 10 Underseen Films of 2018 [Video]

    by Nick Kush January 6, 2019
    by Nick Kush January 6, 2019

    With the rise in streaming companies and boutique distributors, we’re in the middle of a little boom for independent film. It’s pretty satisfying to see such an influx of smaller projects. The shear amount of…

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    Film Review – They Shall Not Grow Old (2018)

    by Brennan Dubé January 1, 2019
    by Brennan Dubé January 1, 2019

    Peter Jackson is at the helm of this documentary that takes 100-year old black and white, silent film footage and restores it, enhances it, and colorizes it. These technological transformations help bring the footage to…

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    Top 10 Best Movies of 2018

    by Nick Kush December 30, 2018
    by Nick Kush December 30, 2018

    When I remember 2018 in film, I’ll remember a few things: this was a great year for documentaries; world cinema is having a bit of a resurgence; and non-big five studios are creating a majority…

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    Film Review – Out of Many, One (2018)

    by Olaf Lesniak December 24, 2018
    by Olaf Lesniak December 24, 2018

    There are so many immigration documentaries out there that I questioned the need for another one. Yet today we also live in a more heated political climate than ever before. All Americans should know what…

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    The Best Movies of October 2018

    by Nick Kush November 12, 2018
    by Nick Kush November 12, 2018

    October is known for horror in the film community. You know it, I know it. But aside from the wonderful, head-stomping return of Michael Myers, by my account, October 2018 will be most remembered for…

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    Film Review – Denver Film Festival Short Films Part 1 (2018)

    by Patricia Henderson November 4, 2018
    by Patricia Henderson November 4, 2018

    These short films will be playing at the Denver Film Festival from October 31st to November 11th. Head over to the DFF’s website to purchase your tickets! The MovieBabble staff was given the opportunity to screen some…

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    Netflix Review – Feminists: What Were They Thinking? (2018)

    by Jillian Oliver October 22, 2018
    by Jillian Oliver October 22, 2018

    Feminists: What Were They Thinking? Inspires nostalgia as we look ahead anxiously at the future of women’s rights.  Synopsis Directed By: Johanna Demetrakas Starring: Lily Tomlin, Gloria Steinem, Michelle Phillips, Jane Fonda, Cynthia MacAdams, Cheryl…

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    Film Review – Reversing Roe (2018)

    by Patricia Henderson October 16, 2018
    by Patricia Henderson October 16, 2018

    Many Americans cringe when they hear abortion mentioned, because they know the discussion could get ugly. Even those with the same overall stance can disagree on certain aspects. Amazingly, Netflix’s new documentary, Reversing Roe, accomplishes…

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    Film Review – The Bleeding Edge (2018)

    by Caitlin Bell August 21, 2018
    by Caitlin Bell August 21, 2018

    Netflix is definitely a top contender in the film industry today. They are widely becoming known for churning out quality programing. Indeed, this quality extends past their show and movie platform and feeds into the…

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