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Rating
Title/Year
Author
1
Brexit (2019)
Benjamin Cumberbatch is very good as usual as a single minded organizer who wants to break from the staid conservative politicians who have failed on the issue for years.
Posted Jan 22, 2019
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Momentum Generation (2018)
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Now a little greying, they are typically deadpan in their patter, which is as amusing as the songs.
Posted Oct 8, 2018
5
The Oslo Diaries (2018)
An enlightening documentary that goes behind the secret, even illegal, negotiations that came the closest to finding peace in the Middle East.
Posted Sep 13, 2018
6
What once was camp is now just atrocious.
Posted Aug 21, 2018
7
Believer (2018)
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The Tale (2018)
Most of all it plays like an off-putting Lifetime movie, but with a better cast (Ellen Burstyn, Common, John Heard, Frances Conroy and Elisabeth Debicki).
Posted May 29, 2018
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Fahrenheit 451 (2018)
Some of Ramin Bahrani's film is so dull, though, it may leave you wanting to read a book instead.
Posted May 21, 2018
11
If you're going to wade into the royal wedding at all, my preference hands down is "The Royal Wedding Live with Cord and Tish"...
Posted May 21, 2018
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Elvis Presley: The Searcher (2018)
Director Tom Zimny keeps the focus either on vintage clips or newly filmed, lovingly shots crawling over every inch of Graceland.
Posted Apr 16, 2018
14
Andre the Giant (2018)
Mostly we marvel at him the same way we would by paying 50 cents at the side show.
Posted Apr 16, 2018
15
Paterno (2018)
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Arthur Miller: Writer (2018)
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Notes From The Field (2018)
Amid her riveting performances are many of the still indelible images from recent incidents.
Posted Feb 26, 2018
18
Trouble No More (2017)
... with some driving performances from Toronto interspersed with brief sermon interlude, written by Luc Sante and delivered by Oscar nominee Michael Shannon, of all people.
Posted Feb 26, 2018
19
Word Is Bond (2018)
... a thoughtful exploration of hip hop...
Posted Feb 16, 2018
20
It's quite a portrait, with a terrific soundtrack.
Posted Feb 12, 2018
21
... a strong music biography...
Posted Jan 29, 2018
22
I Am Not Your Negro (2017)
23
It's a thoughtful look back at a formidable artist.
Posted Jan 9, 2018
24
The Problem with Apu (2017)
The film is an interesting door to a useful discussion about portrayals of people on TV...
Posted Nov 21, 2017
25
Baltimore Rising (2017)
... the documentary by Sonja Sohn and Mark Levin that covers the event in a manner nobody has quite done before.
Posted Nov 21, 2017
26
Gerald's Game (2017)
There's no paranormal activity at work in this Stephen King-inspired film, but Gerald's Game is just as nightmarish.
Posted Oct 4, 2017
27
Year of the Scab (2017)
"Year of the Scab" benefits from a wealth of period sports news footage on news conferences and games...
Posted Sep 13, 2017
28
My Love, Don't Cross That River is a simple and profoundly moving examination of a couple that's been together 75 years.
Posted Sep 11, 2017
29
What makes filmmaker Richard Linklater stand out as a subject is his own ambivalence to anything approaching being called a "Master."
Posted Sep 1, 2017
30
Raising Bertie (2017)
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Tour De Pharmacy (2017)
The piece has a roaring sophomoric quality and quite a fixation on penises, but generally gets to the comic finish line.
Posted Jul 10, 2017
32
Mommy Dead and Dearest (2017)
Questions are raised in Erin Lee Carr's creepily fascinating Mommy Dead and Dearest.
Posted May 15, 2017
33
Casting JonBenét (2017)
Fascinating.
Posted May 1, 2017
34
Tickled (2016)
It's a fascinating tale, that is followed by the shorter addendum, The Tickle King, about what happened when the principals showed up to disrupt festival screenings.
Posted Feb 27, 2017
35
Tower (2016)
It gains impact when it begins to show many of the eyewitnesses and victims in some case, who in some cases are reuniting 50 years after that hot afternoon to recollect the story.
Posted Feb 15, 2017
36
If you didn't know much about the band before, you'll be a fan soon enough. That's before the horror of the attack is recalled.
Posted Feb 14, 2017
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By Sidney Lumet (2016)
It's a great body of work and a satisfying biography.
Posted Jan 3, 2017
38
Every Brilliant Thing (2016)
There's no denying the generosity and depth of empathy found in audiences such as the ones filmed for this remarkable film.
Posted Dec 29, 2016
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Killing Reagan (2016)
Director Rod Lurie plays it down the middle, though he has a tough time replicating Washington in Atlanta, where the whole thing was shot.
Posted Oct 17, 2016
41
Mascots (2016)
It's awfully funny.
Posted Oct 14, 2016
42
Class Divide (2016)
Marc Levin talks to people on both sides [the rich and the poor] in Class Divide and gets his most poignant responses from children.
Posted Oct 4, 2016
43
The culmination of disaster footage and shocking talk from scientists make this compulsive viewing.
Posted Jun 28, 2016
44
Janis: Little Girl Blue (2015)
Janis: Little Girl Blue, a sensitive portrait by Amy Berg... shows how thoughtful the entertainer, sometimes dismissed as a party girl, really was.
Posted May 3, 2016
45
Heart of a Dog (2015)
It's a remarkable art project posing as a personal documentary, the third consecutive night of striking premieres on the network.
Posted Apr 26, 2016
46
Confirmation (2016)
The TV film, directed by Rick Famuyiwa, succeeds, as most HBO films do, on the casting alone.
Posted Apr 18, 2016
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Heroin: Cape Cod, USA (2015)
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Prophet's Prey (2015)
What's shocking about the film, which is as effective in its way as HBO's Scientology expose, Going Clear is how widespread his ugly cult still is.
Posted Oct 13, 2015
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Back on Board: Greg Louganis (2014)