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Title/Year
Author
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Word Is Bond (2017)
... a thoughtful exploration of hip hop...
Posted Feb 16, 2018
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It's quite a portrait, with a terrific soundtrack.
Posted Feb 12, 2018
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... a strong music biography...
Posted Jan 29, 2018
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I Am Not Your Negro (2017)
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It's a thoughtful look back at a formidable artist.
Posted Jan 9, 2018
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Mommy Dead and Dearest (2017)
Questions are raised in Erin Lee Carr's creepily fascinating Mommy Dead and Dearest.
Posted May 15, 2017
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Casting JonBenét (2017)
Fascinating.
Posted May 1, 2017
28
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
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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
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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
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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
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Mascots (2016)
It's awfully funny.
Posted Oct 14, 2016
36
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
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The culmination of disaster footage and shocking talk from scientists make this compulsive viewing.
Posted Jun 28, 2016
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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
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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
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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)
Louganis' sunny personality... and quite a lot of spectacular footage of his winning run make the film compelling.
Posted Aug 4, 2015
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Nightingale (2015)
David Oyelowo the sole actor, but by most accounts pulls if off.
Posted May 29, 2015
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Killing Jesus (2015)
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Hello Ladies: The Movie (2014)
There are some nice cameos, from everyone from Nicole Kidman to Allison Tolman.
Posted Nov 26, 2014
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