The captive killer whale Tilikum made headlines when he killed his trainer, trainer Dawn Brancheau. However, not only has Tilikum been a part of other trainer killings, but Tilikum himself…
Title: The Cheshire Murders Directors: Kate Davis and David Heilbroner Power seeks to protect its interests, inherently — to validate its judgments and its actions, or even inaction. That’s perhaps…
Title: Iceberg Slim: Portrait of a Pimp Director: Jose Hinojosa Pimp turned successful urban fiction author Robert Beck gets a loving, burnished treatment in the new documentary “Iceberg Slim: Portrait…
Title: Blackfish Director: Gabriela Cowperthwaite A deeply affecting indictment of the aquatic theme parks that build tricks-and-splashes family shows around captured and bred orcas, “Blackfish” introduces viewers to a parade…
Title: Storm Surfers Directors: Justin McMillan and Chris Nelius Filmic evidence of both mankind’s folly and its boundless capacity for thrill-seeking still connected to the natural world, “Storm Surfers,” presented…
Title: Lion Ark Directed by: Tim Phillips Featuring Appearances by: Bob Barker, Jorja Fox, Jan Creamer, Pat Derby Running time: 97 minutes, Unrated, Limited Release Animal Defenders International (ADI) is…
Title: Terms and Conditions May Apply Director: Cullen Hoback An engaging and rather scary nonfiction look at the death-by-papercut of online privacy, “Terms and Conditions May Apply” roots down into…
Title: Downloaded Director: Alex Winter David Fincher and Aaron Sorkin provided a superlative look at the messy founding of one of the new digital age’s true pillars with the Oscar-winning…
Title: Gasland Part II Director: Josh Fox In 2010, Josh Fox’s shocking documentary “Gasland,” with footage of Pennsylvania residents along the Delaware River Basin lighting their tap water on fire,…
