Iceberg Slim: Portrait of a Pimp Movie Review
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…
Blackfish Movie Review
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…
Storm Surfers Movie Review
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…
Lion Ark Movie Review
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…
Terms and Conditions May Apply Movie Review
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…
Downloaded Movie Review
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…
Gasland Part II Movie Review
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,…
American Courtesans Movie Review
Title: American Courtesans Director: James Johnson A candid but ultimately frustrating documentary look at the modern-day experience of escorts in the United States, “American Courtesans” both benefits and, later, suffers…
A Band Called Death Movie Review
Title: A Band Called Death Directors: Mark Covino, Jeff Howlett In the vein of “Searching for Sugar Man” and “Anvil! The Story of Anvil,” earnest and engaging nonfiction feature “A…