Head Games Movie Review
Title: Head Games Director: Steve James There may not be a more important documentary released this year for the general health of especially sports-playing American kids than “Head Games,” director…
Escape Fire Movie Review
Title: Escape Fire: The Fight to Rescue American Healthcare Directors: Matthew Heineman, Susan Froemke As the United States stands on the precipice of another presidential election, with one major party…
Decoding Deepak Movie Review
Title: Decoding Deepak Director: Gotham Chopra A best-selling author, lifestyle coach and proponent of Eastern medicinal practices, Deepak Chopra is known to and beloved by millions. Of course, he’s also…
The Iran Job Movie Review
Title: The Iran Job Director: Till Schauder With its glitz, glam and commercial-crossover appeal, the NBA is the gleam in the eye of every young, American, aspirant professional basketball player.…
Hellbound? Movie Review
Title: Hellbound? Director: Kevin Miller A rich, thoughtful conversation-starter about changing notions of religious damnation, “Hellbound?” invades notoriously touchy territory with an open mind, steady focus and civil disposition. Director…
They Call It Myanmar Movie Review
Title: They Call It Myanmar Director: Robert H. Lieberman Held in socio-economic limbo for almost a full half century by a military dictatorship that turned away the just election of…
The Waiting Room Movie Review
Title: The Waiting Room Director: Peter Nicks Hit small screen series like “ER,” “Chicago Hope” and “Grey’s Anatomy” have for years wrung drama out of gunshot wounds, helicopter crashes, siege…
Electoral Dysfunction Movie Review
Title: Electoral Dysfunction Directors: Bennett Singer, David Deschamps, Leslie Farrell The title of “Electoral Dysfunction,” a new political documentary hosted by Mo Rocca, hints at a roiling discontent that isn’t…
Tears of Gaza Movie Review 2
Title: Tears of Gaza Director: Vibeke Løkkeberg Dated by the criterion of certain cinephiles (it premiered at the 2010 Toronto Film Festival) but still dispiritingly topical, director Vibeke Løkkeberg’s “Tears…