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…
Girl Model Movie Review
Title: Girl Model Directors: David Redmon and Ashley Sabin A vivid and surprisingly emotive exploration of fashion modeling and the refracted reality and cost of the economic opportunities it presents…
Wild Horse, Wild Ride Movie Review
Title: Wild Horse, Wild Ride Directors: Alex Dawson and Greg Gricus Director Cindy Meehl’s soulful, Sundance-minted “Buck,” which told the story of quietly charismatic horse whisperer Buck Brannaman, illustrated just…
Blinky & Me Movie Review
Title: Blinky & Me Director: Tomasz Magierski An intensely earnest and subjective documentary look at the career and life story of Australian animator Yoram Gross, “Blinky & Me” casts a…
The Ambassador Movie Review
Title: The Ambassador Director: Mads Brügger Starring: Mads Brügger A wild, darkly comic slice of nonfiction branded “performative journalism” by its creator, “The Ambassador” sets out to expose the corrupt…
Of Two Minds Movie Review
Title: Of Two Minds Directors: Doug Blush and Lisa Klein An enormously empathetic documentary that highlights the diversity and range of experience within the diagnosis of bipolar disorder, “Of Two…