American Teacher Movie Review
Title: American Teacher Director: Vanessa Roth An inoffensive but hardly essential piece of occupational boosterism, “American Teacher” provides a look at the public education crisis in the United States through…
Sarah Palin: You Betcha! Movie Review
Title: Sarah Palin: You Betcha! Directors: Nick Broomfield and Joan Churchill A small pleasure, at least, that Sarah Palin’s rise to national prominence has come about in this modern day…
Thunder Soul Movie Review
Title: Thunder Soul Director: Mark Landsman The glut of studies — seemingly released almost weekly — showing the slippage and relatively poor international ranking of American high school students in…
Bobby Fischer Against the World Movie Review
Title: Bobby Fischer Against the World Director: Liz Garbus It’s hard to fathom today, but at the height of his career, chess master Bobby Fischer was by certain accounts better…
Programming the Nation Movie Review
Title: Programming the Nation Director: Jeff Warrick Fewer recent documentary films evince a bigger gap between potential level of intrigue and delivered interest than “Programming the Nation,” a shaggy look…
The Weird World of Blowfly Movie Review
Title: The Weird World of Blowfly Director: Jonathan Furmanski At 72 years old, Clarence Reid could be your cranky neighbor or arthritic uncle — until, that is, he slips on…
DVD Review: Bridesmaids, The Tempest, The Conspirator, Dressed to Kill and The Sentiment of The Flesh
Too many romantic comedies witlessly hone in on the differences between men and women to create a heightened-stakes backdrop in which every interaction with the opposite sex is imbued with…
Jane's Journey Movie Review
Title: Jane’s Journey Director: Lorenz Knauer If one were to ruminate on the equivalent of a Mother Teresa-type figure for the advocacy of natural animal research and wildlife conservation, it…
Where Soldiers Come From Movie Review
Title: Where Soldiers Come From Director: Heather Courtney Centering on a group of young friends and deployed reservists from the shores of Lake Superior, on the northern tip of Michigan’s…