Mistaken For Strangers Movie Review
Title: Mistaken For Strangers Director: Tom Berninger There may not be a better film this year about adult sibling jostling, rivalry and affection than Tom Berninger’s extraordinary “Mistaken For Strangers.”…
Big Men Movie Review
Title: Big Men Director: Rachel Boynton A kind of true-life, slow-motion disaster flick for the NPR set, director Rachel Boynton’s “Big Men” is an engaging documentary that roots down into…
Jodorowsky’s Dune Movie Review
Title: Jodorowsky’s Dune Director: Frank Pavich Winner of both the Audience Award and Best Documentary prize at last year’s Fantastic Fest, “Jodorowsky’s Dune” tells the story of French-Chilean cult film…
DVD Column: The Americans: Season One, Cutie and the Boxer, Young Detective Dee, To Dance Like a Man
The notion of Keri Russell, still fixed in the minds of so many as the namesake star of small screen college drama “Felicity,” playing a deep-cover Russian operative in a…
Hank: Five Years From the Brink Movie Review
Title: Hank: Five Years From the Brink Director: Joe Berlinger Documentaries about the great financial crisis of 2008 have been numerous, but “Hank: Five Years From the Brink” attempts to…
12 O’Clock Boys Movie Review
Title: 12 O’Clock Boys Director: Lotfy Nathan “This is what the ghetto produces,” says one of the satellite bit-players of the arresting, compact new documentary “12 O’Clock Boys,” director Lotfy…
Charlie Victor Romeo Movie Review
Title: Charlie Victor Romeo Directors: Robert Berger, Karlyn Michelson Starring: Robert Berger, Patrick Daniels, Noel Dinneen, Irving Gregory, Debbie Troche, Nora Woolley, Sam Zuckerman An unusual and gripping piece of…
If You Build It Movie Review
Title: If You Build It Director: Patrick Creadon An engaging documentary about the transformative power of the sort of teacher who is able to connect with and inspire teenagers, “If…
Slamdance: Vanishing Pearls Movie Review
Title: Vanishing Pearls: The Oystermen of Pointe à la Hache Director: Nailah Jefferson A Slamdance Film Festival world premiere and documentary competition title that delves into a subset of the…