All posts tagged "Documentary"
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JULIA – Review
Julia Child is a name nearly everyone recognizes, if for nothing else than she has been so often...
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BORIS KARLOFF: THE MAN BEHIND THE MONSTER – Review
BORIS KARLOFF: THE MAN BEHIND THE MONSTER is a gloriously enjoyable retrospective of the legendary actor, who is...
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THE ALPINIST – Review
Some people are driven to climb mountains, simply because they are there, as Sir Edmund Hilary famously said....
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THE BIG SCARY “S” WORD – Review
In honor of Labor Day, how about a documentary about the idea that led to labor unions? That...
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THE HIDDEN LIFE OF TREES – Review
A walk in the woods is a lovely thing but when it is nature tour is led by...
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THE LONELIEST WHALE: THE SEARCH FOR 52 – Review
A whale, apparently the only one of its kind, wandering the Pacific and persistently calling with no answer,...
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TRUMAN AND TENNESSEE: AN INTIMATE CONVERSATION – Review
Truman Capote and Tennessee Williams were literary giants of the mid-20th century but they were also friends. TRUMAN...
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FATHOM – Review
Fathom is a word that can mean a measurement of sea depth or a struggle to understand a...
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BREAKING BREAD – JFF Review
The Israeli documentary BREAKING BREAD, which is part of the St. Louis Jewish Film Festival, June 5-13, begins...
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THE HUMAN FACTOR – Review
The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is one of the most intractable the world has seen. THE HUMAN FACTOR focuses on...
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THE TRUFFLE HUNTERS – Review
THE TRUFFLE HUNTERS opens with a camera slowly zooming in on a wooded hill side, with trees twinged...
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THE PHENOMENON (2020) – Review
By Marc Butterfield If you aren’t disturbed after you watch this documentary, you weren’t paying attention. You will...
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ALL IN: THE FIGHT FOR DEMOCRACY – Review
Voting is central to a democracy, or a democratic republic. The more all citizens are able to vote,...
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HUMAN NATURE – Review
The documentary HUMAN NATURE, which is available on Amazon Prime, offers an accessible, accurate explanation of CRISPR, the...
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THEY SHALL NOT GROW OLD to Return for an Additional Fathom Events December 7th, 17th, and 18th
By popular demand, Fathom Events and Warner Bros. will bring director Peter Jackson’s remarkable World War I documentary THEY...
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WHERE’S MY ROY COHN? – Review
“Have you no sense of decency, sir?” was the question asked of Sen. Joe McCarthy at the Army-McCarthy...
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MILES DAVIS: BIRTH OF THE COOL – Review
Both jazz fans and those less familiar with the jazz legend will find much to like in Stanley...
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FIDDLER: A MIRACLE OF MIRACLES – Review
Looking back on the previous century, we see that the good ole’ U.S. of A. gave birth (or...
