All posts tagged "Documentary"
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Cate Marquis | June 2, 2017
KEEP QUIET – St. Louis Jewish Film Festival Review
Thursday, June 8, at 1 PM, Plaza Frontenac Cinema England/Hungary; in English and Hungarian with English subtitles; 92...
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Jim Batts | April 20, 2017
BORN IN CHINA – Review
Here’s something to remember next time you go to a big trivia fund-raising night. If there’s a...
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Michael Haffner | March 12, 2017
True/False Film Festival 2017: DINA – Review
Many of the films at this year’s True/False Film Festival spotlighted men and women who have been...
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Cate Marquis | February 3, 2017
I AM NOT YOUR NEGRO – Review
Despite its awkward title, director Raoul Peck’s documentary I AM NOT YOUR NEGRO is a surprisingly timely...
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Jim Batts | January 18, 2017
TOWER – Review
One of 2016’s best documentaries is another look at a seminal moment in America’s struggle with crime and...
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Jim Batts | July 28, 2016
EAT THAT QUESTION: FRANK ZAPPA IN HIS OWN WORDS
With the recent release of WEINER, TICKLED, and DEPALMA in the last few months, 2016 is turning out...
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Jim Batts | July 14, 2016
TICKLED – Review
Documentaries are often tagged with an unfair “rep’. Lots of people think of them as ultra somber, serious...
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Jim Batts | February 26, 2016
THE LAST MAN ON THE MOON – The Review
2015 may just be noted in the annals of cinema history as the year that Hollywood really went...
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Jim Batts | November 14, 2015
SLIFF 2015 Review : ARCHIE’S BETTY
Here’s an idea that many kids (and adults) dearly wanted (or still want) to do. I’m talking about...
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Jim Batts | November 4, 2015
SLIFF 2015 Review – 3 1/2 MINUTES, TEN BULLETS
This award-winning documentary focuses on an issue still making headlines and filling up hours on the TV news....
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Jim Batts | October 9, 2015
DRUNK STONED BRILLIANT DEAD – The Review
Attention comedy geeks everywhere! To paraphrase a literary classic, this new documentary feature lets us all “look back...
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Travis Keune | October 2, 2015
FINDERS KEEPERS (2015) – The Review
How can anyone argue with the rules of our childhood? Finder’s keepers is as sacred an adolescent law...
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Travis Keune | September 24, 2015
A BRAVE HEART: THE LIZZIE VELASQUEZ STORY – The Review
Life is hard. Just speaking in general terms, the daily grind of modern life takes a toll on...
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Jim Batts | September 3, 2015
LISTEN TO ME MARLON – The Review
This year has already seen several extraordinary feature-length documentaries, many of which were pulled from the popular arts....
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Travis Keune | August 7, 2015
CALL ME LUCKY – The Review
“Barry Crimmins is pissed.” That one, simple line does sum up the film rather well, but it doesn’t...
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Travis Keune | August 2, 2015
A LEGO BRICKUMENTARY – The Review
Few things are as exhilarating to witness as the unbridled passion and joy that builders put into their...
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Travis Keune | July 16, 2015
CARTEL LAND – The Review
In the Midwest, we are aware of the illegal immigrant issues. We see it and live among it...
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Travis Keune | May 21, 2015
WINNING: THE RACING LIFE OF PAUL NEWMAN – The Review
I’m not normally the type to voluntarily offer up my time to watch sports documentaries, but WINNING:THE RACING...