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TV Review: The Sons of Sam: A Descent into Darkness

By Darcy Staniforth | May 5, 2021

What happens when a man begins to investigate a case as a journalist, but then becomes so engrossed in the ...

Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street Movie Review: And How Sesame Street Got to Us

By Darcy Staniforth | Apr 23, 2021

November 1969 was the first time children across the country would hear the theme song to a new television show ...

Tiny Tim: King for a Day Movie Review: A Poignant Look at the Quirky 1960s Star

By Jade Blackmore | Apr 22, 2021

Wacky and somewhat unhinged reality TV (or YouTube) stars are common today, so common that we’re way past asking, “Is ...

Clapboard Jungle Movie Review: A Brutally Involving Document

By Davy | Apr 18, 2021

I don't have personal experience, but I've seen and heard enough to know that the film business can be a ...

2021 Oscar-nominated Documentary Short Films Review

By Darcy Staniforth | Apr 1, 2021

On April 2, 2021, THE 2021 OSCAR NOMINATED SHORT FILMS will be available in over 200 screens across 50+ theatrical ...

Sundance 2021 Review: Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)

By Gordon S. Miller | Feb 3, 2021

During the summer of 1969, a remarkable music festival was held in New York that featured some of the world's ...

Sundance 2021 Review: Playing with Sharks

By Gordon S. Miller | Feb 1, 2021

Playing with Sharks tells the story of Valerie (Hayes) Taylor, an amazing marine/shark conservationist. Well known in her home country ...

Sundance 2021 Review: Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It

By Gordon S. Miller | Jan 30, 2021

Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It tells the fascinating story of the triumphs and tragedies ...

The 2020 World Series Blu-ray Review: It’s Time for Dodgers Baseball

By Gordon S. Miller | Dec 18, 2020

Major League Baseball presents The 2020 World Series, the official 85-minute documentary of the six-game series played between the Los ...

Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Two Takes Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review

By Davy | Dec 16, 2020

As a passionately dedicated lover of film, I really enjoy that not every film has to be a cliche, meaning ...

Dear Santa (2020) Movie Review: A Lesson in Miracle

By Darcy Staniforth | Dec 6, 2020

The United States Post Office has had quite a challenging year. Leadership changes, cutbacks, setbacks, and financial woes are just ...

Crock of Gold: A Few Rounds with Shane MacGowan Movie Review

By Darcy Staniforth | Dec 4, 2020

Do you listen to the Pogues? If your answer is "no" or "I'm not sure", as the holidays are upon ...

Gordon Lightfoot: If You Could Read My Mind DVD Review: Something Very Special

By Gordon S. Miller | Nov 16, 2020

Named after Canadian troubadour Gordon Lightfoot's 1970 breakout hit in the United States, Martha Kehoe and Joan Tosoni's biographical documentary ...

Where She Lies Movie Review: ‘It Was a Different Time’

By Darcy Staniforth | Nov 10, 2020

There is a point in the new documentary, Where She Lies, where one of the interviewees uses the phrase, “It was ...

AFI Fest 2020 Review: My Psychedelic Love Story

By Gordon S. Miller | Oct 23, 2020

(L-R): Timothy Leary and Joanna Harcourt-Smith in MY PSYCHEDELIC LOVE STORY. Photo Credit: Joanna Harcourt-Smith/Courtesy of SHOWTIME. My Psychedelic Love ...

Totally Under Control Movie Review: Timely and Timeless

By Cinema Sentries | Oct 11, 2020

Written by Ram Venkat Srikar The obligation while reviewing documentaries that has always challenged and fascinated me is to create ...

Pizza, A Love Story Movie Review: A Loving Tribute to New Haven’s Tomato Pie

By Elizabeth Periale | Sep 9, 2020

Pizza wasn't invented in New Haven. It was perfected there. That's the tagline to MVD Entertainment Group's Pizza, A Love Story, ...

Happy Happy Joy Joy: The Ren & Stimpy Story Movie Review: Yes, Sir. I Do Like It

By Darcy Staniforth | Aug 14, 2020

Do you know what rolls down stairs, alone or in pairs, and over your neighbor's dog? Do you know who ...

Inmate #1: The Rise of Danny Trejo Movie Review: A Complex and Compelling Story

By Darcy Staniforth | Jul 7, 2020

As a culture, we love all kinds of stories. Stories of people coming from nothing to achieve great success. Stories ...

Athlete A Movie Review: Moving Documentation of an Immense Tragedy and a Gargantuan Triumph

By Cinema Sentries | Jun 27, 2020

Written by Ram Venkat Srikar The greatest achievement of any great documentary is that it can actually change lives. Indirectly, ...

Suzi Q Movie Review: Looks at the Groundbreaking Career of Rocker Suzi Quatro

By Jade Blackmore | Jun 26, 2020

Australian director Liam Firmager spent four years working on Suzi Q, the definitive documentary of Detroit-born rock star Suzi Quatro, who rocketed ...

The Booksellers DVD Review: Like a Good Book, You Won’t Want It to End

By Elizabeth Periale | Jun 12, 2020

Calling all bibliophiles - The Booksellers is a documentary that you won't want to miss. And like a good book, you won't ...

When We Were Kings Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: A Marvelous Time Capsule of Muhammad Ali in 1974

By Gordon S. Miller | May 30, 2020

Leon Gast's When We Were Kings documents the "Rumble in the Jungle," the legendary boxing match between undefeated heavyweight champion George Foreman ...

In Search of Dracula Blu-ray Review: A Bloody Good Documentary

By Elizabeth Periale | May 21, 2020

In Search of Dracula, originally released in 1975, and directed by Calvin Floyd (Terror of Frankenstein, The Sleep of Death), has ...

Circus of Books Movie Review: Love over Sexuality

By Cinema Sentries | Apr 21, 2020

Written by Ram Venkat Srikar At the center of Rachel Mason & Kathryn Robson's Circus of Books is the bookstore run by ...

Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band Movie Review

By Gordon S. Miller | Apr 19, 2020

Even before learning that the film was based on Robbie Robertson's memoir Testimony, his name separate from “The Band” in ...

Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice DVD Review: A Fantastic Appreciation

By Gordon S. Miller | Mar 25, 2020

Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice is a biographical documentary that Ronstadt was involved with as she introduces the ...

Antonio Gaudí Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: A Tone Poem of Gaudí, Barcelona, and Art

By Elizabeth Periale | Mar 5, 2020

Antonio Gaudí, a film by Japanese director Hiroshi Teshigahara (1927-2001), is a tone poem of Gaudí, Barcelona, and art - ...

Marcel Duchamp: The Art of the Possible Movie Review: What Would Modern Art Be Like Without Duchamp?

By Elizabeth Periale | Mar 3, 2020

Available on iTunes and Amazon on March 10, 2020, comes a new documentary film from Electrolift Creative Productions, Marcel Duchamp: The ...

By Darcy Staniforth | Jan 29, 2020

On January 29, ShortsTV will debut THE 2020 OSCAR NOMINATED SHORT FILMS at the IFC Center in New York City ...

Water and Sugar: Carlo Di Palma – The Colours of Life DVD Review

By Davy | Jan 16, 2020

Next to the director, the cinematographer is one of the most essential components to making great art. Cinematography can capture ...

PSIFF 2020 Review: Free Color Replicates Its Master’s Art Form

By Cinema Sentries | Jan 4, 2020

Written by Ram Venkat Srikar I've always wondered how individuals feel after reaching a peak of success in their respective ...

I’ll Never Forget You: The Last 72 Hours of Lynyrd Skynyrd DVD Review

By Jade Blackmore | Dec 6, 2019

I'll Never Forget You: The Last 72 Hours Of Lynyrd Skynyrd is the second recent documentary about Southern rock band Lynyrd ...

Fantastic Fungi Movie Review: Mushrooms Are (Finally) Cool

By Cinema Sentries | Oct 10, 2019

Written by Michael Frank Fungi aren't something stapled to the front of people's minds. They aren't something we think about ...

Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am Movie Review: A Quiet Passion for Life, for Knowledge, and for Words

By Jade Blackmore | Aug 31, 2019

The Pieces I Am, Timothy Greenfield-Sander's straightforward documentary about the late Nobel and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Toni Morrison, consists (mostly) of ...

Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blache DVD Review: Returning a Chapter to Cinema History

By Darcy Staniforth | Aug 19, 2019

As someone who spent time studying film in college, I was taught about the early pioneers of film like the ...

The Quiet One Movie Review: Explores Ex-Rolling Stone Bill Wyman’s Life Through His Media Archives

By Jade Blackmore | Jun 18, 2019

It's been 26 years since Bill Wyman quit the Rolling Stones for civilian life in 1993, and the documentary The Quiet ...

Pavarotti Movie Review: A Fine Look at the Opera Legend

By David Wangberg | Jun 7, 2019

Luciano Pavarotti was one of the best opera singers to have lived, and his memory will live on forever in ...

At the Drive-In DVD Review: A Compelling David vs. Goliath Story

By Jade Blackmore | May 4, 2019

Director Alexander Monelli originally intended the documentary At the Drive-In to focus on the near-extinct drive-in movie theatre industry in the U.S. ...

The World Before Your Feet DVD Review: One Very Must-see Documentary

By Davy | Mar 20, 2019

There are 8,000 miles in New York City; miles that we all know, or have seen in movies and TV. ...

Yessongs: 40th Anniversary Special Edition Blu-ray Review: For Fans Only

By Gordon S. Miller | Jan 20, 2019

Originally released on Blu-ray in the UK for the actual 40th anniversary in 2012, Yessongs, also the name of a ...

Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World Movie Review: Revealing a Lesser-Known Story of Rock ‘n’ Roll

By Kit O'Toole | Jan 14, 2019

Just when it seems like books and documentaries have thoroughly covered the history of rock 'n' roll, along comes a ...

Love, Gilda Movie Review: A Beautiful and Personal Portrait

By Darcy Staniforth | Jan 1, 2019

If you notice, as you are reading this review, that I sound sentimental for Gilda Radner, it's because I am. ...

They Shall Not Grow Old Movie Review: World War I Captured in Breathtaking New Way

By David Wangberg | Dec 21, 2018

Taking old black and white footage and adding color to it is nothing particularly new. Some documentaries have already done ...

The Doctor from India DVD Review: An Incredible Story

By Darcy Staniforth | Dec 16, 2018

Kino Lorber presents The Doctor from India, a documentary film by Jeremy Frindel that explores the life and career of ...

The Atomic Cafe Blu-ray Review: How I Learned to Keep Worrying and Fear the Bomb

By Davy | Dec 12, 2018

When conversing of satire about our deepest, troubling fear about potential nuclear catastrophe, Stanley Kubrick's 1964 masterpiece, Dr. Strangelove: Or ...

Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood DVD Review: Sheds a Light on Hollywood’s Golden Era

By Jade Blackmore | Dec 5, 2018

Movie studios kept a close watch on their actors' private lives in the 1940s to the 1970s. It was important ...

LAFF 2018 Review: Stuntman

By Gordon S. Miller | Oct 12, 2018

One of the biggest stars of the 1970s was daredevil Evel Knievel, who made a living risking life and limb ...

LAFF 2018 Review: The Great Buster: A Celebration

By Gordon S. Miller | Oct 6, 2018

Director Peter Bogdanovich pays tribute to the life and work of Buster Keaton in this biographical documentary about one of ...

Matangi / Maya / M.I.A. Movie Review: Raw / Chaotic / Fascinating

By Steve Geise | Sep 28, 2018

M.I.A. rose to fame as a recording artist, but her back story is so intriguing that she'd make a superb ...