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September 2022

September 09, 2022

Amazing-er Race

Review of Netflix's "Untold: The Race of the Century"

September 02, 2022

How many cheaters are there?

Review of Netflix's "Untold: Operation Flagrant Foul"

August 2022

August 26, 2022

Whatever happened to And1?

So, two confessions here: 1) I had never heard of "And1." Based on the trailer...

August 19, 2022

The Girlfriend who didn’t exist

Review of Netflix's "Untold: The Girlfriend Who Didn't Exist"

October 2021

October 01, 2021

Of pants and pyramid schemes

Review of Amazon's "LuLaRich"

September 2021

September 10, 2021

No violence in Netflix’s “Untold: Breaking Point”

Review of Netflix's "Untold: Breaking Point"

September 03, 2021

Just Violence in Netflix’s “Crime and Penalties”

Review of Netflix's "Untold: Crime and Penalties"

August 2021

August 27, 2021

The Pain of Greatness in Netflix’s “Untold: Caitlyn Jenner”

Review of Netflix's "Untold: Caitlyn Jenner"

August 20, 2021

Yet more Violence and Sports in Netflix’s “Deal with the Devil”

Review of Netflix's "Untold: Deal with the Devil"

August 13, 2021

Violence and Sports in Netflix’s “Malice at the Palace”

Review of Netflix's "Untold: Malice at the Palace"

March 2021

March 26, 2021

Nostalgia for Tape

Review of "The Last Blockbuster", directed by Taylor Morden

February 2019

February 22, 2019

Confronting the American Gospel

Review of Brandon Kimber's "American Gospel"

February 08, 2019

Some things are more important than others

A review of "Minimalism: A Documentary About the Important Things"

October 2016

October 14, 2016

Cameraperson Points Its Lens at Both Death and Life

Non-narrative filmmaking that makes a deeply human connection.

October 07, 2016

Voyage of Time: The IMAX Experience Condenses All of Time to 44 Minutes

Spending so little time on human beings cuts both ways in a documentary focused mainly...

June 2016

June 29, 2016

AFI DOCS Highlight Life, Death and Industries Struggling to Survive

AFI’s documentary film festival gets stronger each year.

June 24, 2015

Mavis! Closes AFI Docs Festival With a Gospel Shout

Highlights from Days 4 and 5 of the AFI Docs documentary film festival.

June 23, 2015

Anger, Artistry Characterize AFI Docs Audience Award Winner

A look at highlights from Day 3 at the AFI Docs documentary film festival.

June 22, 2015

AFI Docs Highlight the Role of Faith, Family in Making a ‘Better World’

Highlights from Days 1 and 2 at the AFI documentary film festival.

June 27, 2014

Drones locks on, arms, and misfires

Poor storytelling at best, propaganda at worst

June 20, 2014

E-Team an On-the-Ground Encounter With Noble Intentions

Human Rights Watch takes on tyrants. Is there any room to disagree?

June 19, 2014

Memorable Truths Mark AFI DOCS Opener

Most film-fest opening night selections disappoint. Not this one.

January 2014

January 24, 2014

Hannah Arendt Against World Opinion

A woman of convictions stands unbent.

November 2013

November 11, 2013

Not Strange Enough: “Church Rescue” and the National Geographic Effect

National Geographic’s new niche reality show is a friendly, innocuous, late-period artifact of the shrinking...

July 2013

July 08, 2013

Searching for Sugar Man: Vindication is Sweet

Vindication for the obscure.

June 2013

June 26, 2013

Marjoe’s False Teaching Teaches Us About False Teachers

The film about a 4-year-old revivalist preacher that won the 1972 Oscar for Best Documentary.

April 2013

April 30, 2013

Last Train Home in Industrializing China

Review of Last Train Home, Directed by Lixin Fan The documentary Last Train Home tells...

March 2013

March 01, 2013

Hungry, Hungry Americans

Review of A Place at the Table, Directed by Kristi Jacobson and Lori Silverbush By COYLE...

February 2013

February 11, 2013

Silver Tales from the Warner Bros. Lot

Review of Tales from the Warner Bros. Lot from Warner Bros. Home Entertainment By KENDRICK...

January 2013

January 07, 2013

Josh Garrels Speaks of God

Review of The Sea In Between, a Mason Jar Music Film By KENDRICK KUO Josh...