Movie Review: Orwell: 2+2=5
George Santayana gave us the famous quote: “Those who cannot remember the past are doomed to repeat it.” George Orwell and Raoul Peck couldn’t agree …
Documentary
Movie Review: 2000 Meters to Andriivka
Mstyslav Chernov is making sure we don’t forget. His devastating incredible 20 Days in Mariupol showed us how a war starts, and how a city …
Movie Review: Come See Me In the Good Light
Is it even possible to make a movie about a younger person getting cancer more happy than sad? 50/50 came the closest, but even that …
Movie Review: Cover-Up
Who are people’s heroes besides their family members? Many would say a cool actor or actress they want to be. Others would way maybe someone …
Movie Review: John Candy: I Like Me
Most documentary’s main goals are advocacy filmmaking. Pick an issue, and tell the public about it. Colin Hanks is doing advocacy filmmaking like all documentarians …
Movie Review: The Perfect Neighbor
Netflix feeds true crime to their subscribers like a mother feeding baby birds. There’s a new show a week, most of the time stretching one …
Movie Review: DEVO
Chris Smith has become the Ron Howard of documentary filmmaking. He’s always picking subjects that bring something interesting to the table, that also have enough …
Movie Review: Sly Lives! (aka The Burden of Black Genius)
I love Questlove’s mission. The amazing musician is also at this point a brilliant moviemaker, intent on showing us parts of music history he thinks …
Movie Review: Apocalypse in the Tropics
Maybe that Karl Marx had some good ideas? Religion and Politics, when mixed, prove to be a potent, but VERY dangerous partnership, causing all sorts …
Movie Review: Deaf President Now!
As the forces of power make decisions that affect your day to day living, sometimes you can feel pretty helpless. Protesting can be an option, …