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Netflix’s true crime mini-series The Confession Killer delivers detail after detail in rapid succession in exquisite fashion.
What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael is a pleasant reminder of Kael’s greatness and a nostalgic look back at an era that changed American cinema forever.
The Marion Stokes Project captures both the inherent humor and the utter absurdity of what this single-minded woman devoted her life to.
What You Gonna Do When the World’s on Fire is a showcase for filmmaker Roberto Minervini and a telling portrait of poverty in New Orleans.
Most Likely To Succeed reaffirms the dispiriting correlation between professional success and racial and class divide, as subtly depicted by Pamela Littky.
House of Cardin is a shiny, candy-colored look inside Cardin’s world, albeit one that is solely laudatory.
Alex Gibney’s Citizen K, a deep-dive into the life of the oligarch-turned-activist Mikhail Khodorkovsky, brilliantly utilises his recollections.
Oscar-winning producer Eva Orner crafts a portrait of manipulation that’s both engrossing and gross, a narrative more pertinent than ever in the era of the #MeToo and Time’s Up movements.
In his latest report from the 2019 Milwaukee Film Fest, Shawn Glinis reviews the films The Body Remembers, Genesis and the Marion Stokes Project.
Ed Perkins’ documentary Tell Me Who I Am is an experience that’s both remarkable and powerful.
“The Gift” of Johnny Cash is how he brings us into his struggles, into his journey, and lets us be a part of it with him.
In our current political climate, A German Youth teaches a history lesson worth repeating.
The Kingmaker offers a really fascinating look at one of the most arresting political figures in recent history.
For the most part, the representation of slam poetry in cinema has been that of…
Stephanie Archer had the chance to check out a number of interesting short films at the Ridgefield International Film Festival 2019.