Articles Index
Indie Game: The Movie - Movie Review - 2011
Filmmakers Lisanne Pajot and James Swirsky provide a look into the hearts, minds and thought processes of four digital game creators who give their job their all.
Patience (After Sebald) - Movie Review - 2012
Review of 'Patience (after Sebald), a documentary by filmmaker Grant Gee.
First Position - Movie Review - 2012
A Review of the documentary, 'First Position,' in which Bess Kargman follows talented young ballet dancers as they prepare for the Youth America Grand Prix.
My Perestroika - Movie Review - 2010
Following five 30-somethings, filmmaker Robin Hessman shows how the lives, life styles, social and political attitudes of ordinary Russian citizens have changed during Perestroika, in the aftermath of the demise of the Soviet regime.
We Were Here - Movie Review - 2011
A documentary that explores the AIDS crisis that swept though San Francisco's gay community during the 1980s.
Inside Hana's Suitcase - Movie Review - 2011
Larry Weinstein's documentary follows Fumiko Ishioka, a curator at the Tokyo Holocaust Resource Center, as she discovers more about Hana Brady, a girl who perished in the Nazi death camp at Auschwitz, and tells Hana's story to children around the world to teach them tolerance and respect for cultures other than their own.
Unraveled - Movie Review - 2011
Filmmaker Marc Simon follows convicted fraudster Marc Drier as he prepares to leave his posh East Side pad for the less comfortable environment of prison.
Born To Be Wild - Movie Review - 2011
Born To Be Wild is thrilling and emotionally intense trip, via IMAX 3D, into the wilds of Borneo and Kenya, where two dedicated women, Birute Galdikas and Daphne Sheldrick, respectively, have each established an animal 'orphanage' to care for baby elephants and baby orangutans whose mothers have been killed, most often by poachers.
Crime After Crime - Movie Review - 2011
Yoav Potash's courtroom documentary follows the case of Deborah Peagler who spent 26 years in jail before her the sentence for the crime for which she was convicted was reduced to six years.
Confessions of an Eco-Terrorist - Movie Review - 2011
Environmental activist and filmmaker Peter Brown chronicles life aboard the Sea Shepherd under command of the imfamous eco-terrorist Captain Paul Watson.
Payback - Movie Review - 2012
Based on Margaret Atwood's 'Payback: Debt and the Shadow Side of Wealth,' Jennifer Baichwal's film is a throught provoking treatise on the concept of debt and its impact on human society.
Last Will and Embezzlement - Movie Review - 2012
In 'Last Will and Embezzlement,' documentary filmmakers Pamela Glasner and Deborah Louise Robinson investigate several cases of economic fraud perpetrated upon senior citizens who are no longer fully capable of managing their own affairs. Among the cases: Glasner's own parents, and that of Hollywood star Mickey Rooney.
Water Wars - Movie Review of Water Wars - 2009
By presenting an overview of recent flooding, drought, and other water-related disasters in Bangladesh, India and New Orleans, director Jim Burrough's 'Water Wars: When Drought, Flood and Greed Collide' presents a prescient look into the future of fresh water access and control, which many believe will be the cause for World War III.
MIS-Human Secret Weapon - Movie Review - 2011
A living history documentary about the experiences of Japanese American men who served in the MIS (Military Intelligence Service) during World War II, fighting heroically for the U.S. while the government had moved their families into internment camps.
Surviving Progress - Movie Review - 2011
Based on Ronald Wright's book, this thesis documentary by Mathieu Roy and Harold Crooks traces the relationship between human evolution and technological advances, and concludes that sometimes progress is a 'trap' that may lead to the demise of the human species, rather than to its development.
Player Hating: A Love Story - Movie Review - 2012
Maggie Hadleigh-West follows hip hop recording artist, Jasun Wardlaw, aka Half-a-Mill, as he prepares for the release of his first record, and anticipates being able to escape the Atlantic Housing Projects (Brooklyn, New York) for a better life.
Shadow of Afghanistan 1959-2012 - Movie Review - 2006, 2012
A history of the series of invasions and civil wars that have left Afghanistan a devatated nation.
The Beat Hotel - Movie Review - 2012
The film chronicles the creative community of expatriot American artists who lived and worked in Paris from 1957 to 1963.
Shakespeare High - Movie Review - 2011
Alex Rotarus documentary follows Southern California teenagers who are members of high school drama clubs that are competing in an annual Shakespeare competition.
An Encounter With Simone Weil - Movie Review - 2010
Focusing on the life and writings of French philospher Simone Weil, filmmaker Julia Haslett examines the human capacity for compassion and comes to a deeper understanding of her own precepts.
The Island President - Movie Review - 2011
Filmmaker Jon Shenk follows Mohamed Nasheed, president of the island nation of the Maldives, as he campaigns for environmental policy changes that may spare his nation from being wiped out by rising seas.
On The Bowery - Movie Review - 1957, Restored 2012
Lionel Rogosin's first feature focuses on life among the vagrants and winos who congregated on New York's Bowery during the 1950s.
Gerhard Richter Painting - Movie Review - 2011
Filmmaker Corinna Belz follows famous German abstract painter Gerhard Richter into his studio to document his artistic process.
Raising Renee - Movie Review - 2012
Well-known artist Beverly McIver's life changes when her mother dies and she has to assume the care of her mentally disabled sister, Renee.
Jiro Dreams of Sushi - Movie Review - 2011
Documenting the world's best sushi chef at work.