Music Review: “Searching for Sugar Man”
Popularity, not to mention its evil twin fame, is a strange and unpredictable thing. Oftentimes,…
Browsing: documentary films
Movie Review: “Mansome”
If you’ve never heard of a beard competition, or if you’ve ever wondered exactly what…
Movie Review: “Sicko”
Whether you love him or hate him, there’s not a single person who could deny…
Movie Review: “Comic-Con Episode IV: A Fan’s Hope”
Full disclosure: I’ve been going to Comic-Con for so long that I spent decades taking…
Movie Review: “The Greatest Movie Ever Sold”
If there’s one thing you should know about Morgan Spurlock, it’s that he’s a remarkable…
Movie Review: “Lemmy”
Last year, critics went crazy for “Anvil! The Story of Anvil,” a documentary about a…
Movie Review: “Freakonomics”
Of all the intellectual pursuits that make some claim to objectivity, none is so complicated…
Movie Review: “Howl”
Even for those of us who are now well over 40, it’s a little hard…
Movie Review: “I’m Still Here”
The big buzz behind “I’m Still Here,” Casey Affleck’s documentary about the decision by his…
Movie Review: “Casino Jack and the United States of Money”
According to mega-documentarian muckraker Alex Gibney, power and money have become one and the same…