The doc simply aggregates unsurprising anecdotes, resulting in scarce emotional impact.
Khodorkovsky winds up revealing more about the Western way of seeing than it does about a politically imprisoned oligarch.
Barbershop Punk may not stir a grassroots action, but, ironically, it does serve as a strong call to create a better filter.
The dynamic concert footage and soundtrack negate the need to place the false crown of “only black punk rock band on the planet” onto the Fishbone head.
Hell and Back Again isn’t content to merely capture warriors in combat.
This truly ensemble piece surprisingly puts a fresh spin on some familiar material.
The word “film” seems inadequate to describe Lech Majewski’s The Mill and The Cross.
Heather Courtney’s Where Soldiers Come From feels like left-wing propaganda.
Steve James is a savvy enough filmmaker to know when to lighten the proceedings lest the heavy, real-life drama prove intolerable to witness.
Giulia Amati and Stephen Natanson’s documentary is a startling glimpse into life at ground zero of the Israeli occupation.
As a result of filmmaking both respectful and restrained, an array of poignant images, in wide and long shots as well as in close-ups, emerges.
At its best, If a Tree Falls broadens into an intriguing debate about the very definition of terrorism.
While it illuminates the importance of citizen journos, the film also unintentionally highlights their limits.
Shadow of the Holy Book is a failed attempt to shame the vast array of international corporations that do business in Turkmenistan.
Director Lynn Hershman Leeson introduces us only superficially to her dozens of pioneering friends.
It was good to get out of my element and visit a world I never even knew existed.
Subterranea: An Urban Fairytale is the latest production from underappreciated aerial troupe extraordinaire Suspended Cirque.
The play is a heady Brechtian mashup that surprisingly charms rather than ironically alienates.
The Klitschko brothers may lack the murderous drama of Cain and Abel, but they certainly draw blood from their character arcs.
The Good Life is a perfect wedding of dynamic characters and subject.