Chris Smith’s documentary about the 2017 Fyre Festival implosion resists the urge to revel in cheap social media schadenfreude.
The film is about the idea of Andy Kaufman, about how artists channel their influences and keep the dead alive.
Turkey Bowl is a comedy with a great ear for dialogue and a cast strong enough to make you wonder how much of it was improvised.
American Movie director Chris Smith affects an Errol Morris pose with Collapse.
The film doesn’t have the spontaneity of Ramin Bahrani’s Chop Shop, giving a calculated child-lit spin to neorealist tradition.
Consider Andy Bichlbaum and Mike Bonanno’s many acts of defiance as calls to arms.
The pitch must have read like a discarded House Beautiful spread.