With a few painterly strokes, Polak’s camera powerfully evokes the central dump’s hellish dimension.
We’re not exactly batting a thousand in this category, but we’re pretty sure we got this year’s winner pegged.
The film is a well-mixed assemblage of cacophony, rain, and detritus set in the Willet’s Point neighborhood of Queens.
When Waiting for Superman surprisingly but rightfully got Oscar’s cold shoulder, the hunt for the documentary feature prize suddenly became a wide open one.
Lucy Walker’s documentary is alternately gratifying and heart-wrenching.