Review: The Nightmare
Sleep paralysis is a condition that affects people in a liminal state of consciousness between sleep and wakefulness. When it strikes, a person ...
Tag: Documentary
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Trailer for Batkid Begins cuts so many damn onions
All the feels. Batkid Begins opens in select theaters on June 26. You’ll probably start crying before the end of the trailer though.
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The trailer for The Look of Silence offers a glimpse at one of the best films of 2015
Joshua Oppenheimer’s documentary The Act of Killing was one of the best films of 2013. The film examined the Indonesian genocide from the ...
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Review: Dark Star: H.R. Giger’s World
H. R. Giger passed away a year ago this week. His biomechanical art is instantly recognizable–Egyptian and yet otherworldly, simultaneously erotic and repulsive; ...
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Tribeca Review: Monty Python: The Meaning of Live
Even though Monty Python ended their run in the 1980s, they’re still curtural icons. Even for people like me, born after their disbanding, ...
Review: Thank You for Playing
There are moments of Thank You for Playing that are so painful because the documentary feels so personal. It’s about Joel Green, a ...
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Tribeca Review: The Birth of Sake
At a certain point in Erik Shirai’s documentary The Birth of Sake, it becomes apparent that the film isn’t just about the art ...
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First trailer for My Life Directed by Nicolas Winding Refn
It seems documentaries about eccentric filmmakers is the next big thing, as My Life Directed by Nicolas Winding Refn follows suit with last ...
15 documentaries advance for Academy Awards
Documentary film is awesome, but most people don’t rush out to watch it or even have the ability to do that if they ...
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First trailer for Act of Killing follow up The Look of Silence
Joshua Oppenheimer’s Indonesian genocide documentary The Act of Killing was one of the best films of 2013. It was unique in that it ...
Trailer for The Death of Superman Lives documentary is kookoo bananas
Remember how bad everyone thought Man of Steel was? Could you imagine that film being about six times worse? The Death of Superman Lives: ...
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Review: Particle Fever
I like physics. I probably have as good a grasp of the field as any film critic, and I frequently read articles about ...