Review: Big Star: Nothing Can Hurt Me
During junior high and high school, I was a big fan of Matthew Sweet, whose music I still dig today. When I hear ...
Tag: Documentary
Interview: Steve Schneider & Carpentieri (Hey Bartender)
Douglas Tirola’s documentary Hey Bartender looks at the rise of the craft cocktail and the role of the bartender in society. Two of ...
Trailers
Trailer: The Act of Killing
You’re going to want to watch this trailer for The Act of Killing because it’s going to make you want to watch the ...
Reviews
HRWFF Review: Anita
Certain historical events unfold when you’re young, but you don’t even realize how important they are until you’re much older. I remember seeing ...
Reviews
HRWFF Review: 99% – Occupy Wall Street Collaborative Film
Time to out myself: while I believe that income inequality is a serious issue, I could never get fully behind Occupy Wall Street. ...
HRWFF Review: Fatal Assistance
The numbers of the 2010 Haitian earthquake are heartbreaking: between 220,000 to 316,000 dead, and roughly 280,000 residences and commercial buildings destroyed or ...
Reviews
HRWFF Review: Camp 14 – Total Control Zone
Most narratives out of North Korea are bleak. Refugees from the country brave the possibility of murder and imprisonment if they flee, which ...
Reviews
BFF Review: Dragon Girls
One of the first shots of the documentary Dragon Girls is part David Lean and part Busby Berkeley. From a high angle we watch ...
Reviews
BFF Review: Furever
The dog on the left is dead. The owner had the dog professionally stuffed in order to cope with the loss. The dog ...
BFF Short Film Roundup 1
Over the weekend I caught five short films at the Brooklyn Film Festival. One called Good Grief played before the feature-length documentary Furever ...
BFF Review: Mr. Angel
If someone were to tell you that Buck Angel is a porn star, you’d assume he does gay porn. Just look at the ...
Reviews
Review: The Arrested Development Documentary Project
Like a large number of people, I didn’t take Arrested Development‘s cancellation well. To be fair, I preferred to catch the show on ...