Tribeca Review: Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project
The 24-hour news cycle is ubiquitous yet ephemeral. Cable news networks have so much time to fill, but apart from select shows, the ...
Tag: Documentary
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Tribeca Review: Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound
Film is a visual medium, yet if you remove or tweak the sound elements, the film seems less cinematic. Think about 2001: A ...
Robert Englund to investigate spooky newspaper stories in Shadows of History
The Travel Channel is snapping up our horror icons one-by-one and enlisting them for spooky documentary shows, and oh how I wish I ...
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Review: Screwball
America’s national pastime was in a tight spot in the late nineties. Coming off a strike during the 1994-95 season, attendance and viewership ...
Discovery cuts content deal with BBC for new streaming service, refers to Planet series as their ‘Marvel IP’
Here comes a chasing-the-trend twofer! Discovery Channel chief David Zaslav has announced that the documentary programing network will be launching its own streaming ...
Review: Trip of Compassion
I feel incredibly fortunate to have been able to attend a select theatrical screening of the Israeli film Trip of Compassion, both from ...
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SXSW Review: The Gift: The Journey of Johnny Cash
Johnny Cash’s impact on music is undeniable. With his stern voice and lyrics reflecting blue-collar life, Cash found a way to blend folk ...
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SXSW Review: Museum Town
There’s a moment when you first see a work of art that you consider the individual behind it: how did they even conceive ...
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SXSW Review: Red Dog
Some people’s mothers are made for TV, might be the takeaway from Casey Pinkston and Luke Dick’s docu-dramedy Red Dog. Much like the infamous ...
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SXSW Review: Tread
The 40th president of the United States, Ronald Reagan, a one-time actor of some repute, died on June 5, 2004. Not surprisingly, the event ...
SXSW Review: Mr. Jimmy
At some point in our lives, we’ve aspired to be our heroes. I can’t tell you how many times while playing backyard baseball ...
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Review: Woodsrider
Woodsrider, a documentary from Uncork’d Entertainment bills itself as a “season of adventure and self-discovery.” This is true, in so far as I, ...