Snow on Tha Bluff – One Confusing and Interesting Ride
Love or hate it, Damon Russell’s Snow on Tha Bluff is a captivating film that questions the notions of documentary and fiction. Part documentary, part drama, […]
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Compliance – review
Don’t pick up the phone The single most important detail in Compliance is the inclusion of the disclaimer in its opening credits. Up on the screen, in […]
Dreams of a Life – Review
La Tristesse Durera Toujours One night, in late 2003, Joyce Carol Vincent sat down to wrap up some Christmas presents and never got up again. […]
Everett Ruess Wilderness Song – Review
First time documentary writer/director Lindsay Jaeger takes us on a subjective journey into the isolated desert of Utah. Following in the footsteps of Into the Wild, Jaeger’s […]
Room 237 Review: Keep on Shining
Keep on Shining Room 237 is a film about a film or, more specifically, an essay like documentary discussing Stanley Kubrick’s psychological horror The Shining. Taking […]
María Novaro’s El Jardín del Edén.
Privileged Voyeurism: Life Within Emblematic Borders. María Novaro’s film El jardín del Edén (1994) is a film about the human condition and the self-imposed boundaries we must […]
Is Nuclear Power Safe? The Physical Dangers of Meltdown
Annabel Gillings’ Fukushima: Is Nuclear Power Safe? (2011) is a documentary that explores the aftermath of the “Core melt accident” at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear […]