Wings Over Water: Gorgeous Nature Doc is Perfect Family Fare for Earth Day
Food, Inc. 2: You Are What You Eat (Gulp) in This Must-See Sequel
ReviewJim SlotekFood, Inc. 2, Documentary, Food films, Robert Kenner, Melissa Robledo, Michael Pollan, Eric Schlosser, Senator Jon Tester, Senator Cory Booker, Animals, Animal agriculture, Agricultute, Farming
Lost Angel: The Genius of Judee Sill Celebrates Songwriter Whose Legacy Was (Almost) Vanished
ReviewJim SlotekLost Angel: The Genius of Judee Sill, Documentary, Music documentary, Judee Sill, Andy Brown, Brian Lindstrom, Linda Ronstadt, Jackson Browne, David Crosby, Fleet Foxes, Graham Nash, JD Souther, Maya Hawke, Cheryl Strayed
Carol Doda Topless at the Condor: The Saga of an Accidental Revolutionary
ReviewJim SlotekCarol Doda Topless at the Condor, Marlo McKenzie, Jonathan Parker, Carol Doda, Judy Mamou, Jimi Mamou, Burlesque, Documentary, 1960s, Metallica, Lars Ulrich
Remembering Gene Wilder: Portrait of an Actor as a Saint
By Chris Knight
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ReviewJim SlotekRemembering Gene Wilder, Gene Wilder, Ron Frank, Documentary, Richard Pryor, Mel Brooks, Carol Kane, Alan Alda, Ben Mankiewicz, Hot Docs
High & Low: Brilliant Doc Captures Designer John Galliano’s Stupendous Rise and Fall
ReviewJim SlotekHigh & Low: John Galliano, Kevin Macdonald, John Galliano, Naomi Campbell, Kate Moss, Anna Wintour, Charlize Theron, Penélope Cruz, Documentary, Fashion, Fast fashion, British
I Didn’t See You There: Doc About Life with a Disability Offers Viewers a First-Person View
Anselm: Hope Remains for 3D as an Art Form, Especially When the Subject is Art
By Chris Knight
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A Disturbance in the Force: How the Star Wars Holiday Special Happened (and Became an Instant Anti-Classic)
By Chris Knight
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ReviewJim SlotekA Disturbance in the Force, A Disturbance in the Force: How the Star Wars Holiday Special Happened, The Star Wars Holiday Special, Jeremy Coon, Steve Kozak, Mark Hamill, Kevin Smith, Donny Osmond, Documentary, Weird Al Yankovic, Patton Oswalt
Original-Cin Q&A: Director Nick Broomfield on Capturing History Through Rock Docs
The Stones and Brian Jones: Spotlighting a Musical Genius with a Dark Side
ReviewJim SlotekThe Rolling Stones, Brian Jones, The Stones and Brian Jones, Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Bill Wyman, Eric Burdon, Marianne Faithfull, Documentary, Music documentary, Nick Broomfield
Another Body: Unsettling Doc on Deepfake Porn Needs to Probe Further
The Eternal Memory: Memory Fades While Love Remains in Absorbing Documentary
A Compassionate Spy: In Praise of Treason
Kokomo City: Four Black Transgender Sex Workers Tell It Like It Is
Heaven Stood Still: Willy DeVille Doc Explores the Space Where Passion Met Cool
ReviewJim SlotekWilly DeVille, Mink DeVille, CBGB, Documentary, Music documentary, Mark Knopfler, Talking Heads, Blondie, New York City, Punk rock, Elvis Costello, Heaven Stood Still: The Incarnations of Willy DeVille, Larry Locke, Paradise Theatre
Umberto Eco, A Library of the World: Behold the Eco Chamber
By Chris Knight
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Voices Across the Water: Canoe-Building Doc Surprisingly Absorbing, And Free to Watch
ReviewJim SlotekNational Film Board of Canada, Voices Across the Water, Fritz Mueller, Teresa Earle, Available Light Film Festival, Yukon, Alaska, Documentary, Canoe building, Canada, Canadian
Close to Vermeer: The Next Best Thing to Being There
Insanity: Doc about Mental Illness Chronicles a Stark Societal Fail