Review: The Lovers And The Despot
It can be kind of exhausting getting a dozen (or more) emails a day about movie X, Y, and Z. Do I want ...
Tag: Documentary
Werner Herzog’s volcano documentary Into the Inferno will hit Netflix October 28th
Netflix is putting out everything these days, from Bill Nye talks shows to Mythbusters build team shows to Christopher Guest mockumentaries about sports ...
Trailers
Watch the season 2 trailer for IFC’s Documentary Now! starring Fred Armisen and Bill Hader
Fred Armisen, Bill Hader, and Seth Meyers’ Documentary Now! is a loving in-joke of a show for fans of non-fiction film. The first ...
Trailers
Watch the trailer for The Lost Arcade, a documentary on NYC’s Chinatown Fair
As someone who still wears the occasional onion on his belt, I remember arcades quite fondly. They were in steady decline when I ...
Trailers
Watch the trailer for Man vs Snake, which may be this year’s King of Kong
King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters was highly entertaining (even though the filmmakers fudged a lot of the facts). Much of that ...
Review: Eva Hesse
Almost every creative work is inescapably autobiographical. We can’t get outside ourselves, so whatever’s been experienced finds expression in the work, whether consciously ...
Reviews
Tribeca Capsule Review: Southwest of Salem: The Story of the San Antonio Four
Growing up in San Antonio you witness a lot of things like gang violence, racial and class divides, and the occasional public drunkeness, ...
Reviews
Tribeca Capsule Review: Betting on Zero
Herbalife looks like a pyramid scheme, but legally it’s considered a multi-level-marketing company (i.e., a barely legal pyramid scheme).
Reviews
Tribeca Review: The Banksy Job
There are cock and bull stories and there are shaggy dog stories and there are complete piss-takes. The Banksy Job is kind of ...
Tribeca Capsule Review: Abortion: Stories Women Tell
Although it’s been technically legal ever since the famous Roe v. Wade legal battle in the 60s and 70s, states across America still ...
Reviews
Tribeca Review: Burden
[This film is playing as part of the 2016 Tribeca Film Festival, running from April 13-24 in New York City. ...