Midnight Family (2019) Movie Reviews

Midnight Family (2019)

In Mexico City’s wealthiest neighborhoods, the Ochoa family runs a private ambulance, competing with other for-profit EMTs for patients in need of urgent help.

The Kingmaker (2019) Movie Reviews

The Kingmaker (2019)

Documentary centering on the controversial political career of Imelda Marcos, the former first lady of the Philippines whose behind-the-scenes influence of her husband Ferdinand’s presidency rocketed her to the global political stage.

Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound (2019) Movie Reviews

Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound (2019)

An exploration of the history, artistry, and emotional power of cinema sound, as revealed by legendary sound designers and visionary directors, via interviews, clips from movies, and a look at their actual process of creation and discovery.

Scandalous: The True Story of the National Enquirer (2019) Movie Reviews

Scandalous: The True Story of the National Enquirer (2019)

‘Scandalous’ is the sensational true story of The National Enquirer, the infamous tabloid with a prescient grasp of its readers’ darkest curiosities.

Where’s My Roy Cohn? (2019) Movie Reviews

Where’s My Roy Cohn? (2019)

Roy Cohn personified the dark arts of American politics, turning empty vessels into dangerous demagogues Рfrom Joseph McCarthy to his final project, Donald J. Trump. This thriller-like expos̩ connects the dots, revealing how a deeply troubled master manipulator shaped our current American nightmare.

Western Stars (2019) Movie Reviews

Western Stars (2019)

Live concert performance of Bruce Springsteen singing songs from his album ‘Western Stars’.

Midnight Traveler (2019) Movie Reviews

Midnight Traveler (2019)

When the Taliban puts a bounty on Afghan director Hassan Fazili’s head, he is forced to flee with his wife and two young daughters. Capturing their uncertain journey, Fazili shows firsthand the dangers facing refugees seeking asylum and the love shared between a family on the run.

Memory: The Origins of Alien (2019) Movie Reviews

Memory: The Origins of Alien (2019)

The untold origin story behind Ridley Scott’s Alien – rooted in Greek and Egyptian mythologies, underground comics, the art of Francis Bacon, and the dark visions of Dan O’Bannon and H.R. Giger. A contemplation on the symbiotic collaborative process of movie-making, the power of myth, and our collective unconscious.

Wrinkles the Clown (2019) Movie Reviews

Wrinkles the Clown (2019)

In Florida, parents can hire Wrinkles the Clown to scare their misbehaving children.

Aquarela (2018) Movie Reviews

Aquarela (2018)

Water and ice are shown around the world, in all of their many powerful forms.

Raise Hell: The Life & Times of Molly Ivins (2019) Movie Reviews

Raise Hell: The Life & Times of Molly Ivins (2019)

RAISE HELL: The Life and Times of Molly Ivins tells the story of media firebrand Molly Ivins, six feet of Texas trouble who took on the Good Old Boy corruption wherever she found it. Her razor sharp wit left both sides of the aisle laughing, and craving ink in her columns. She knew the Bill of Rights was in peril, and said “Polarizing people is a good way to win an election and a good way to wreck a country.” Molly’s words have proved prescient. Now it’s up to us to raise hell.

Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice (2019) Movie Reviews

Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice (2019)

With one of the most memorably stunning voices that has ever hit the airwaves, Linda Ronstadt burst onto the 1960s folk rock music scene in her early twenties.

Super Size Me 2: Holy Chicken! (2017) Movie Reviews

Super Size Me 2: Holy Chicken! (2017)

Morgan Spurlock reignites his battle with the food industry – this time from behind the register – as he opens his own fast food restaurant.

Jawline (2019) Movie Reviews

Jawline (2019)

The film follows 16-year-old Austyn Tester, a rising star in the live-broadcast ecosystem who built his following on wide-eyed optimism and teen girl lust, as he tries to escape a dead-end life in rural Tennessee.

One Child Nation (2019) Movie Reviews

One Child Nation (2019)

After becoming a mother, a filmmaker uncovers the untold history of China’s one-child policy and the generations of parents and children forever shaped by this social experiment.

Honeyland (2019) Movie Reviews

Honeyland (2019)

The last female beehunter in Europe must save the bees and return the natural balance in Honeyland, when a family of nomadic beekeepers invade her land and threaten her livelihood. This film is an exploration of an observational Indigenous visual narrative that deeply impacts our behavior towards natural resources and the human condition.

Maiden (2018) Movie Reviews

Maiden (2018)

The story of Tracy Edwards, a 24-year-old cook on charter boats, who became the skipper of the first ever all-female crew to enter the Whitbread Round the World Race in 1989.

Marianne & Leonard: Words of Love (2019) Movie Reviews

Marianne & Leonard: Words of Love (2019)

An in-depth look at the relationship between the late musician Leonard Cohen and his Norwegian muse Marianne Ihlen.