It’s easy to be impressed by someone who completes, or even runs, a traditional marathon. Now try to imagine running one that is 3,100 miles long and takes more than 50 days […]
Review: 3100: Run and Become Intrigues More Than It Inspires
Review: A Comedian Gone Too Soon Remembered Fondly in Love, Gilda
Love, Gilda, a documentary about the life and way-too-early death of “Saturday Night Live” cast member Gilda Radner, is almost too easy a subject to make a film about. Naturally, anyone with an interest in […]
Review: Michael Moore Explores the Path to Trump in Fahrenheit 11/9
The latest from documentary filmmaker Michael Moore, Fahrenheit 11/9 (the date refers to the day in 2016 when we all learned that Donald Trump would be America’s next president and that polls […]
Review: Minding the Gap Is One of the Finest Documentaries of the Year
One of the most impressive feature debuts I’ve seen in quite some time is Bing Liu’s documentary Minding the Gap, about three boys growing up in Rockford, Illinois, and bonding by their […]
Review: An Athlete at the Top of His Game in John McEnroe: In The Realm of Perfection
There’s a moment in the footage presented in the documentary John McEnroe: In The Realm Of Perfection in which McEnroe dives for a ball he knows he has no chance of hitting. […]
Review: Far From the Tree Explores the Struggles and Triumphs of Being Different
At first, it may be difficult to figure out what the common threads are in the various family stories being laid out in the new documentary Far From the Tree, based on […]
Review: Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood Has Plenty of Sex—And Heart
I’ll fully admit, I’m not someone who dabbles even a little bit in Hollywood gossip. If I hear two celebrities are dating, I think “Good for them,” and move on. If I […]
Review: Generation Wealth Is Part Autobiography, Part Cautionary Tale
Over her 25-plus years as a filmmaker and photographer, Lauren Greenfield has returned to the themes of wealth culture, economic disparity, the life of children of wealthy families, eating disorders, definitions of […]
Review: The Personal Becomes Art in Fashion Doc McQueen
It seems as if we’re getting a documentary related to the fashion world about once every other week these days. The truth is, I’m truly enjoying the immersion into a world I […]
Screens Monthly: August 2018
Finally August. Summer is winding down and we’re one month closer to the best time of year: Fall Movie Season. As we await the awards bait and end-of-year blockbusters, there’s plenty still […]
Review: Dark Money Delves into the Scary Reality of Money in Politics
It seems like it has been a while since a really effective documentary has struck fear in me for the future of our country on an issue that, on the surface, should […]
Review: The King Will Have You Rethinking A Legend, and Perhaps Democracy Itself
Eugene Jarecki is a documentary filmmaker who’s never been afraid to go there, to ask the hard questions and investigate from every angle. His 2005 film Why We Fight, about America’s seemingly insatiable need to be […]
