The reason I separate out documentaries into their own Best of the Year list is not because I feel they should be judged differently than feature films, but because I want to […]
2019 in Review: Best Documentary Films of the Year
Review: In The Kingmaker, Politics, Glamour, Corruption and the Woman at the Center of It All
Filmmaker Lauren Greenfield is used to working with subjects of a certain scale. Her 2012 documentary Queen of Versailles chronicles the building of what would be the country’s largest residential estate and […]
Dispatch: Selections from Chicago Int’l Film Festival’s First Weekend of Screenings
The 55th Chicago International Film Festival is officially underway, and with ten full days of screenings to go, there’s more to see than any one person could possibly make time for. Enter: […]
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 […]
