“Daughters” Rises To the Top of 2024 Documentaries
AUGUST 14, 2024 The sight of a father clasping his daughter’s hand and sharing a moment on the dance floor can touch even the hardest of hearts. Whether it’s at…
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The Top 10 Oscar Contenders For Best Documentary Feature Film (and Where to Find Them)
JANUARY 19, 2021 Unlike the race for Best International Film, where many of the leading contenders are difficult to locate and screen, the nomination contest for Best Documentary Feature…
Alfre Woodard is a Powerhouse in the Thought-Provoking Prison Drama, “Clemency”
DECEMBER 31, 2019 If the Michael B. Jordan-starring film “Just Mercy” is a glorification of how well the criminal justice system can work, Chinonye Chukwu’s film “Clemency” is just…
“The Mustang” Is More Than Just Another Hardened-Convict-and-His-Horse Movie
APRIL 9, 2019 Let’s lower expectations here. “The Mustang” is a very very good movie, but it’s a very simple movie. Directed by French actress Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre, “The…
“The Stanford Prison Experiment”: A Terrific Premise Undone by a Lack of Focus
JULY 22, 2015 In 1971, Stanford University psychology professor Philip Zimbardo set out to discover whether the cause of prison violence between guards and inmates rests not in outside forces…
