Dina (2017)
“That’s what friends are for; to help each other.” Dina Buno has never met a stranger. She chats with whomever happens to be sitting next to her on the bus, tries […]
Category Archives: Documentary
Newtown (2016)
“It’s very different life now.” A hidden portion of my INFJ wardrobe irrationally chooses to wear raw emotions for only the most deserving of occasions. Which explains why I was so surprised to […]
One More Time with Feeling (2016)
“But what happens when an event occurs that is so catastrophic that you just change?” What painful, earth-shattering ramifications are born from the loss of a loved one? And in the essential […]
Tower (2016)
“It was just a whole different world.” Not only do history books serve as a memory bank and an archive of the past, but more often than not they also […]
13th (2016)
“The objective reality is that virtually no one who is white understands the challenge of being black in America.” In this surprise documentary from Ava DuVernay – literally, it arrived out […]
Life, Animated (2016)
“All of a sudden, at 3 years-old, Owen vanishes.” We all want to be understood. That doesn’t necessarily mean we agree on every topic, let alone very many at all. […]
Lo and Behold, Reveries of the Connected World (2016)
“How do we keep it running? How do we guard it?” Few filmmakers, or even just modern artists – to my knowledge – wax poetic quite like Werner Herzog. He […]
The Top 50 Films of 2015
Now that the 2015 calendar is long since in the rearview, I’ve been able to catch up on the rest of my extensive must-see list for the year. Granted, although […]
The 2016 Academy Awards: Predictions and Thoughts
It’s important to know while watching the Oscars that the nominees and the winners don’t necessarily represent the best of 2015. In fact, as I finish my Top 50 list […]
The Look of Silence (2015)
“How do you feel living surrounded by your son’s killers?” The Look of Silence, part two of Joshua Oppenheimer’s groundbreaking diptych covering the 1965-66 Indonesian genocide, should and hopefully will go […]
