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 […]
Tag 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 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 […]
Listen to Me Marlon (2015)
“The face can hide many things.” Marlon Brando was meant to be an actor. Some might even suggest a higher calling steered him in the direction. Either way, his devilish […]
Call Me Lucky (2015)
“I remember not really getting the depth of what Barry had been through.” One of the greatest strengths of documentary filmmaking, and perhaps the most important, is the medium’s intuitive […]
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