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in Reviews, TV ReviewsTV Review: Netflix Provides ‘Night Stalker’ Victims a Voice, Investigates a Deranged Mind
If you’re a fan of true crime like I am, there are numerous resources for you to get your fix. Podcasts, movies, television series; whatever way you prefer to learn about heinous crimes, there’s an outlet for it. One of the most reliable places to find pieces revolving around true crime is Netflix. Over the […] More
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Interview: Dawn Porter Talks ‘John Lewis: Good Trouble’ and ‘The Way I See It’
There’s no other way to put it…Dawn Porter had a hell of a year. The documentary filmmaker saw in 2020 the release of not just John Lewis: Good Trouble, but also The Way I See It. The former obviously looked at the late, great, Congressman and Civil Rights activist John Lewis, while the latter focused […] More
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Awards Radar Best of 2020: Top Ten Documentaries of the Year
Documentary aficionados perhaps make this claim every year, but 2020 truly felt like a standout year for non-fiction filmmaking. As the COVID-19 pandemic shuttered theaters worldwide and the blockbuster films that pack them, documentaries were able to shine brighter than ever before. And in this historic year of social and political change, documentaries complimented the […] More
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Film Review: ‘Folklore: The Long Pond Studio Sessions’ Captures Taylor Swift at the Height of her Comfort and Powers
While Bruce Springsteen holds a singular place in my heart, the music of Taylor Swift is not far behind. At the same time, Swift the person isn’t someone I’m as well-versed on, so this year’s peeks behind the curtain have been fairly revelatory. Miss Americana earlier on 2020 showcased Swift taking back the narrative about […] More
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Film Review: A “Standardized” Test, and a Nation, Exposed in ‘The Test & The Art of Thinking’
In this well-researched, compelling, and surprisingly human documentary The Test & The Art of Thinking, filmmaker Michael Arlen Davis takes on a Goliath of the education world: the SAT. The primary question Davis’s film aims to explore is the usefulness and validity of a test that has taken such a prominent place in American educational […] More
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Film Review: ‘The Orange Years: The Nickelodeon Story’ is a Blast of Nostalgia
Nickelodeon was a staple of my childhood. The channel not only was meant for kids, but also put out some of the most unique content out there. Who doesn’t remember game shows like Double Dare or narratives like Are You Afraid of the Dark? or Clarissa Explain It All. Then, there’s the animation, including, but […] More
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DOC NYC Review: ‘Television Event’ Details a Small-Screen Attempt to Change the World
Here in 2020, the idea that any bit of entertainment could capture the entire American viewing audience is laughable. We’re not only too segmented a society, we have so many options for what we choose to consume. The days of 100 million people watching anything are gone. A fraction of that is a smash hit. […] More
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DOC NYC Film Review: ‘Collective’ Heroically Investigates a Shocking Corruption Scandal
As its sobering prologue explains, Alexander Nanau’s amazing new documentary Collective centers on a horrific tragedy that occured in Romania in 2015. During a concert at a Bucharest nightclub called Collectiv, a fire broke out that killed 27 people and injured another 180. The cause of the fatalities was later determined to be the lack […] More
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Film Review: ‘Maybe Next Year’ Chronicles a Super Season for Philadelphia Eagles Fans
Being a sports fan is a case of agony and ecstasy. Agony when your team falls in defeat. Ecstasy when victory is at hand. Some teams experience the former far more than the latter. In the case of the Philadelphia Eagles, it’s a weird limbo, where they’d often be good, but never good enough to […] More
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NEON Makes the Documentary ‘Totally Under Control’ Free Until Election Day
NEON is taking an unprecedented step to expand awareness about the United States federal government’s mishandling of the biggest health crisis to hit this country in a century by allowing everyone to watch their critically-acclaimed documentary, Totally Under Control, for free from today until Election Day, Tuesday, November 3. Oscar-winning documentarian Alex Gibney, who co-directed the film […] More
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A ‘Barefoot’ Journey For A Better World
(This article was previously published on our sister site ScreenRadar.com). On Oct 14, 2016, Mark Baumer started a barefoot walk across the country; a one-man mission to bring attention to climate change. Mark never made it across the country. 100 days later, that mission and his life came to an end. Yet his journey carries on in the […] More
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in Editor, Interviews
Interview: Thom Zimny Discusses Two Decades Working With Bruce Springsteen
For the past twenty years, Thom Zimny has led a life many can only dream about. Not only has he gotten to work in the film industry, but he’s done it while frequently collaborating with none other than Bruce Springsteen. The editor turned filmmaker has most recently developed an even closer working relationship with The […] More
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