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About Phil Guie

Phil Guie first began writing about movies while working as an editor for The Queens Ledger and Brooklyn Downtown Star. His film reviews, interviews, and feature articles have appeared both in print and online. He has been writing at Film Forward since 2016.

The Unafraid | Human Rights Watch

The involving documentary follows three young people who arrived in the country as children with parents who are undocumented immigrants.

By |June 19th, 2018|Festivals|0 Comments

Charm City | Human Rights Watch Film Festival

Director Marilyn Ness focuses on how real people on the ground are striving to hold Baltimore together.

By |June 17th, 2018|Festivals|0 Comments

Summer 1993

A richly observed, emotionally resonant drama told from the perspective of a six-year-old girl who has just lost her mother.

By |May 28th, 2018|Top Picks|0 Comments

Saving Brinton

An Iowa farmer almost miraculously saves a large chunk of silent film history.

By |May 26th, 2018|Documentary, Film History|0 Comments

Filmworker

The complicated professional relationship between Stanley Kubrick and his right-hand man, Leon Vitali.

By |May 22nd, 2018|Documentary, Film History|0 Comments

Coming to My Senses

Aaron Baker, a motocross athlete, learns to walk again—and cross Death Valley—after an accident leaves him paralyzed.

By |May 22nd, 2018|Documentary, DVD/Streaming/On Demand|0 Comments

Netizens | Tribeca 2018

The extremity of online harassment and three women who have endured it.

By |April 26th, 2018|Documentary, Festivals|0 Comments

Island of the Hungry Ghosts | Tribeca 2018

This haunting documentary starts off with a scream and ends with defeated silence.

By |April 26th, 2018|Documentary, Festivals|0 Comments

When Lambs Become Lions

A documentary on the illegal poaching trade in northern Kenya centers on two men who hunt and slaughter elephants for ivory and a lawman sworn to arrest perpetrators like them.

By |April 25th, 2018|Documentary, Festivals|0 Comments