Edited, Written, & Directed by Eric Walter Produced by Andrea Adams, John R. Blythe & Walter Released by IFC Midnight USA. 98 min. Not rated At its heart, My Amityville Horror is about what happens to a normal person put through extraordinary, horrifying, and traumatic experiences, and how he comes out on the other side. […]
Produced & Directed by Mark Kitchell Written by Tom Turner Released by First Run Features USA. 114 min. Not rated Anyone up to speed with environmental history has read Aldo Leopold’s essay, within he describes killing a wolf and watching the “fierce green fire” fade from its eyes. This evocative and contemplative documentary, tracing the […]
Written and Directed by Gregory Marquette Produced by Walter T. Shaw Released by Freestyle Releasing Rated PG. 92 Minutes Philosopher Daniel C. Dennett once said, “There’s nothing I like less then bad arguments for a view I hold dear.” The same sort of logic can be applied to filmmakers, and documentarians, for sure. It’s not […]
Directed by Roberta Grossman Produced by Grossman, Sophie Sartain & Marta Kauffman Written by Sartain Released by International Film Circuit USA. 73 min. Not rated Hava Nagila (The Movie) entertainingly traces the origins of the ubiquitous song and how it became worldwide kitsch. The global popularity of the song is made abundantly clear, but most […]
Directed by Lori Silverbush & Kristi Jacobsen Produced by Silverbush, Jacobsen, Julie Goldman & Ryan Harrington Released by Magnolia Pictures USA. 84 min. Rated PG A Place at the Table updates the galvanizing 1968 TV documentary Hunger in America in a rambling grab bag overview, but makes convincing links to the causes of the much […]
Directed by Bill Jones, Jeff Simpson & Ben Timlett Written by Graham Chapman, David Sherlock, Douglas Addams, David Yallop & Alex Martin, based on the memoirs of Mr. Chapman Released by Epix/Brainstorm Media UK. 82 min. Rated R Featuring the voices of Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Jones, Terry Gilliam and Michael Palin, and with Carole […]
Released by ShortsHD/Magnolia Pictures Animated program: 40 min. Live-action program: 106 min. This year’s Academy Award nominees for short films are a mixed bag of veteran animators and talented newcomers. Each category has some clear standouts and a few duds. Want to know which shorts to pick to win this year’s Oscar pool? Animated One […]
Written & Directed by Dror Moreh Produced by Estelle Fialon, Moreh & Philippa Kowarsky Written by Moreh Released by Sony Pictures Classics Hebrew with English subtitles Israel/France/Germany Belgium. 97 min. Rated PG-13 The Gatekeepers thoughtfully examines the difficulties of protecting a democracy from internal enemies. While Americans are more familiar from movies and TV with […]
Directed by Neil Barsky Produced by Jenny Carchman Released by Zeitgeist Films USA. 95 min. Not Rated Koch breezily looks back at the rise of New York City’s three-term 1980’s mayor, with insider views of the political and economic crises he pulled the city through and the ones that finally brought him down, while following […]