I feel ashamed for underestimating the stimulating potential of one of the most prolific worldwide sensations. Baptist pulls out the seemingly indescribable feelings his subjects have for the camera and interprets them on the screen as one part cosmic and another part autobiographical.

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Blame smolders at the heart of The Rainbow Experiment, as Kallas challenges the audience to make assumptions and cast judgment.

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I met with director Morrisa Maltz on Friday, June 8, 2018, in Baltimore, to discuss her lovely documentary Ingrid, which I reviewed out of the 2018 Slamdance Film Festival. The movie tells the story of septuagenarian Ingrid Gipson, a once […]

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Funny Story has a lot to say about the bonds of parenthood and marriage, as well as the trust that is inherent in those relationships.

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Though Josh Polon's feature-documentary debut, MexMan, can occasionally seem a little too enamored of its main characters' bro culture, its central narrative always remains compelling.

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A lyrical, poetic ode to its subject, 74-year-old artist Ingrid Gipson, Ingrid transcends mere portraiture and involves the viewer in an act of cinematic intimacy that is as metaphysically profound as it is visually beautiful.

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Within the context of M/M, it is utterly inconceivable to distinguish between truth and fantasy.

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If you like observational documentaries, with no exposition or interviews to explain the story, you'll love Sunnyside.

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Thanks to Mr. Fish: Cartooning from the Deep End, the documentary debut of Pablo Bryant, we get to know the man and his cartoons in great depth.

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