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Some documentaries have such a dramatic subject, they don’t need any filmmaking bells or whistles. Such is the case with the new Netflix documentary ATHLETE A, directed by Bonni Cohen and Jon [...]

Jon Stewart is arguably the greatest political satirist of the last 20 years, so why does his new film IRRESISTIBLE feel like such a pulled punch? He’s in familiar territory, telling a story [...]

Trying to tell a single-setting story in real-time is asking for trouble. Such narrative handcuffs limit the arsenal of a filmmaker and the new Amazon release 7500 proves it. This story of a [...]

In any other week, the opening of Spike Lee’s new movie DA 5 BLOODS, about four African-American senior citizens who return to Viet Nam to retrieve a fellow soldier’s bones, would generate a ton [...]

Is the 1995 Paul Verhoeven film SHOWGIRLS worthy of a deep dive of analysis? Is it worthy of a 92-minute documentary, one that doesn’t include a single new on-camera interview with any of the [...]

It seemed almost fitting that MRS. AMERICA, the FX/Hulu miniseries about the struggle to pass the Equal Rights Amendment during the ’70s, should conclude its run in the week that saw our nation [...]