Documentary

Kid 90 ?Directed by Soleil Moon Frye? The review: A slight documentary, and your interest will vary depending on your exposure to the kid actors who populated your 80s and 90s television and [...]

21 Years: Richard Linklater Directed by Michael Dunaway and Tara Wood The review: A lovefest about the first segment of Richard Linklater’s career which takes us through the Before movies, but [...]

Half the Picture Directed by Amy Adrion The review: The talking heads in this movie are all women* and all are talking about how hard it is to get a job as a director in Hollywood. Various areas [...]

Catfish Directed by Henry Joost, Ariel Shulman Pre-review note: some people have questioned if this is a documentary or a pseudo-documentary. I’m in the camp of: Really Happened But Also [...]

We Are Freestyle Love Supreme Directed by Andrew FriedWritten by Brian Anton, Peter Curtis The review: The main draw to this documentary is to see Lin-Manuel Miranda in 2005, back before he was [...]

Athlete A Directed by Bonni Cohen, Jon Shenk The review: The rise of the tiny gymnast has run parallel to my time on earth, and I’ve kept tabs from on the Olympic branch of the sport since the [...]

13th Directed by Ava DuVernayWritten by Spenser Averick, Ava DuVernay The review: DuVernay lays out a convincing case that exploitation of a phrase in the amendment that abolished slavery (except [...]

Becoming Directed by Nadia Hallgren The review Nadia Hallgren takes us along on Michelle Obama’s book tour in Becoming, a movie that is both a nostalgic trip back to 2008–2016 and an illustration [...]