Articles – Film Reviews
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‘Ferrante Fever’ Celebrates the Polkaroo of Literature
There’s a great film to be made about Elena Ferrante, her work, and the implications of her anomalous fame, but Ferrante Fever isn’t it.
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‘Never-Ending Man’ Goes Inside a Master’s Mind
Doc observes animator Hayao Miyazaki in “retirement.”
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Watergate: “Never Be Petty”
Charles Ferguson revisits Watergate for the Trump era
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The Personal is Political in ‘Of Love & Law’
Award winner Of Love & Law screens at the Toronto Japanese Film Fest June 15.
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Martin Scorsese’s ‘Rolling Thunder Revue’ is the ‘Seinfeld’ of Documentaries
Martin Scorsese’s Bob Dylan doc Rolling Thunder Revue is one of his best docs.
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‘Echo in the Canyon’: The Babies Go Boom
Featuring a buy-it-the-minute-you-hear-it soundtrack, Echo in the Canyon looks at music that will endure for generations.
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‘Pavarotti’ Is a Work For Hire Doc - And That’s Just Fine
Ron Howard’s doc is a conventional, if enjoyable, portrait of the late opera star Luciano Pavarotti.
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‘Forman vs. Forman’ Celebrates an Iconoclastic Director
Doc is a primer on the career of filmmaker Miloš Forman, director of Amadeus and One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest.
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‘Making Waves’ a Sound Appreciation of Cinematic Craft
Midge Costin’s documentary explores the art of cinematic sound.
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‘Ice On Fire’: An Eco Doc That Gives Scientists Their Due
Narrated by Leonardo DiCaprio, Leila Connors’ Ice on Fire focuses on something far too often overlooked: the scientists themselves.
