Review: ‘Science Fair’

Science Fair (USA, 90 min.) Dir. Christina Costantini, Darren Foster Science Fair is cute, fun, and inspiring, but let’s not kid ourselves: we’ve seen this documentary a million times before. It’s Spellbound with the periodic

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Director Tom Volf discusses his archival portrait of opera icon Maria Callas, which tells her own story in her own words through a meticulously researched, restored, and constructed tapestry of life her,

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Review: ‘Regarding Gravity’

Regarding Gravity (Qu’importe la gravité) (Canada, 79 min.) Dir. Matthieu Brouillard There are moments that make people feel like they can fly. These episodes are sometimes called sparks of inspiration. In other cases,

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Review: ‘Restoring Tomorrow’

Restoring Tomorrow (USA, 82 min.) Dir. Aaron Wolf Director Aaron Wolf takes his camera along a spiritual and cinematic pilgrimage in Restoring Tomorrow. The director explores the USA’s crisis of faith by chronicling

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Review: ‘Matangi/Maya/M.I.A.’

Matangi/Maya/M.I.A. (USA/UK, 96 min.) Dir. Steve Loveridge Who knew M.I.A. originally wanted to be a documentary filmmaker? Thank goodness the British-Sri Lankan rapper (née Mathangi Arulpragasam) had a fascination with video cameras,

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Review: ‘Minding the Gap’

Minding the Gap (USA, 100 min.) Dir. Bing Liu Kartemquin Films has enjoyed a long history as one of the benchmark homes for socially conscious documentaries about everyday Americans. That tradition for

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