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Tag Archives: Documentary
Spaceship Earth (2020) ☆☆☆(3/4): Behind Biosphere 2
Matt Wolf’s documentary film “Spaceship Earth” presents a fascinating story behind Biosphere 2, an American Earth system science research facility located in Oracle, Arizona. The documentary is often amusing during its first half as delving into an interesting tale surrounding … Continue reading
Rewind (2019) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4): Rewinding to the abuse in his past
Sasha Joseph Neulinger’s first feature documentary film “Rewind” is often uncomfortable and disturbing to watch for good reasons. Calmly digging into his traumatic childhood past via a series of old home video clips shot around that terrible period, the documentary … Continue reading
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Tagged Documentary, Family, Filmmaker, Real-life figure, Real-life story, sexual abuse
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City Hall (2020) ☆☆☆☆(4/4): Of a city and its government
I must confess that I cannot help but become very, very, very nervous whenever I have to watch and review the latest work from Frederick Wiseman, a great documentary filmmaker who has never stopped in his long, illustrious career although … Continue reading
The Way I See It (2020) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4): The way he photographed the Obama Presidency
Dawn Porter’s documentary film “The Way I See It” looks deep into those memorable still photographs shot during the Obama Presidency via one ordinary professional responsible for them. Yes, he was simply doing his job as required during that time, … Continue reading
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Tagged Documentary, Photographer, Real-life figure, The White House
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Psychomagic, A Healing Art (2019) ☆☆1/2(2.5/4): Psychomagic presented by Jodorowsky
When I heard for the first time about Alejandro Jodorowsky’s unorthodox therapy approach called ‘Psychomagic’, I simply regarded it as a merely interesting artistic element to mention in my reviews on his films. According to Jodorowsky himself, Psychomagic, which is … Continue reading
The Final Year (2017) ☆☆☆(3/4): The final year of the Obama administration
It is hard for me not to become nostalgic while watching Greg Barker’s documentary film “The Final Year”, which closely looks into the inner workings of the Obama administration during its final year. At that time, many of us were … Continue reading
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Tagged Documentary, Politician, Politics, Real-life figure, Real-life story, The White House
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Bruce Springsteen’s Letter to You (2020) ☆☆☆(3/4): As he records with his colleagues
Documentary film “Bruce Springsteen’s Letter to You”, which came out shortly before his twentieth studio album of the same name was released in last month, gives us a close look on the artistic process of Springsteen and his regular backing … Continue reading
Slay the Dragon (2019) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4): American citizens against gerrymandering
I remember well when I heard about gerrymandering for the first time. On one day in 1991, I was going through the third year of my elementary school education, and I and other students of my class were studying elementary … Continue reading
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Tagged Documentary, Gerrymandering, Politics, Real-life figure, Real-life story
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The Perfect Weapon (2020) ☆☆☆(3/4): It has already been started
HBO documentary film “The Perfect Weapon” gives us a very urgent message on certain very dark sides of our ongoing cyber age. As our digital technology is more advanced day by day, our human society have come to depend more … Continue reading
Time (2020) ☆☆☆1/2(3.5/4): Her time without her husband
Documentary film “Time”, which was released on Amazon Prime several days ago, gives us a somber but powerful presentation of the personal reflections from one seemingly ordinary but remarkably resilient American woman. As freely alternating between her past and present, … Continue reading
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