Reviews on documentaries new to DVD.
Writer-director Mary Murphy’s appreciation of all things 'Mockingbird' has to be the most...More>>
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Exporting Raymond (Blu-ray Review) 26 Jul, 2011
Countless American television shows have enjoyed success overseas, after a little bit of tweaking,...More>>
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Death of Andy Kaufman, The (DVD Review) 24 Jul, 2011
Fascination over the career of Andy Kaufman has barely waned in the decades since his untimely...More>>
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Dumbstruck (DVD Review) 23 Jul, 2011
A study of ventriloquism, 'Dumbstruck' works not because of its subject, but its people.More>>
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Phil Ochs: There But for Fortune (DVD Review) 18 Jul, 2011
The shadow of Bob Dylan hangs over this portrait some, just as it hung over Phil Ochs’ career (a...More>>
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POM Wonderful Presents: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold (Blu-ray Review) 17 Jul, 2011
The product placement within the movie about product placement make 'The Greatest Movie Ever Sold'...More>>
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Frontline: Football High (DVD Review) 11 Jul, 2011
Broadly speaking, director Rachel Dretzin’s reportage deals with the ways in which successful...More>>
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Sound of Insects, The (DVD Review) 10 Jul, 2011
In numbing docu-drama 'The Sound of Insects,' Swiss director Peter Liechti presents a story arc...More>>
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Looking for Sophia (DVD Review) 5 Jul, 2011
'Looking for Sophia' is engaging, as it explores Sophia Loren’s philosophy on life as well as her...More>>
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Making of the President: The 1960s, The (DVD Review) 4 Jul, 2011
If the three TV documentaries respectively spun off from Theodore H. White’s political...More>>
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Bad Blood: A Cautionary Tale (DVD Review) 27 Jun, 2011
The lines of personal and clinical filmmaking intersect to maximum power in a landmark story of how...More>>
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BLAST! (DVD Review) 24 Jun, 2011
Filmmaker Paul Devlin’s latest documentary, 'BLAST!,' chronicles a team of scientists trying to...More>>
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Orgasm Inc. (DVD Review) 20 Jun, 2011
Documentary filmmaker Liz Canner casts a wary eye on scientific attempts to develop a kind of...More>>
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When It Was a Game: The Complete Collection (Blu-ray Review) 13 Jun, 2011
Originally aired over a decade as three separate hour-long documentaries, the shows are packed with...More>>
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Henri-Georges Clouzot’s Inferno (DVD Review) 6 Jun, 2011
'Henri-Georges Clouzot’s Inferno' is definitely special for sure with its almost foolproof...More>>
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Bhutto (DVD Review) 26 May, 2011
If ‘Bhutto’ doesn’t quite feel rounded, it is compelling all the way — and it would be even...More>>
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ESPN Films '30 for 30' Gift Set Vol. 2 (DVD Review) 14 May, 2011
If anything, ESPN’s series of “30 for 30” documentaries have proven invaluable in...More>>
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Freedom Riders (DVD Review) 8 May, 2011
This installment in PBS’ “American Experience” series details the 1961 Freedom Rides, which...More>>
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Julian Assange: Modern Day Hero? — Inside the World of Wikileaks (DVD Review) 30 Apr, 2011
The program isn’t as much a documentary as it is a database of Julian Assange footage, divided...More>>
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American Experience: Stonewall Uprising (DVD Review) 25 Apr, 2011
Though the folkloric reaction to 1969’s famed NYPD’s Stonewall Inn bust has often been termed...More>>
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