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Hey Boo: Harper Lee and To Kill a Mockingbird (DVD Review)   25 Jul, 2011

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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