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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Conan O’Brien Can’t Stop (Blu-ray Review) 7 Sep, 2011
What we have here is a portrait of a man who yearns for the cheers of the crowd, and will do...More>>
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American Family: Anniversary Edition, An (DVD Review) 5 Sep, 2011
By far the biggest wavemaker PBS had ever had up to that time (if not still), 1973’s 'An American...More>>
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Battle for Marjah, The (Blu-ray Review) 1 Sep, 2011
The HBO documentary 'The Battle for Marjah' depicts the February 2010 mission to push entrenched...More>>
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Cameraman: The Life & Work of Jack Cardiff (Blu-ray Review) 22 Aug, 2011
It’s almost inconceivable that anyone could ever demur from the widely held assertion that Jack...More>>
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King George VI: The Man Behind The King’s Speech (DVD Review) 20 Aug, 2011
This companion to Oscar-winner 'The King's Speech' is a nicely assembled compilation of pundit...More>>
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Remembering 9/11 (DVD Review) 16 Aug, 2011
'Remembering 9/11' is hardly one of the more groundbreaking documentaries in that regard, but...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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