Reviews of DVDs and Blu-ray Discs from First Run Features.
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Hot Type: 150 Years of 'The Nation' (DVD Review) 24 Oct, 2016
Filmmaker Barbara Kopple’s portrait of spiritually old-school stalwarts laboring in the digital...More>>
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Nelson Algren: The End Is Nothing, the Road Is All (DVD Review) 21 Mar, 2016
Three directors are credited to this documentary about author Nelson Algren, which, though filmed...More>>
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Top Spin (DVD Review) 9 Dec, 2015
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Smiling Through the Apocalypse (DVD Review) 15 Jun, 2015
As heydays go, you couldn’t beat 'Esquire' in that counterculture decade, and the Southern...More>>
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Population Boom (DVD Review) 21 Apr, 2015
In this eye-opening documentary, director Werner Boote investigates the supposition that...More>>
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Casting By (DVD Review) 15 Sep, 2014
This irresistible documentary primarily concerned with the late Marion Dougherty includes anecdotes...More>>
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Top Hat & Tales: Harold Ross and the Making of ‘The New Yorker’ (DVD Review) 30 Jun, 2014
Released a year apart, the bio-docs 'Top Hat & Tales' and 'James Thurber: The Life and Hard Times'...More>>
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James Thurber: The Life and Hard Times (DVD Review) 30 Jun, 2014
Released a year apart, the bio-docs 'James Thurber: The Life and Hard Times' and 'Top Hat & Tales'...More>>
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God Loves Uganda (DVD Review) 21 May, 2014
Through interviews and hidden camera footage, 'God Loves Uganda' deftly reveals — in part, by...More>>
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Rising From Ashes (DVD Review) 8 Dec, 2013
Documentary 'Rising From Ashes' is more than a glimpse of Rwanda 12 years after conflict between...More>>
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Girl & a Gun, A DVD Review 12 Oct, 2013
Director Cathryne Czubek wisely avoids the issue of gun control, focusing instead on seemingly...More>>
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Triumph of the Wall (DVD Review) 29 Sep, 2013
To some, watching a documentary about a guy building a 1,000-foot stone wall by hand using only...More>>
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Bert Stern: Original Mad Man (DVD Review) 22 Jul, 2013
After a year-and-a-half of hopping around from festival to festival, writer-director Shannah...More>>
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56 Up (DVD Review) 13 Jul, 2013
It’s easy to see how viewers develop a certain fondness for these people with whom they have seen...More>>
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Erroll Garner: No One Can Hear You Read (DVD Review) 15 Apr, 2013
Director Atticus Brady’s documentary about pianist Erroll Garner crams a lot into a compact...More>>
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Girl Model (DVD Review) 12 Jan, 2013
Making it in the world of modeling is akin to catching lightning in a bottle. (Prebook 1/15/13;...More>>
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Nobody Else But You (DVD Review) 13 Oct, 2012
'Nobody Else But You' keeps viewers engaged until the end with humor and compelling performances....More>>
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Pink Ribbons, Inc. (DVD Review) 23 Sep, 2012
'Pink Ribbons, Inc.' is an honest, arresting look at the cause marketing campaigns for breast...More>>
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Never Stand Still: Dancing at Jacob’s Pillow (DVD Review) 15 Jul, 2012
'Never Stand Still' is a 74-minute masterpiece, part history lesson, part performance art about the...More>>
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Windfall (DVD Review) 31 May, 2012
The documentary 'Windfall' tells the story of how a town was divided when certain residents put...More>>
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