Author: Nonfics
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Six Picks With Michael McKean: Documentary Recommendations From a Mockumentary Legend
Sony Pictures Classics Actor, writer, musician, comedian – Michael McKean seems to have done it all over his extensive career. From his early work in television,…
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Watch ‘Into the Arms of Strangers’ With Your Kids After You Take Them to ‘The Boxtrolls’
Sabine Films This is another Doc Option that requires a “yes I’m serious” disclaimer. How, you may ask, can a documentary about a WWII-era social…
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7 Documentaries That Give the Finger to the Art World
Producers Distribution Agency Documentary cinema has a lot of stories about the art world. It’s not surprising, really. Readings or lectures about art can be…
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Watch ‘The Flat’ Instead of ‘This Is Where I Leave You’
Watch ‘The Flat’ Instead of ‘This Is Where I Leave You’ IFC Films If you are in the mood to see a film about a Jewish…
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The 6 Best Documentaries of the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival
Toronto International Film Festival Given the enormity of the festival, with all its glitz and glamour and galas, it’s sometimes easy to forget that the Toronto…
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The Doc Option: Watch ‘The Cove’ Instead of ‘Dolphin Tale 2’
Lionsgate The first Dolphin Tale got surprisingly strong reviews for an innocuous family flick. While as of yet there is no verdict in for the…
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10 Necessary Documentaries About Funny People
IFC Films When Joan Rivers died last week, a common refrain resounded throughout the movie sphere of Twitter: “Watch Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work.”…
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The Doc Option: Watch ‘The Killing of America’ Instead of ‘Sin City: A Dame to Kill For’
Filmlink Corporation/Towa Productions/Fantasia Film Festival Sin City: A Dame to Kill For is a fake of a movie. It is a concretion of film noir tropes…
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The Doc Option: Watch ‘Let the Fire Burn’ Instead of ‘Let’s Be Cops’
Zeitgeist Films A few days ago, a police officer shot and killed Michael Brown, a black teenager in Ferguson, Missouri. He was unarmed, his apparent…