‘The Trial of Mike Diana’ Is the Frighteningly True Story of an Obscenity Conviction
The man behind ‘Frankenhooker’ needs your help creating something far more serious (but just as ridiculous).The story of Mike Diana… Read More
November 5, 2016
Documentary
The Oscars Could Better Honor Foreign, Documentary, and Animated Features
Let’s prove the movies aren’t dead by recognizing more of them.Fire at Sea (Kino Lorber)This week is a big one for documentary… Read More
November 1, 2016
For Our Consideration: The Best Uses of Preexisting Music in Movies This Year
Awards RejectsListen all y’all, it’s “Sabotage” for the win.Every year, the Academy Awards honor the best original song in a movie,… Read More
October 18, 2016
How Documentaries Finally Got Serious About Oscar Season
More and more contenders are showing up late in the game.Filmmaker Ava DuVernay with Newt Gingrich during the making of ‘13th’… Read More
October 11, 2016
Ava DuVernay’s 13th and the Importance of Telling True Stories
In this essay from 2016, Paola Mardo explores the importance of telling true stories as Ava DuVernay did with her… Read More
October 4, 2016
‘Amanda Knox’ Puts Its Subject on the Stand
The true-crime documentary serves as another kind of retrial. Read More
October 4, 2016
13th Review: Ava DuVernay’s Powerful and Timely New Film
Ava DuVernay’s 13th is Powerful and TimelyAngry and urgent, DuVernay’s unflinching study of the mass incarceration of Black people in the… Read More
September 30, 2016
Morgan Spurlock’s New Movie Will Make You Hate Rats and Love All Kinds of People
Rats is a Midnight Movie combining documentary and horror.Morgan Spurlock has turned us off from food before. His breakout feature, the… Read More
September 23, 2016
When Movies Get a Second Chance
The Oscars and the Emmys overlap in a strange way.Congratulations to Cutie and the Boxer, one of my favorite films of… Read More
September 23, 2016