All posts tagged "Documentary"
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Jim Batts | November 4, 2015
SLIFF 2015 Review – 3 1/2 MINUTES, TEN BULLETS
This award-winning documentary focuses on an issue still making headlines and filling up hours on the TV news....
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Jim Batts | October 9, 2015
DRUNK STONED BRILLIANT DEAD – The Review
Attention comedy geeks everywhere! To paraphrase a literary classic, this new documentary feature lets us all “look back...
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Travis Keune | October 2, 2015
FINDERS KEEPERS (2015) – The Review
How can anyone argue with the rules of our childhood? Finder’s keepers is as sacred an adolescent law...
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Travis Keune | September 24, 2015
A BRAVE HEART: THE LIZZIE VELASQUEZ STORY – The Review
Life is hard. Just speaking in general terms, the daily grind of modern life takes a toll on...
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Jim Batts | September 3, 2015
LISTEN TO ME MARLON – The Review
This year has already seen several extraordinary feature-length documentaries, many of which were pulled from the popular arts....
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Travis Keune | August 7, 2015
CALL ME LUCKY – The Review
“Barry Crimmins is pissed.” That one, simple line does sum up the film rather well, but it doesn’t...
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Travis Keune | August 2, 2015
A LEGO BRICKUMENTARY – The Review
Few things are as exhilarating to witness as the unbridled passion and joy that builders put into their...
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Travis Keune | July 16, 2015
CARTEL LAND – The Review
In the Midwest, we are aware of the illegal immigrant issues. We see it and live among it...
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Travis Keune | May 21, 2015
WINNING: THE RACING LIFE OF PAUL NEWMAN – The Review
I’m not normally the type to voluntarily offer up my time to watch sports documentaries, but WINNING:THE RACING...
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Jim Batts | May 14, 2015
I AM BIG BIRD: THE CAROLL SPINNEY STORY – The Review
If you were to compile a list of iconic children’s TV characters, who would occupy a slot near...
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Jim Batts | May 7, 2015
LAMBERT & STAMP – The Review
And now for yet another documentary feature set in the world of art. Nope, we’re not following another globe-trotting...
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Jim Batts | May 7, 2015
THE SALT OF THE EARTH – The Review
Last year’s bumper crop of engrossing art documentary feature films included one set in the world of photography...
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Michael Haffner | April 9, 2015
SEYMOUR: AN INTRODUCTION – The Review
You might assume that music takes center stage given the subject of SEYMOUR, but Ethan Hawke’s look at...
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Jim Batts | April 9, 2015
MERCHANTS OF DOUBT – The Review
In order to cover every big story, the big 24 hour cable news networks need to find experts...
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Travis Keune | March 27, 2015
DELI MAN – The Review
DELI MAN is not a movie about food. On the surface, it appears to be a documentary about...
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Jim Batts | February 26, 2015
BALLET 422 – The Review
Last year proved to be an extraordinary one for feature-length documentaries about art and artists. 2014 saw the release...
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Jim Batts | November 16, 2014
SLIFF 2014 Review – THE KINGDOM OF DREAMS AND MADNESS
THE KINGDOM OF DREAMS AND MADNESS screens on Tuesday, November 18 at 7:30 PM at Webster University’s Winifred...
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Jim Batts | November 13, 2014
SLIFF 2014 Review – THE WINDING STREAM
THE WINDING STREAM screens as part of the 23rd Annual Whitaker St. Louis International Film Festival on Saturday,...