Apollo 11: A Night to Remember (review)
Gives us the British-eye view on the momentous lunar mission, combining rare archival news footage from the BBC with 40-year-old tutorials from BBC science reporter James Burke…
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Outrage (review)
Some of the most vehemently anti-gay politicians at work in Washington DC and our state capitals are themselves gay. But they pretend not be.
Tyson (review)
James Toback’s talking-head documentary portrait of the man serves only to show us a reprehensible example of the worst of American manhood, and of American celebrity.
Smile Pinki (review)
If you could use some good news — and who couldn’t? — then you’ll want to see “Smile Pinki,” this year’s Oscar winner for Best Documentary Short debuting tonight on HBO at 7pm Eastern.
Earth (review)
It’s not that this lovely-to-look-at nature documentary is bad: it’s just that it’s completely redundant as a film. Adapted from the 11-part BBC nature series Planet Earth — which has been available on DVD for eons — it feels as truncated as it is, cut down in an unforgivable fashion from the grand, sweeping story … more…
Anvil! The Story of Anvil documentary review
I’m still not 100 percent convinced that this wonderfully bittersweet documentary isn’t entirely a put-on.
Waltz with Bashir (review)
More illustrated than animated, more *Maus* than Mouse…
Jurassic Fight Club: The Complete Season One (review)
Whoever came up with the idea for *Jurassic Fight Club* is a frakkin’ genius.
Dutch Junkies (review)
Two just-under-feature-length documentaries about the face of modern addiction.
Operation Valkyrie: The Stauffenberg Plot to Kill Hitler
So you’ve seen the Tom Cruise *Valkyrie* and you’re wondering, Is that how it actually went down? Turns out, pretty much.
