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’Til Kingdom Come documentary review: the people trying to usher in the Biblical end times

Sun, Feb 28, 2021
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A deep dive into US evangelical Christians teaming up with Israeli charities in an absolutely terrifying unholy alliance that has geopolitical implications that should worry everyone, believer or not.

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Assassins documentary review: when a murder is not a murder

Fri, Jan 29, 2021
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The story of the women duped into *checks notes* killing Kim Jong-un’s brother is more bonkers — and sad, and gripping — than we’ve heard. Utterly fascinating; the stuff of a Hollywood thriller.

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MLK/FBI documentary review: suppressing dissent, American style

Thu, Jan 21, 2021
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Beautiful in its style, enraging in its substance, this skewering of the FBI’s surveillance of the civil-rights icon is essential for understanding the near-term roots of white supremacy in America.

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African Apocalypse documentary review: Black perspectives matter (LFF 2020)

Fri, Oct 30, 2020
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In an intimate yet shattering documentary, Black British activist Femi Nylander searches for “the imperial history they didn’t teach at school,” and finds it. Heartbreaking, provocative, illuminating.

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Borat Subsequent Moviefilm movie review: punching way the hell up

Thu, Oct 22, 2020
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A work of breathtaking audacity. This is as perilous as comedy gets, and it’s very, very funny, often shockingly so. Sacha Baron Cohen’s scathing cultural strikes land like extinction-level asteroids.

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Totally Under Control documentary review: detailing Trump’s coronavirus catastrophe

Thu, Oct 15, 2020
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If you’ve been paying attention, not much is surprising in muckraker Alex Gibney’s timeline-driven rundown of Trump’s COVID crimes. But there is immense value in seeing it all laid out so clearly.

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All In: The Fight for Democracy documentary review: the pushback against voter suppression

Fri, Oct 02, 2020
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Enlightening, enraging history of all the ways in which the United States has tried to bar citizens from voting, plus a primer on what Americans can do right now to ensure that our voices are heard.

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#Unfit: The Psychology of Donald Trump documentary review: science backs up the horror we can all plainly see

Thu, Sep 03, 2020
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Mental-health professionals, bound by ethics to point out danger, discuss how President Donald Trump is uniquely dangerous, a literal menace to society. Nay, not “discuss”: they are screaming it.

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Starting at Zero: Reimagining Education in America documentary review: brave new day care?

Fri, Aug 14, 2020
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Is this a documentary about quality day care for the smallest kids, or a slick PowerPoint presentation for policy wonks about the economic need to churn out cooperative corporate cogs from babyhood?

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John Lewis: Good Trouble documentary review: how to bend the arc of history

Mon, Jul 20, 2020
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Essential portrait of the US Congressman and civil-rights activist, for its lessons in the power of passive resistance to injustice, and its underscoring of how America has regressed in recent years.

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