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Little Girl (Petite Fille) documentary review: what little girls are made of (EIFF 2020)

Thu, Jul 09, 2020
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Lovely verité documentary about eight-year-old Sasha, who was born into a boy’s body but is definitely a girl. An inspiring portrait of someone asking for so little: to be accepted for who she is.

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Anthropocene: The Human Epoch documentary review: the destruction of our planet, in pictures (EIFF 2020)

Mon, Jul 06, 2020
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Astonishing: sometimes oddly beautiful but mostly like sci-fi horror. An anti-meditation nightmare, a call to arms if only we were ready to finally address our thoughtless impact on planet Earth.

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Disclosure documentary review: what the sorry state of trans representation onscreen means for everyone

Sat, Jul 04, 2020
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Terrific doc unpacks trans representation in Hollywood, unspoken attitudes about gender, sexuality, and race that most people, trans and cis, may never have clocked before… ideas that affect us all.

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Family Romance, LLC. movie review: coming to your emotional rescue

Fri, Jul 03, 2020
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A marvelously strange and perplexing meta meditation on human connection and ritual, on fact and fiction, on emotional truth. An existential cinematic rabbit hole as only Werner Herzog can deliver.

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To Kid or Not to Kid and Seahorse: The Dad Who Gave Birth documentaries review: childfree or child-bound?

Wed, Jul 01, 2020
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Two intimate documentaries about atypical paths to parenthood — or not — invite us to re-evaluate our assumptions, expand our thinking, and be more accommodating of the full spectrum of humanity.

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2040 documentary review: can we remake the world in 20 years? (spoiler: yes)

Mon, Jun 08, 2020
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A dash of eco-optimism to counter global-warming doom and gloom. Gameau is an enormously engaging fact-based dreamer offering a much-needed mindset refresh and proactive actions we can engage in now.

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13th documentary review: American slavery never ended; here are the receipts

Sun, Jun 07, 2020
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Brutal, necessary watch for all who want to understand why America operates with impunity re its horrendous treatment of Black people. Incisive and shocking, moreso now than when it debuted in 2016.

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Becoming documentary review: hope floats

Tue, May 12, 2020
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Verges on an ad for Michelle Obama’s memoir, but a sincerely warm one. We glimpse a woman authentically funny, self-aware, down-to-earth. Like spending time with a friend you didn’t realize you had.

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Spaceship Earth documentary review: under the dome, and under a scrutinous eye

Mon, May 11, 2020
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Was Biosphere 2 scientific adventure or eco-entertainment? This is a gripping portrait of the billionaire’s folly/performance-art project, a hippie SF soap opera with unsettling resonance for today.

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Capital in the Twenty-First Century documentary review: eat the rich (cuz they’re eating us)

Mon, May 04, 2020
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Attention, social justice warriors. French economist Thomas Piketty’s howl-of-rage academic treatise is now a hugely engaging documentary, eye-opening and brutally entertaining. Man the barricades!

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