Documentary Rated PG-13
"Performing – for American Idol or YouTube – has become such an integral part of the American experience that people no longer seem capable of appearing authentic while on camera."
"…makes Spurlock look like the Junior Whopper of Michael Moore-style documentarians."
Documentary Rated PG
"…raises some interesting questions about the fallibility of evolutionary theory, but does so in such a smug, disingenuous and self-serving manner that it’s hard to take it seriously."
Documentary Rated R
"The performance footage is less engaging than your average standup act on Comedy Central, while the backstage interviews about the comedic craft are pointless."
Documentary Rated NR
No End in Sight came as something of an antidote to the hysterical documentary hijinks of Michael Moore (who released Sicko the same year). Instead of stunts, gags or ironic use of pop music, writer-director Charles Ferguson uses incisive interviews with key players to coolly and systematically catalog the astonishing parade of arrogant ignorance that
A bit fawning, but at least you can’t argue with the person being fawned over. As The Power of Song traces the activist career of folk legend Pete Seeger – an astonishingly humble singer-songwriter who has made lasting contributions to the peace, Civil Rights and environmental movements of the past 50-some years – you wonder
"The film’s eagerness to embrace alarmist speculation undermines the basic truths it tells."
The perception exists that women’s sports still have a purity to them, an emphasis on teamwork and fundamentals that is lacking from the individualistic, highlight reel-driven world of men’s competition. The Heart of the Game, a documentary that follows a Seattle-area girl’s high school basketball program, punctures a hole in that myth. Selfishness, trash-talking, clashing
Documentary Rated G
Dippy and dull, this look at the evolution of life on earth feels as if the New Agey art teacher took over science class. Actually, the movie isn’t even that interesting. Some fascinating close-up footage of bugs and such reveal Genesis to be the work of the filmmakers behind 1996’s Microcosmos, but beyond that we
“Herzog’s subject is too engrossing to be completely nullified by the filmmaker’s intrusions.”
