Documentary Rated R
"…a jarring and devastating animated documentary that explores the psychological trauma inflicted by warfare as well as any live-action war epic I’ve seen."
Documentary Rated NR
Cinematic rage against the machine. Documentarians Carl Deal and Tia Lessin capture the Katrina disaster mostly via home video footage taken by Kimberly Roberts, a resident of New Orleans’ doomed Lower Ninth Ward. Her camera recorded the Biblical floods, the astonishing wreckage, the infuriating governmental indifference and the ensuing bureaucratic nightmare. The highlight of Trouble
“…a profane, sacrilegious and very funny anti-religion documentary that is well worth seeing – perhaps especially if you’re a person of faith.
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."
"The performance footage is less engaging than your average standup act on Comedy Central, while the backstage interviews about the comedic craft are pointless."
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."
