The parade of suffering yet smiling kids peering into the camera in ABC Africa is endless, and that’s the point. This compassionate, impressionistic documentary, from acclaimed Iranian director Abbas Kiarostami, tries to come to grips with the 1.6 million orphans in Uganda whose parents succumbed to AIDS. The film provides some facts, but more importantly

Throughout this documentary, 81-year-old Traudl Junge faces the camera and recounts her days spent taking dictation from Adolph Hitler, from 1942 to his final hours in the bunker. What she’s really facing, however, is her own conscience. A fascinating study of self-forgiveness, Blind Spot explores how we come to make the decisions that will define

For this fascinating historical documentary, director Errol Morris (The Thin Blue Line) interviewed former Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara on the subject of warfare, specifically the roles he played in World War II and Vietnam. The result is an engrossing character study that suggests even the brightest and most well-meaning of us may be

Michael Moore’s assault on all things George W. Bush makes valid points, yet his methods still have a tinge of madness. Haphazardly jumping from topic to topic, throwing out accusations faster than a viewer can consider them, Moore’s movies can be as sloppy as his public persona. Yet he is a patriot in a way

For his stinging but helplessly affectionate look at America’s fast-food habits, filmmaker Morgan Spurlock spent 30 days eating only at McDonald’s. The results are both instructive and hilarious, thanks to Spurlock’s conflicted stance on the subject – he loves burgers as much as the next guy. Super Size Me makes a strong case that we’re

Another documentary detour for director James Cameron, this time a 3-D Imax venture to discover signs of life on the ocean floor. Aside from a few shots of ghostly sea creatures, Aliens of the Deep is a pointless bore. Cameron, who directed along with Steven Quale, has assembled a crew of marine biologists, geologists and

There isn’t enough soap in the world to wash out the mouths blabbering away in this insider’s view of the comedy world, which centers around the legendary and profane joke of the title. If you can get past the obscenity of the joke itself – although there probably is something wrong with you if you