by John Wildman | Jan 22, 2019 | 10 Burning Questions
Skye Borgman’s ABDUCTED IN PLAIN SIGHT is a dream of impossibility for the true crime documentary enthusiast. Tracing the two abduction/kidnappings of a pre-teen Jan Broberg by Bob Berchtold with the arguable permission of her parents, the film begins with a reality...
by Miguel Cima | Jan 19, 2018 | 10 Burning Questions
In case you missed it, a massive chemical spill happened on January 9th, 2014, in Charleston, West Virginia. Never heard of it? It was the same year that the infamous lead-poisoned water scandal broke in Flint, Michigan. Flint affected 100,000 residents’ drinking...
by Miguel Cima | Sep 6, 2017 | 10 Burning Questions
Cati Gonzalez has made a film that only an emotionally honest alchemist such as herself could concoct. EKAJ is a stunning work, one which will at once be unfairly dismissed for its disregard for production value and overvalued for “grittiness” as if anybody with a...
by Miguel Cima | Apr 29, 2017 | 10 Burning Questions
Perhaps the best breakout comedy movie from the 2017 Tribeca Film Festival is a Capra-esque gem called Nobody’s Watching. It’s a smartly-executed work which captures powerful and authentic emotions, whose laughs are not throwaway and cheap, but based in real sadness...
by Miguel Cima | Apr 29, 2017 | 10 Burning Questions
As I write this, it’s been about 18 hours since director Elina Psykou’s extraordinary film, Son of Sofia, won the Tribeca Film Festival award in the International Narrative category. You can read all about what makes this movie so great...
by John Wildman | Apr 4, 2017 | 10 Burning Questions, Uncategorized
Christian D. Bruun’s documentary, BLUE GOLD: AMERICAN JEANS, is a pretty classic version of a documentary that likely introduces you to a world you had no idea ever existed. The film looks at the literal history of blue jeans from their creation, the evolution of...
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