Tag: documentaries
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Being Man’s Best Friend is Serious Business in ‘Pick of the Litter’
Following a quintet of puppies as they train to become guide dogs, this 2018 documentary is equal parts fascinating and feel-good.
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Portraits
‘Sweetheart Deal’ and ‘Exhibiting Forgiveness,’ reviewed.
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‘Harlan County USA’ Still Feels Urgent
Revisiting Barbara Kopple’s excellent documentary about unionization efforts in Southeast Kentucky in the summer of 1973.
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The Still-Raw Pain of ‘McQueen’
Released less than a decade after the tragic death of its subject, the Scottish fashion designer Alexander McQueen, ‘McQueen’ is a documentary whose overhanging sadness has the consistency of paint that hasn’t yet dried.
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‘Time’: The Waiting is the Hardest Part
On Garrett Bradley’s essential documentary.
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The Limits and Revelations of ‘Portrait of Jason’
Even through the elision-heavy editing and its subject’s initially, almost defensively romantic storytelling, we see so much.
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‘Dick Johnson is Dead’ is a Daring, Mostly Successful Documentary
‘Dick Johnson is Dead’ might make you appreciate life a little more.
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In ‘Original Cast Album: Company,’ Recording an Album is as Tense as a Thriller
One does not need to be familiar with ‘Company’ to be roused by its soundtrack’s making.
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Wild Ones
On ‘Suzi Q’ and ‘The Go-Go’s.’
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No Business Like Show Business
On ‘On the Record’ and Showbiz Kids,’ both on HBO Max.
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‘The Decline of Western Civilization’ Evocatively Captures a Moment
Much would change by the time ‘The Decline of Western Civilization,’ premiered in the summer of 1981.
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