Tuesday, May 26 2009
Independent Lens: Steal a Pencil for Me
Michele Ohayon’s film makes the couple's complicated experience visible in reenactments and via photos and historical footage.
Tuesday, May 19 2009
Independent Lens: Stranded: I’ve Come From a Plane That Crashed in the Mountains
In Stranded: I've Come From a Plane That Crashed in the Mountains, impressionistic reenactments don’t provide plot or solicit viewer sympathy so much as they evoke anxiety.
Tuesday, May 5 2009
Independent Lens: Wings of Defeat
Wings of Defeat shows that, then and now, the kamikaze pilots were complicated and diverse individuals, not stereotypical fanatics.
Tuesday, April 28 2009
Independent Lens: At Home in Utopia
Michal Goldman's film is a loving tribute to those hopes for a heaven on earth in the Coops.
Tuesday, April 14 2009
Independent Lens: Taking Root: The Vision of Wangari Maathai
As much as she is celebrated by her constituents and the documentary, Taking Root, Wangari Maathai maintains her faith in "the people."
Tuesday, April 7 2009
Independent Lens: Milking the Rhino
Milking the Rhino tracks the shifting relations among African wildlife, their human neighbors, and eco-tourists.
Tuesday, March 31 2009
Independent Lens: Recycle
As the day dawns in the discerning and detailed Recycle, a bulldozer is pushing cardboard.
Tuesday, March 24 2009
Independent Lens: Lakshmi and Me
In her remarkable documentary, Lakshmi and Me, Nishtha Jain proposes to "cross a line," to film her maid, Lakshmi.
Tuesday, March 17 2009
Independent Lens: Arusi Persian Wedding
While the wedding provides compelling visuals and some minor melodrama, Arusi Persian Wedding is most interesting as it integrates its personal stories details within a broad historical context.
Tuesday, February 24 2009
Independent Lens: The Order of Myths
It's the careful, unsensational revelation of self-delusion that makes The Order of Myths so devastating.
