Tuesday, August 5 2008
Wide Angle: 18 With a Bullet
Again and again, 18 With a Bullet reinforces this idea, that the rules are all important.
Tuesday, July 29 2008
POV: Campaign (Senkyo)
Kazuhiro Soda's excellent Campaign (Senkyo) is an "observational documentary," quiet and acute.
Wednesday, July 9 2008
Full Battle Rattle
In Full Battle Rattle, the Iraq Simulation and the war are both real and not real, confusing, painful, and horrific, for the refugees working as role players.
Tuesday, June 3 2008
Independent Lens: Writ Writer
As recounted in Susanne Mason's fascinating documentary, Writ Writer, Fred Cruz's story is by turns tragic and inspiring, astonishing and all too typical.
Tuesday, May 20 2008
Independent Lens: A Dream in Doubt
A Dream in Doubt observes the struggle to understand American justice and oppression as the story becomes increasingly complicated.
Monday, May 12 2008
Return to Everest: In PBS documentary, storm survivor reflects on his decision to turn back
Tuesday, May 6 2008
Independent Lens: Nā Kamalei: The Men of Hula
As Robert Cazimero notes more than once Nā Kamalei: The Men of Hula, his devotion to hula hasn't always been easy.
PBS jumps aboard the reality ‘actioner’ bandwagon with ‘Carrier’ (News) [25.Apr.08]
Ten years in the making, documentary sings Celia Cruz’s praises (News) [24.Apr.08]
Thoughts on the British Empire, both tragic and comic (News) [18.Apr.08]
American Experience: Walt Whitman (Reviews) [15.Apr.08]
Smart vs. cool: Culture, race and ethnicity in public schools (News) [10.Apr.08]
Has HBO become edgy PBS? (News) [27.Mar.08]
Sweet Jane: `The Complete Austen’ comes to PBS (News) [11.Jan.08]
`The Jewish Americans,’ beginning Wednesday on PBS (News) [8.Jan.08]
War/Dance (Reviews) [11.Dec.07]
Oswalds Ghost (Reviews) [30.Nov.07]
My Kid Could Paint That (Reviews) [10.Oct.07]
Taking it personally: ‘The War’ hits home (News) [27.Sep.07]
‘The War,’ documentary series beginning Sunday on PBS (News) [23.Sep.07]
Ken Burns stays on march for PBS’ ‘The War’ (News) [21.Sep.07]
‘War’ stories: Ken Burns’ documentary brings all fronts into focus (News) [20.Sep.07]
Manda Bala (Send a Bullet) (Reviews) [25.Aug.07]
‘God’s Warriors’: CNN’s Amanpour looks at ‘zealots’ (News) [20.Aug.07]
Documentary maker pays tribute to World War II veterans (News) [16.Aug.07]
‘Tale’ seeks to tell the cold truth about the Arctic (News) [16.Aug.07]
Summercamp! (Reviews) [14.Aug.07]
Maps: “You Don’t Know Her Name” (Mixed Media) [29.Jul.07]
Maps: We Can Create (Reviews) [26.Jul.07]
‘The War’ versus our war (News) [17.Jul.07]
‘The War’ finds greatness in lives of ordinary people (News) [16.Jul.07]
PBS documentary adds material after Hispanic outcry (News) [12.Jul.07]
What’s the thinking person’s network thinking? (News) [11.Jul.07]
Film rallies youths to Hmong cause (News) [5.Jul.07]
Michael Moore says he’s a filmmaker, first and foremost (News) [29.Jun.07]
Sicko (2007) (Reviews) [29.Jun.07]
Short Cuts - In Theaters: SiCKO (Short Ends and Leader) [27.Jun.07]
The Front Page: SiCKO-fantastic (Short Ends and Leader) [18.Jun.07]
Story’s imprint on filmmaker lasted nearly 50 years (News) [15.Jun.07]
Rory Kennedy Reveals the Ghosts of Abu Ghraib (Features) [13.Jun.07]
‘Frontline’ uses couple to expose government snooping (News) [14.May.07]
51 Birch Street (Reviews) [10.May.07]
How a Turkish ambassador’s son changed the music industry (News) [30.Apr.07]
Two-part documentary Brando, May 1-2 on TCM (News) [30.Apr.07]
The Mormons, two-part documentary airing on PBS (News) [30.Apr.07]
The Trials of Darryl Hunt (Reviews) [26.Apr.07]
Leiber and Stoller: They are music, and they write the songs (News) [24.Apr.07]
“Faggot! Sissy! Queer!” (Columns) [19.Apr.07]
America at a Crossroads (Reviews) [16.Apr.07]
Rattling the Cage: An Interview with Screamers Director Carla Garapedian (Features) [30.Mar.07]
Maps: Start Something (Capsule Reviews) [12.Mar.07]
The Road to Guantánamo (2006) (Reviews) [11.Jan.07]
Iraq in Fragments (2006) (Reviews) [30.Nov.06]
Shut Up & Sing (Reviews) [20.Nov.06]
The Dreams of Sparrows (2004) (Reviews) [28.Jul.05]
Power Trip (2003) (Reviews) [8.Jan.04]
