Salesman and the Broken Promise of American Capitalism
The Maysles Brothers spent decades making films which showed the mundanities and peculiarities of American life and culture, a numberContinue Reading
Category: July Theme Month
Each July, we choose a theme and write pieces that relate to the given theme. In 2019, we focused on writing about documentaries while in 2018, we explored films within The Criterion Collection.
Seeing Through The Fog of War
The Fog of War came about after Errol Morris approached former U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara for an interviewContinue Reading
On the Front Lines: The War Room
D.A. Pennebaker hardly needs an introduction for those familiar with documentaries. One of the forefathers of direct cinema, Pennebaker startedContinue Reading
Stop Making Sense: The Ecstasy of Anxiety
Stop Making Sense opens with David Byrne walking onstage and placing a boombox down. Staring restlessly out into the audience,Continue Reading
Travelling Through Time to Monterey Pop
Before Woodstock, there was the Monterey Pop music festival. The three day concert in June of 1967 was one ofContinue Reading
Stories We Tell (and Stories We Don’t)
I think three viewings are needed to take in Stories We Tell in full. One to understand the story, oneContinue Reading
The Vast Universe and For All Mankind
“We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy,Continue Reading
“I’ll See You At The Movies”: Roger Ebert and Life Itself
Without Roger Ebert, I never would have dreamed of writing about movies. Just as he was for countless others, RogerContinue Reading
Anxiety and Inspiration in Free Solo
The thought of climbing a mountain or rock face for most people is terrifying, but for Alex Honnold, it isContinue Reading
Weiner and the Surrealism of Modern Politics
Josh Kriegman and Elyse Steinberg’s 2016 political documentary Weiner is living proof that truth is stranger than fiction. The filmContinue Reading
