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Korengal
Bernard Boo | June 27, 2014One of the greatest films about war of all time, 2010’s gripping documentary Restrepo, co-directed by Sebastian Junger and...
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Frank Pavich Talks ‘Jodorowsky’s Dune’
Bernard Boo | June 26, 2014In anticipation of Jodorowsky’s Dune being released on Blu-ray and digital on July 8th, we spoke with director Frank Pavich about...
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The Internet’s Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz
Dustin Jansick | June 24, 2014Documentarian Brian Knappenberger chronologizes the tragic story of Aaron Swartz, one of the Internet’s most important figures, who...
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Andrew Rossi On ‘Ivory Tower’, the Future of Higher Education
Bernard Boo | June 19, 2014In Ivory Tower, director Andrew Rossi investigates the soaring costs of tuition and other problematic changes in the American...
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Documented
Bernard Boo | May 16, 2014Putting a human face on a broad political issue is one of the most tried-and-true documentary formulas there...
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Nickolas Rossi On Honoring the Musical Legacy of Elliott Smith
Bernard Boo | May 14, 2014A tasteful, haunting portrait of the life and music of late Portland icon Elliott Smith, Heaven Adores You by Nickolas Rossi...
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SFIFF57: The Double, Heaven Adores You, Of Horses & Men, Impossible Light
Bernard Boo | May 7, 2014In Submarine director Richard Ayoade’s stylish Dostoyevsky adaptation The Double, Jesse Eisenberg impresses yet again in a dual performance as...
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SFIFF57: Sara Dosa Talks Mushroom Hunting, ‘The Last Season’
Bernard Boo | May 5, 2014Sara Dosa’s debut feature, The Last Season, which screens today at Sundance Kabuki Cinemas as part of SFIFF57, is a multi-layered...
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Jordi Morató tells the astounding story behind ‘The Creator of the Jungle’
C.J. Prince | April 30, 2014The Creator of the Jungle is one of those documentaries that sounds unbelievable at first. Garrell, a middle...
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Life Itself
Dustin Jansick | April 29, 2014I will never forget the day Roger Ebert passed away. As a film critic, I was left with...
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Hot Docs 2014: Actress, The Joe Show, E-Team
C.J. Prince | April 28, 2014Actress Robert Greene finds inspiration for his latest documentary in his next-door neighbour Brandy Burre. Burre was an...
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Hot Docs 2014: The Last Season & Self(less) Portrait
Bernard Boo | April 26, 2014The Last Season The Last Season, an engrossing, layered documentary by Berkeley, CA filmmaker Sara Dosa, captures the...
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Dave Jannetta and Poe Ballentine Talk ‘Love and Terror on the Howling Plains of Nowhere’
C.J. Prince | April 25, 2014In the small town of Chadron, Nebraska, math professor Steven Haataja vanished without a trace shortly after starting...
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Teenage
Bernard Boo | April 24, 2014Weekends have only existed since 1908. Nirvana is as old now as The Beatles were in the ’90s. Betty...
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Next Goal Wins
Bernard Boo | April 24, 2014The story at the center of sports doc Next Goal Wins is classic underdog material: American Samoa’s national football (soccer) team...