documentary
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Deep Web
With a lot to say on drug-sales platform Silk Road, encryption, digital rights, and Ross Ulbricht this doc...
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I Am Big Bird: The Caroll Spinney Story
Often syrupy and sometimes manipulative, this doc on the man who has been Big Bird for over forty...
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Sunshine Superman
An excellent first documentary about the father of base-jumping Carl Boenish.
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Iris
Albert Maysles' final documentary is an immensely likable and engaging portrait of a true eccentric.
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(Dis)Honesty – The Truth About Lies
This documentary about lying mixes personal stories and science to share some surprisingly authentic conclusions.
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A Fuller Life (TJFF Review)
A compelling, star-studded documentary on the life of filmmaker Sam Fuller.
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My Italian Secret: The Forgotten Heroes (TJFF Review)
War and sports are only one of the intersections in this dry documentary about the plight of Italian...
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The Go-Go Boys: The Inside Story of Cannon Films (TJFF Review)
This decent documentary looks at the meteoric rise and precipitous fall of a legendary '80s movie studio.
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TJFF 2015: Hebrew Superheroes
This history of Israeli comics presents a wealth of facts but struggles to tell a story in Hebrew...
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The Queen of Silence (Hot Docs Review)
A story about a deaf Roma girl is part heartbreaking documentary, part fanciful musical with results somewhere in...
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Hot Docs 2015: Double Happiness
This documentary about an Austrian town getting replicated in China has an uneven flow, but enough striking visuals...
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Hot Docs 2015: Mavis!
Mavis! is a celebratory documentary about the incredible career of Mavis Staples and the Staple Family Singers.
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3 Still Standing (Hot Docs Review)
Three stand-up veterans survive three decades of comedy highs and lows in this funny but misleading doc.
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War of Lies (Hot Docs Review)
This hard-hitting interview with the man who may have started the Iraq war provides surprisingly mixed results.
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The Visit (Hot Docs Review)
Michael Madsen's realistic look at what we would do if an alien landed on earth tries and fails...