29 October 2025

Bangers

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  TURA! (B-minus) - This fawning documentary with selective memory celebrates the life and career of Tura Satana, the amazonian star of sex...
26 October 2025

The Festival Circuit

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 In mid-October, we caught a few titles at the Santa Fe International Film Festival , which reclaimed some of the vigor from its heyday 20 y...
21 October 2025

RIP, Robert Redford, Part 2: Deceptions

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    Robert Redford died in September at 89. We will sample a random selection of his output, including his debut directing triumph. See als...
16 October 2025

R.I.P., Robert Redford, Part 1: Now What?

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  Robert Redford died in September at 89. We will sample a random selection of his output, including his debut directing triumph. We did a ...
11 October 2025

Rock Docs: As the Millennium Turned

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  DIG! (XX) (2004/2024) (A) - Pure diligence pays off. Early in her career, filmmaker Ondi Timoner committed to years of embedding with two ...
10 October 2025

New to the Queue

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 Multiples of seven ... Auteur Kelly Reichardt (" First Cow ," " Certain Women ," " Night Moves ") follows a l...
07 October 2025

Doc Watch: The Dark Future

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DEMOCRACY NOIR (B) - This earnest documentary conveys the oppression in Hungary through three women's attempts to battle the authoritar...
03 October 2025

Grace Notes

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  IT'S NEVER OVER, JEFF BUCKLEY (B) - If anyone would think to make a documentary about my life -- and don't worry, no one will -- ...
30 September 2025

Coping, Part 2: Trauma

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  SORRY, BABY (A) - Eva Victor announces her grand presence as writer, director and star of this bleak comedy about an academic working thr...
27 September 2025

Coping, Part 1: Sobriety

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  THE BALTIMORONS (A-minus) - Michael Strassner co-writes and co-stars as an out-of-work comedian experiencing, essentially, one long 24-ho...
22 September 2025

Soundtrack of Your Life: A Step Beyond

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  The grocery stores are doubling down on the Gen X music loops these days. Madness was known mostly for their biggest hit, "Our House....
17 September 2025

Best of Ever, Vol. 13: Job Security

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 Two classics for the price of one. Inspired to finally finish these reviews so that I can at least start a tribute to Robert Redford, who d...
13 September 2025

That '80s Grift: High on Molly

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THE BREAKFAST CLUB (1985) (A-minus) - This is an hour and a half of memorable moviemaking. Unfortunately, the film runs 95 minutes, and the...
09 September 2025

Out of Their League

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  SPLITSVILLE (B) - Michael Angelo Covino and Kyle Marvin team up again after their refreshing debut "The Climb " and return to th...
04 September 2025

It's All Downhill From Here

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  DEVO (A-minus) - Everything you could want in a documentary about Devo -- if that's what you are looking for -- can be found in this e...