For the casual film viewer, documentary films get a bad rap. Some people don’t see the point in watching a non-fiction film about an Indonesian genocide, or Ukraine’s battle against oppression, or even Mexico’s public war against the terrorist actions…
Movie Review – ‘Rock in the Red Zone’
The first thing you need to know about Laura Bialis’ Rock in the Red Zone: it isn’t really about the music scene in Sderot, Israel—a town less than a mile from the Gaza Strip baring the twin monikers of the…
Movie Review – ‘Censored Voices’
Ten days after the conclusion of the Six-Day War wherein Israel stunned the world by simultaneously defeating the combined military strength of Egypt, Jordan, and Syria, writer Amos Oz and editor Avraham Shapira gathered together newly forged veterans of the…
Movie Review: ‘Amy’
At one still point in the film, Tony Bennett wisely says, “Life teaches you how to live it if you live long enough.” Unfortunately, Amy Winehouse didn’t get the chance to learn this lesson, because she met her end early…
Movie Review: ‘The Wolfpack’
What is there to make of Crystal Moselle’s The Wolfpack (2015), a strange, eccentric documentary about an even stranger, more eccentric family of homeschooled children in New York City who spent the majority of their lives trapped in their father’s…
Gaby’s Movie Review: ‘Iris’ is good company
If I were to say that I can introduce you to a 90-year-old woman who you wouldn’t be able to take your eyes off of, you might not believe me until you see Iris Apfel. A style (not fashion) icon…