THE SUBTLE ART OF NOT GIVING A ####- 2023. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “In THE SUBTLE ART OF NOT GIVING A F*CK, the human journey is explored. Happiness comes not from a pill, a nice car, more money or being better looking.”
1/7/23- Good early reviews. TRDB.
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JANUARY 6TH- 2023. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “Emmy and Peabody winning directors Gédéon and Jules Naudet (“9/11,” “November 13: Attack on Paris,” “The Presidents Gatekeepers”) examine January 6th from the unique perspective of the heroes, first responders, and survivors of the attack. It’s an apolitical story of resilience and bravery that features Speaker Nancy Pelosi and numerous others.”
1/7/23- Only 3 reviews so far but they are very good. TRDB.
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BROADWAY RISING- 2023. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “Directed by Emmy-nominated director Amy Rice (HBO’s By the People: The Election of Barack Obama, The Newsroom), the feature-length documentary chronicles the Broadway community’s harrowing and inspiring journey back to the stage following the COVID-19 shutdown on March 12, 2020. Over 96,000 people lost their jobs when The Great White Way went dark decimating an entire ecosystem of businesses supporting the industry. From actors to artisans, directors to doormen, producers to prop masters, not one aspect of the business was left untouched.”
1/1/23- Good reviews by the critics and excellent ones from audiences. TRDB.
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TURN EVERY PAGE- 2023. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “A documentary about the remarkable fifty-year relationship between two literary legends, writer Robert Caro and his longtime editor Robert Gottlieb. Now 86, Caro is working to complete the final volume of his masterwork, The Years of Lyndon Johnson; Gottlieb, 90, waits to edit it. The task of finishing their life’s work looms before them. Turn Every Page: The Adventures of Robert Caro and Robert Gottlieb is an intimate look into artistry, mortality, antagonism, and the transformative power of creative collaboration.”
1/1/2023. Very good reviews for this documentary. TRDB.
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WILDCAT- 2022. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “Wildcat follows the emotional and inspiring story of a young veteran (Harry Turner) on his journey into the Amazon. Once there, he meets a young woman (Samantha Zwicker) running a wildlife rescue and rehabilitation center, and his life finds new meaning as he is entrusted with the life of an orphaned baby ocelot. What was meant to be an attempt to escape from life turns out to be an unexpected journey of love, discovery, and healing.”
1/1/2023- Very good reviews for this documentary. TRDB.
1/2/23- I liked the movie. TRDB.
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NELLY & NADINE- 2022. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “Nelly & Nadine is the unlikely love story between two women falling in love on Christmas Eve, 1944, in the Ravensbru?ck concentration camp. Despite being separated in the last months of the war, Nelly and Nadine manage to later reunite and spend the rest of their life together. For many years their love story was kept a secret, even to some of their closest family.”
12/20/22- Excellent reviews for this documentary. TRDB.
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THE VOLCANO: RESCUE FROM WHAKAARI- 2022. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “A close examination of the Whakaari / White Island volcanic eruption of 2019 in which 22 lives were lost, the film viscerally recounts a day when ordinary people were called upon to do extraordinary things, placing this tragic event within the larger context of nature, resilience, and the power of our shared humanity.”
12/20/22- Good reviews for this documentary. TRDB.
1/2/23- I enjoyed this movie that showed both individual courage and the unpredictability of nature. TRDB.
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CHILDREN OF THE MIST- 2021. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “Di is a 12-year-old girl living in Vietnam. She belongs to the Hmong ethnic minority where women get married very young, enduring the controversial tradition of “bride-kidnapping.” On the Lunar New Year’s Eve, Di has disappeared.”
12/20/22- Just a few reviews for this Vietnamese documentary and they are terrific. TRDB.
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THE SUPER 8 YEARS- 2022. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “The French writer and 2022 Nobel Prize awardee Annie Ernaux, whose novels and memoirs have gained her a devoted following (and whose autobiographical L’Événement was adapted just last year into the critically acclaimed film Happening), opens a treasure trove with this delicate journey into her family’s memory.”
12/18/22- Excellent reviews for this French documentary. TRDB.
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PELOSI IN THE HOUSE- 2022. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “In her 14th documentary film for HBO, acclaimed documentarian Alexandra Pelosi offers a candid, behind-the-scenes chronicle of the life of her mother and Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, through her career milestones leading up to the inauguration of President Joseph Biden in January 2021. Filmed in a cinéma vérité style over the course of three decades, PELOSI IN THE HOUSE provides a unique, longitudinal window into the life of a longstanding Democratic politician and history in the making.”
12/18/22- Fair reviews from the critics and poor ones from audiences but I liked this documentary very much. TRDB.
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