Posts with the tag 'documentary'
WILLIAM SHATTNER: YOU CAN CALL ME BILL- 2023. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “From make-believe starship captain to a real-life rocketman, William Shatner has led one of the most unique and best-lived lives on the planet. And while the actor William Shatner may be recognizable around the globe, the man behind the masks is even more interesting than the iconic roles he’s played.”
3/22/24- Good to excellent reviews for this documentary. TRDB.
Tags: documentary
March 22nd, 2024
GOD & COUNTRY- 2024. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “GOD & COUNTRY looks at the implications of Christian Nationalism and how it distorts not only our constitutional republic, but Christianity itself. Featuring prominent Christian thought leaders, GOD & COUNTRY asks this question: What happens when a faith built on love, sacrifice, and forgiveness grows political tentacles, conflating power, money, and belief into hyper-nationalism?”
3/19/24- Generally good reviews for this documentary plus a few weak ones from the critics. TRDB.
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March 19th, 2024
HIGH & LOW: JOHN GALLIANO. 2023. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “HIGH & LOW – JOHN GALLIANO is the gripping and thought-provoking new documentary from Academy Award® winner Kevin Macdonald, charting the rise-and-fall story of fashion designer John Galliano.”
3/10/23- Good reviews. TRDB.
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March 10th, 2024
A REVOLUTION ON CANVAS- 2023. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “In this hybrid political thriller and verité portrait documentary, Sara Nodjoumi, working with co-director and husband, Till Schauder, makes her directorial debut with this personal film, diving into the mystery surrounding the disappearance of more than 100 “treasonous” paintings by her father, seminal Iranian modern artist Nickzad Nodjoumi.”
3/10/23- Excellent reviews. TRDB.
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March 10th, 2024
CABRINI- 2024. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “From Alejandro Monteverde, award-winning director of “Sound of Freedom”, comes the powerful epic of Francesca Cabrini, an Italian immigrant who arrives in New York City in 1889 and is greeted by disease, crime, and impoverished children. Cabrini sets off on a daring mission to convince the hostile mayor to secure housing and healthcare for society’s most vulnerable. With broken English and poor health, Cabrini uses her entrepreneurial mind to build an empire of hope unlike anything the world had ever seen.”
3/9/24- Excellent reviews from the critics and from audiences as well. TRDB.
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March 9th, 2024
PROBLEMISTA- 2024. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “Alejandro (Julio Torres) is an aspiring toy designer from El Salvador, struggling to bring his unusual ideas to life in New York City. As time on his work visa runs out, a job assisting an erratic art-world outcast (Tilda Swinton) becomes his only hope to stay in the country and realize his dream. From writer/director Julio Torres comes a surreal adventure through the equally treacherous worlds of New York City and the U.S. Immigration system.”
3/3/24- Excellent reviews for this comedy/drama. TRDB.
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March 3rd, 2024
KISS THE FUTURE- 2024. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “KISS THE FUTURE, directed by Nenad Cicin-Sain, story by Bill Carter and Cicin-Sain, screenplay by Carter, based on his memoir: “Fools Rush In,” is the story of defiance amid the 1990s siege of Sarajevo during the Bosnian War.”
2/26/24- Excellent reviews for this documentary. TRDB.
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February 26th, 2024
THE GREATEST NIGHT IN POP- 1985. “On January 25, 1985, dozens of the biggest names in music convened at a studio in Los Angeles, checked their egos at the door and recorded a song to benefit African famine relief that would alter global pop culture history. The Greatest Night in Pop chronicles the massive undertaking to assemble the world’s most impressive supergroup in a world before cell phones and email. That group of artists — led by the song’s co-writers and two of the most significant musicians of the 20th century — Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie — came from different worlds but united to record “We Are the World.”
2/19/24- Excellent reviews for this one of a kind documentary. TRDB.
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February 19th, 2024
GOD & COUNTRY- 2023. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “GOD & COUNTRY looks at the implications of Christian Nationalism and how it distorts not only our constitutional republic, but Christianity itself. Featuring prominent Christian thought leaders, GOD & COUNTRY asks this question: What happens when a faith built on love, sacrifice, and forgiveness grows political tentacles, conflating power, money, and belief into hyper-nationalism?”
2/18/24- Very good reviews for this documentary. TRDB.
Tags: documentary
February 18th, 2024
THE SPACE RACE- 2023. Synopsis by Rotten Tomatoes. “THE SPACE RACE weaves together the stories of Black astronauts seeking to break the bonds of social injustice to reach for the stars, including Guion Bluford, Ed Dwight and Charles Bolden, among many others. In THE SPACE RACE, directors Diego Hurtado de Mendoza and Lisa Cortés profile the pioneering Black pilots, scientists and engineers who joined NASA to serve their country in space, even as their country failed to achieve equality for them back on Earth. From 1963, when the assassination of JFK thwarted Captain Ed Dwight’s quest to reach the moon, to 2020, when the echoes of the civil unrest.”
2/18/24- Very good reviews from the critics and weak ones from audiences. TRDB.
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February 18th, 2024
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