2019 has seen no shortage of documentaries about the rise and self-destruction of so-called American geniuses. Two of the highest profile docs so far this year were Hulu and Netflix’s dueling films ab…
Film Review: ‘At the Heart of Gold’ is a Necessary Autopsy and a Grim Warning
[Warning: This review contains descriptions of sexual assault] One of the most shocking revelations in Erin Lee Carr’s documentary At the Heart of Gold, a chilling expose of the 2016-2017 USA gymnasti…
Tribeca 2019 Review: ‘For They Know Not What They Do’
Daniel Karslake’s extraordinary new documentary, named after the final words of Jesus, is a four-part examination of one of the most shameful and contentious parts of modern Christian theology: instit…
Tribeca 2018 Movie Review: Yellow is Forbidden
What does Guo Pei want? This is the question lurking at the heart of Pietra Brettkelly’s new documentary on the exacting Chinese fashion designer who first skyrocketed into the public eye after design…
Movie Review: AWOL
It really is quite a shame just how detrimental a bad score can be to the overall effect of a film because aside from a few narrative redundancies, AWOL directed by Deb Shoval and based on her short o…
2017 Tribeca: Michael Moore Talks Bowling for Columbine
America tends to have a problem with guns. While the United Kingdom correctly banned handguns after its first and only school shooting, the United States has yet to understand the correlation with mas…
Gilbert Gottfried and Neil Berkeley at the 2017 Tribeca Film Festival
We know him from Aflac. We know him from Aladdin. And we know him from his terribly hilarious jokes. But most of all, we know his voice, and it’s not until you’ve seen Gilbert that you get…