Chameleon, the Ryan Mullins-directed documentary on vigilante Ghanaian journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas, is filmed like a spy mission. Mullins takes us behind enemy lines in and around Accra to follow … Continue reading Hot Docs 2015: Chameleon
If you grew up in Staten Island up in New York, you might have heard the stories of Cropsey, an urban legend of a monstrous boogieman who kidnapped children. Imagine … Continue reading 31 Days of Horror 2014 – Cropsey
There’s really two schools of indie. That’s what you realize watching director Gabe Klinger’s Double Play: James Benning and Richard Linklater (2013). The documentary is charming and laid-back, much like the … Continue reading Friendhood: Double Play hangs with James Benning and Richard Linklater
Oh my. There’s so much to George Takei. Part of the original, legendary Star Trek crew, beloved as helmsman Lieutenant Sulu of the starship Enterprise. Countless TV appearances, on everything from Perry Mason to Heroes. … Continue reading The Man in the Meme: To Be Takei
There’s no Aunt Jemima. Not a real one anyway. The idea came from a song in old minstrel shows, that homey old aunt often played by a white man in … Continue reading Balms Away: Burt’s Buzz Homes In On An Unlikely Icon
Boy do we have it good. For sure, every place, every culture has its struggles, its persecuted communities, its tensions between wealth and poverty and how to mitigate the differences … Continue reading The Cost of Courage: Human Rights Watch Festival 2014
So Justin Bieber’s partying with Brazilian call-girls and Lady Gaga sleeps with her bandmates. It’s all a bit… *yawn*, ya know? Each era has its debauched poster-children, from Pete Doherty … Continue reading What Blues Now? Ultra-Rare Stones Doc Screens at TIFF
Quick, name another physicist that’s been on The Simpsons. They’ve had a Nobel prize-winning chemist (Dudley Herschbach), and a renowned paleontologist (Stephen Jay Gould). But in the public mind one … Continue reading A Brief History of Steven Hawking
For fans of food-focused movies, documentary Jiro Dreams of Sushi deserves a spot at the top of the list. The film explores Sukijabashi Jiro, a tiny sushi restaurant in the … Continue reading Saturday At The Movies, The Food Porn Edition: Jiro Dreams of Sushi
Superman is alive and well and walking Hollywood Boulevard. Beside him is Batman, Wonder Woman, and a rather sickly looking Hulk. You can have your photos taken with them all … Continue reading Pseudo-Celebrity Skin: Andy B reviews Confessions Of A Superhero
