The documentary “Casa Susanna” explores the Catskills boardinghouse community that allowed denizens to express their identity when that was taboo.
Category: Documentary Films and Programs
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‘Taylor Mac’s 24-Decade History of Popular Music’ Review: Wish You Were There
Only 650 people got to experience one of the 21st century’s artistic feats, until this documentary. Unfortunately, it misses some of the performance’s key aspects.
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‘The Stroll’ Review: Telling Their Own Stories
In this documentary, transgender sex workers speak for themselves without sanitizing or sensationalizing their experiences.
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‘Here. Is. Better.’ Review: A Glimmer of Hope
Four military veterans go through PTSD treatments in this understated documentary.
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‘Desperate Souls, Dark City and the Legend of Midnight Cowboy’ Review
A documentary examines how the winner for best picture of 1969 captured shifts in American life.
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‘2023 Sundance Film Festival Short Films’ Review: Small Bites’
From animated partygoers to real families embracing a name, this basket of goodies includes seven titles, among them comedy, tragedy and documentary.
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‘Take Care of Maya’ Review: A Chronicle of a Family’s Pain
In this Netflix documentary about a young girl who was held in a hospital and barred from seeing her family, we hear their side of the story.
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‘Take Care of Maya’ Review: A Chronicle of a Family’s Pain
In this Netflix documentary about a young girl who was held in a hospital and barred from seeing her family, we hear their side of the story.
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‘Stan Lee’ Review: For the Cameo King, a Struggle to Hold the Spotlight
Disappointingly, this creation story of Lee gives way to the characters he helped create.
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Thoroughly Reading International Male, Buying No Clothes
With the release of the documentary “All Man: The International Male Story,” a writer reflects on his formative experience with the International Male catalog during adolescence.
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‘American Pain’ Review: When the Pills and the Money Kept On Flowing
Darren Foster’s documentary offers an energetic profile of twin brothers who operated a slick drug trafficking operation in South Florida.