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Television Review: “Circus of Books” — The Cultural Importance of Adult Bookstores

Circus of Books is a hilarious film about a gay porn book store and its owners, “heartwarming” even, and it’s all true.

By: Les Phillips Filed Under: Featured, Review Tagged: Circus of Books, documentary, gay porngraph, Les Phillips, Netflix

Film Review: The 2020 Oscar Documentary Short Films

A critical look at this year’s Oscar-nominated documentary shorts.

By: Neil Giordano Filed Under: Featured, Film, Review Tagged: 2020 Oscar-Nominated Documentary Shorts, documentary, Learning to Skateboard in a Warzone (If You’re a Girl), Life Overtakes Me, Live Overtakes Me, Neil Giordano, St. Louis Superman, Walk Run Cha-Cha

Film Review: “Satan & Adam” — The Story of a Dynamic Blues Duo

Following the stories of these unique, gifted, and sadly overlooked individuals can be as gripping as the music they made together.

By: Matt Hanson Filed Under: Featured, Film, Review, Television Tagged: documentary, Satan & Adam, V. Scott Balcerek

Film Review: “Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice”

Linda Ronstadt was every young female singer’s aspirational goddess: if you could nail “You’re No Good” or “Blue Bayou” in the car or the shower, you had practiced a lot.

By: Peg Aloi Filed Under: Featured, Film, Review Tagged: documentary, Linda Ronstadt, Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice, Peg Aloi

Streaming Docs: “Jawline” — The Delusion-Soaked World of Teen Internet Influencers

A Screenager Star is Born?

By: Neil Giordano Filed Under: Featured, Review, Television Tagged: Austyn Tester, documentary, Jawline, Liza Mandelup, Neil Giordano

Film Remembrance: D. A. Pennebaker — Documentarian Extraordinaire

D. A. Pennebaker was inventive, dogged, and had the ability to win people’s trust.

By: Steve Provizer Filed Under: Featured, Film Tagged: D.A. Pennebaker, documentary, Steve Provizer

Film Review: “The Raft” — An Illuminating Voyage

What happens when a dubious scientific experiment yields unexpected results?

By: Neil Giordano Filed Under: Featured, Film, Review Tagged: documentary, Marcus Lindeen, Neil Giordano, The DocYard, The Raft

Film Review: “Hail Satan?” — Fighting Evil

These satanists are far less concerned with organizing decadent ceremonies (though there is a fair bit of that, and it’s thrilling to behold) than they are with exposing corruption and hypocrisy.

By: Peg Aloi Filed Under: Featured, Film, Review Tagged: documentary, Hail Satan?, Penny Lane

Film Feature: STREAMING DOCS — Spring 2019

What are the best new documentaries available on digital platforms? Read on.

By: Neil Giordano Filed Under: Featured, Film, Review Tagged: documentary, Neil Giordano

Film Interview: Syrian Filmmaker Talal Derki on his Oscar-Nominated Documentary — Separating Delusions from Mythology

Syrian-Kurdish filmmaker Talal Derki on love and hate in his homeland and the “schizophrenia” of being an Oscar nominee.

By: Neil Giordano Filed Under: Featured, Film, Interview Tagged: documentary, Neil Giordano, Of Fathers and Sons, Syria, Syrian Refugees, Talal Derki

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