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90th Oscars: Screener Watch – Netflix
Netflix has submitted the first of their year-end awards contender in the form of Angelina Jolie’s foreign language directorial effort. First They Killed My Father Oscar Chances: Uncertain: Jolie hasn’t had much success at the Oscars; however, the subject matter, combined with its submission to the Best Foreign Language Film competition, means it could at…
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90th Oscars: Screener Watch – 20th Century Fox
20th Century Fox has sent a single screener. They may send others since they have more films available, but for now, it’s just their earliest big release. Logan Oscar Chances: Unlikely: Although it deserves tons of recognition, especially for Hugh Jackman and Patrick Stewart, I highly doubt anything will come of this campaign. Campaign-Proposed Categories…
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Eyeing the Truth: Oct. 2017
Elian (Amazon Prime) Early in Elian, a new Amazon documentary about the Cuban refugee who took America by storm in the late 1990s, we meet a now grown, handsome and well-spoken Elian Gonzalez — a sharp contrast to the cute, almost mute boy we remember so vividly. He looks directly at us and tells us…
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The Top Tens: The Future Is Ours
Every month, our contributors submit lists of ten films fitting certain topics. Each month, we feature an alphabetical list of films along with commentary explaining our selections. There will also be an itemized list at the end of each of our individual selections. When we originally scheduled this list’s release, we were not looking at…
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90th Oscars: Screener Watch – Netflix & Lincoln Square
Two disparate screeners, the documentary Let It Fall: Los Angeles 1982-1992 and the Netflix purchase Okja. Okja Oscar Chances: Unlikely: Netflix’s anti-theatrical release model has been steadfastly ignored by the Academy, its Beasts of No Nations getting the shaft, even for the lauded supporting performance of Idris Elba. This Bong Joon Ho drama has been…
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Eyeing the Truth: Sept. 2017
Obit. (Amazon Prime) Obit., the fantastic documentary about the men and women who put together the obituary section of the New York Times every day, paints one of the most painfully realistic portraits of the act of writing I have ever seen in a movie. The film journeys through the entire process of writing an…
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The Top Tens: Male Supporting Performances
Every month, our contributors submit lists of ten films fitting certain topics. Each month, we feature an alphabetical list of films along with commentary explaining our selections. There will also be an itemized list at the end of each of our individual selections. This month, we finish out our individual performances series by looking at…
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Eyeing the Truth
My Scientology Movie (Netflix) British documentarian Louis Theroux has made a specialty of in-depth portraits of segments of the population, going into their often sheltered worlds and spending time with them to really try to understand who they are and what leads to beliefs and choices that are often at odds with the world around…
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The Top Tens: Female Supporting Performances
Every month, our contributors submit lists of ten films fitting certain topics. Each month, we feature an alphabetical list of films along with commentary explaining our selections. There will also be an itemized list at the end of each of our individual selections. In May and June, we looked at the best performances by actors…
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Eyeing the Truth: July 2017
Check It (LouisCK.net) Louis CK has used his website in recent years as a way to get his own material directly out to his fans, but with Check It he is now using it to get work he needs to be seen out to a wider audience. The documentary, which he saw at the Tribeca…
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The Top Tens: Our Funniest Favorites
Every month, our contributors submit lists of ten films fitting certain topics. Each month, we feature an alphabetical list of films along with commentary explaining our selections. There will also be an itemized list at the end of each of our individual selections. We take a comedy break this month between our lists of favorite…
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Eyeing the Truth: June 2017
Get Me Roger Stone (Netflix) Get Me Roger Stone, the new Netflix documentary about political operative Roger Stone, tells his story by mostly focusing on the man who most famously got Roger Stone: Donald J. Trump. Stone is the self-proclaimed architect of Trumpian America, and Get Me Roger Stone might do more than anything else…
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The Top Tens: Male Lead Performances
Every month, our contributors submit lists of ten films fitting certain topics. Each month, we feature an alphabetical list of films along with commentary explaining our selections. There will also be an itemized list at the end of each of our individual selections. Last month, we took a look at our favorite female lead performances.…
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Eyeing the Truth – May 2017
Tower and Newtown (Netflix) I often find myself, when watching a documentary, asking if I would rather be watching the dramatized version of the film. Does the reflection of the participants help the story, or would I rather be put in the moment of the story and watch it unfold for myself? Tower manages to…
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The Top Tens: Female Lead Performances
Every month, our contributors submit lists of ten films or individuals fitting certain topics or themes. Each month, we feature an alphabetical list of films or individuals along with commentary explaining our selections. There will also be an itemized list at the end of each of our individual selections. For our new top ten list,…
