Film Review: Valid Points Make ‘U.N. Me’ a Reasonable Exposé
CHICAGO– As a product of the post WWII era of global cooperation, the United Nations in New York City has arguably become a bloated and expensive paperweight, 67 years after its birth. Documentary...
View ArticleInterview: Documentary Maker Ami Horowitz Takes on ‘U.N. Me’
CHICAGO– “U.N. Me,” a risky and provocative documentary, is taking the United Nations to task for what they have become – an institution more interested in keeping the bureaucratic status quo than...
View ArticleInterview: Director Alison Klayman of ‘Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry’
CHICAGO– The behemoth that is China, in both population and world dominance, has its underbelly exposed through the new documentary, “Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry.” Written and directed by American...
View ArticleFilm Review: Personal History Becomes International Mystery in ‘The Flat’
Rating: 4.0/5.0CHICAGO– “Why do only third-generation Germans ask questions? The second generation didn’t ask what happened. You don’t understand and I’m glad you don’t understand.” These very...
View ArticleInterview: Director Dror Moreh of Oscar Nominee ‘The Gatekeepers’
CHICAGO– One of the five documentaries nominated for an Oscar this Sunday is the incendiary story of “The Gatekeepers.” The film goes inside “Shin Bet,” the Israeli secret anti-terrorist agency. By...
View ArticleFilm Review: Oscar Nominee ‘The Gatekeepers’ is Truth to Power
CHICAGO– Normal job justification makes most people defensive. Imagine justifying an anti-terrorist organization. What weapons – besides the physical variety – would be available to you? Fear, jingoism...
View ArticleInterview: Director Kristi Jacobson Sets ‘A Place at the Table’
CHICAGO– One of the strangest problems in the United States, the richest country in the world, is “food insecurity.” Millions of Americans, lost in economic or working poverty, can’t keep pace with...
View ArticleFilm Review: Real Hunger Games are Exposed in ‘A Place at the Table’
CHICAGO– There has been an attitude shift in America in a couple of generations toward the poor and unlucky in life. What was once a campaign to end poverty and take care of that part of the...
View ArticleFilm Review: Frustrating ‘Somm’ Fails to Justify a Tasting
Rating: 2.5/5.0CHICAGO– “The history of wine is fascinating” – This is only one of many things in the frustrating “Somm,” opening today in Chicago at the Music Box and accompanied by actual wine...
View ArticleFilm Review: ‘The Source Family’ Reveals a Communal Past
CHICAGO– What did you do during the 1970s, Daddy? After this Father’s Day, many adult kids might be asking that question after seeing “The Source Family.” This documentary is about a commune that began...
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