documentary

Reyes ultimately formed a dire examination of the systems that ensnare individuals and set them up for failure in a carefully crafted, tragic portrait of the incarceration system and a young man’s attempts to navigate life and immigration in the United States.

“A House Made of Splinters” is a heart-wrenching portrayal of the less visible impacts of war — one that many countries, not just Ukraine, know all too well — and a beacon of hope nonetheless.

It is embarassing but undeniable that the only erotic things about the film are the volcanoes themselves; it doesn’t help that much footage of the stretching, throbbing, folding and spewing masses is set to French lounge music.

“We Are As Gods” is not one of the better films of this year, but it is one of the most relevant, and it resists the mistakes that many other documentaries commit.

As Huestis and Molitor have known each other since their early days in the Castro, the documentary embraces a level of intimacy lost in other recounts of history.

In her first feature documentary, “Impresario,” director Lauretta Molitor managed to capture Marc Huestis' ethos.

Tethered to conspicuously directional source material, the film’s pushback against the defense system and its media corollaries is hermetic and anticipatory of recent events.

His documentary “Tony Hawk: Until the Wheels Fall Off” is an inspirational tear-jerker and a captivating cultural cornucopia that follows Tony Hawk’s journey to success and stardom as a professional skateboarder.

"Alone Together” offers crucial remedy as well as amusement amid the seeming endlessness of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The documentary provides a stark, emotionally honest look into the horrors of Spears’ conservatorship through lenses of power and control.