‘Bogart: Life Comes in Flashes' Review: An Intimate Documentary Tries to Look at One of Hollywood's Most Famous Actors in a New Light
Fully supported by Humphrey Bogart's estate, Kathryn Ferguson's womb-to-tomb documentary is perhaps too authoritative for its ...
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Review: In ‘The World According to Allee Willis,’ a late pop genius makes her own spotlight
(Willis has sold an estimated 60 million records.) She’s now the subject of a lively documentary from Alexis Manya Spraic, ...
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Review: In sharp documentary ‘Dahomey,’ African art returns home, but colonialism still stings
The French Senegalese filmmaker returns with a rich and absorbing exploration of the specter of colonialism that continues ...
‘Martha’ Review: R.J. Cutler’s Splendid Documentary Taps Into Everything We Love, and Don’t, About Martha Stewart
R.J. Cutler's splendid documentary takes us through her rise and fall and rise, a transfixing saga rooted in a meditation on The Meaning of Martha.
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‘Dahomey’ Review: Mati Diop’s Documentary of a Homecoming
As the film opens in November 2021, this scant portion of the massive trove is due to be returned to modern-day Benin. For these artifacts, onscreen text tells us, “130 years of captivity are ...