Zoo: film teeters gingerly around its subject and suffers for that
Robinson Devor, “Zoo” (2007) Based on the case of a Boeing employee who died from
Category: North American Films
Reviews of films made in Canada and United States including all films made by Hollywood.
A portrait of cultural fascism through one individual’s exploitation in “Superstar: the Karen Carpenter Story”
Todd Haynes, “Superstar: the Karen Carpenter Story” (1987) Using Barbie and Ken dolls to play
The American Dream (by The Provocateur Network): informative if biased documentary on money and American banking
Tad Lumpkin and Harold Uhl / The Provocateur Network “The American Dream” (2010?) This is a
Tabloid: entertaining portrait of an eccentric obsessive doesn’t delve deeply into media culture and social values
Errol Morris, “Tabloid” (2010) Errol Morris’s documentaries fall into two camps: a serious one (“Fog
A Ninja Pays Half my Rent: fun and hilarious student film about finding the perfect partner … and being the perfect partner
Stephen K Tsuchida, “A Ninja Pays Half my Rent” (2002) Hilarious student short about finding
French and French-language Films | North American Films
Birds of a feather, let’s flock together: four film shorts about birds illustrate something universal about human behaviour and social life
Pierre Coffin, “Pings” (2 shorts, 1997) Ralph Eggleston, “For the Birds” (2000) Dony Permedi, “Kiwi!”
British Films | French and French-language Films | North American Films
Cave of Forgotten Dreams: too much whimsy and overbearing music, not enough facts and editing mar a fine documentary
Werner Herzog, “Cave of Forgotten Dreams” (2010) In 1994, three speleologists discovered and explored a
Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome: celebration of a religious ritual that imprisons as much as it liberates
Kenneth Anger, “Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome” (1954) A lush creation by famous underground avant-garde
The Meth Epidemic: confrontational documentary doesn’t quite go far enough in investigating a major social problem
Carl Byker, “The Meth Epidemic” (2011) Having seen and reviewed “Winter’s Bone” last year, I
Quasi at the Quackadero: time travel and psychological self-study in a fun fair
Sally Cruikshank, “Quasi at the Quackadero” (1975) Here’s a great little cartoon about a mismatched