by Harrison McCormick | May 14, 2019 | Criticism, Right
Spike Lee is known for utilizing many cinematic tropes and techniques throughout his career of over 30-plus films. But perhaps the most effective and impressive aspect of his films is their creative and unique use of music. There are so many instances of Lee using...
by Hailey Torborg | May 1, 2019 | Issues, Left
Hello and welcome to another documentary issue of POVwinona! Our prior issue focused on documentaries from the 2019 Frozen River Film Festival, and continuing with that theme, Film Studies students share their takes on five additional contemporary documentaries. With...
by Harrison McCormick | May 1, 2019 | Criticism, Left, Reviews
Released in 2018, Peter Jackson’s World War I documentary They Shall Not Grow Old recalls the events of the war through soldiers’ personal accounts. Employing what Bill Nichols calls the expository mode of documentary, the film utilizes ambiguous audio...
by McKenna Scherer | May 1, 2019 | Criticism, Left, Reviews
Released in the spring of 2018 from director Andrea Nevins, Tiny Shoulders: Rethinking Barbie sheds a new, modern light on a decade-old icon: The Barbie Doll. A documentary first released at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York City April 25, 2018 and then on popular...
by Amy Stoulil | May 1, 2019 | Criticism, Reviews, Right
Minimalism: A Documentary About the Important Things focuses on two men who call themselves “The Minimalists” and have embraced a lifestyle of consuming fewer material goods and spending more time focusing on the important things. This hour and eighteen-minute...
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