by Noah Mruz | May 1, 2019 | Criticism, Reviews, Right
From 1974 to 1978, infamous serial killer Ted Bundy murdered more than 30 women in seven different states. His atrocities have been studied for years, but in this 2018 Netflix docuseries, director Joe Berlinger focuses on how Bundy escaped notice because of his...
by Brynn Artley | May 1, 2019 | Criticism, Reviews, Right, Updates
Beginning with images of a swan swimming backwards and ending with a montage of a car wash, Sandi Tan’s film, Shirkers, is one of the most idiosyncratic documentaries of 2018. Logically, the film shouldn’t work––it’s an avant-garde film within a film, a nostalgic look...
by Brynn Artley | Mar 18, 2019 | Criticism, Reviews, Right
Since the beginning of the War on Terror with the invasion of Afghanistan in 2001 and then the invasion of Iraq in 2003, there have been many films documenting and analyzing the conflict. From action films like The Hurt Locker (2009) to documentaries like No End in...
by Amy Stoulil | Mar 18, 2019 | Criticism, Reviews, Right
About five or six years ago, my oldest brother wound up getting sick with a bad case of mono and had to go to St. Mary’s Hospital in Rochester for treatment. While he was there, it turned out that the 14th Dalai Lama was also visiting Rochester for his annual checkup...
by Madeline Peterson | Mar 18, 2019 | Criticism, Reviews, Right
Gaelynn Lea: The Songs We Sing (2017), directed by Mark Brown, focuses on Duluth-raised disability activist Gaelynn Lea as she travels the upper Midwest, singing and playing violin at different venues. Lea suffers from Brittle Bones Disease, which leaves her in a...
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