Mad Max: Fury Road (Miller, 2015)
Fury Road has set a high bar for action films: fully realized world, fully fleshed out characters, fantastic performances, and breathtaking visuals, all going full steam ahead without wearing the audience out
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Because I Was a Painter (Cognet, 2014)
In contemplating art by concentration camp survivors, this austere yet affecting documentary offers a novel contribution to our understanding of the Holocaust.
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In Country (Attie and O’Hara, 2014)
War reenactment…huh…yeah…what is it good for? “Possibly something,” is the reply emanating from this documentary tracking a group of Vietnam War reenactors in Oregon.
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The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (Madden, 2015)
It's clear that when beloved matriarch figure Muriel Donnelly (Maggie Smith) describes hotel entrepreneur Sonny Kapoor (Dev Patel), The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (★★★) is attempting to write its own review. Sonny, she observes in a moment of droll understatement, gets a lot of things wrong...but never when it matters most. When he gets things right, it is a sight to behold.
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Farewell to Hollywood (Corra and Nicholson, 2015)
This documentary about the relationship between a filmmaker and his dying young protégée is both troubling and inspiring, but never boring.
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Out of the Dark (Quílez, 2014)
Either Out of the Dark had the misfortune to be released too soon in the wake of The Babadook or--more likely--horror films in general are a bit too formulaic for my taste.
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Beyond the Mask (Burns, 2015)
Who doesn't like a good redemption arc?
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As It is in Heaven (Overbay, 2014)
With his debut feature, director Joshua Overbay has created an intriguing story of a tiny cult, prompting consideration of the continuum uniting acceptable religion and fringe groups.
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Hoovey (McNamara, 2015)
Hoovey is the sort of film about which a youth pastor or sleep-over-host parent can skim a capsule summary and know exactly what he or she is getting.
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Documentary Double Feature: “To Be Takei” and “The Pleasures of Being Out of Step”
These two documentaries, now available for home viewing, offer interesting profiles of Nat Hentoff and George Takei, two American icons who effectively blend their involvement in the worlds of entertainment and civil rights activism.