Haulout (2022) is a masterpiece.
A “haulout” is a place where walruses mate. Thanks to global warming, over 100,000 are packed into one tiny beach. The result is death on a horrific scale.
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Category: Documentary
Pauline Kael, Was It Really What She Said?
The greatest movie critic of her generation. Pauline wrote the most incisive and respectful response. It was a gorgeous review of “Blade Runner”…
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Portrait of Jason (1967) Film Review
A true breakthrough and a film that has improved with age. Documentary filmmaker Shirley Clarke interviews gay African American hustler and aspiring cabaret performer Jason Holliday in his apartment at the Hotel Chelsea.
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All the Beauty and the Bloodshed (2022) Film Review
“All the Beauty and the Bloodshed” ends up falling between two stools and deceives its audience in the process.
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Nothing Compares (2022) Documentary Review
Sinéad Had No Second Act! Unfortunately, the movie agrees. We get Sinéad up to the moment of her self-destruction and no more.
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