by Arika Bourbina | Apr 11, 2019 | All Documentaries, Special Events, Spring Fest Documentaries
Midnight Family (2019) “Midnight Family” (2019, Mexico, documentary, 90m, not rated) In Mexico City’s wealthiest neighborhoods, the Ochoa family runs a for-profit ambulance, competing with other unlicensed EMTs for patients in need of urgent care. In this...
by Kimberly White | Oct 16, 2018 | 2018 Documentaries, All 2018 Films, All Documentaries
Love, Gilda (2018) Love, GildaUSA, 2018, 88m Weaving together recently discovered audiotapes, interviews with her friends, rare home movies and diaries read by contemporary comediennes (including Amy Poehler), the film offers a window into the whimsical world of...
by Kimberly White | Sep 30, 2018 | 2018 Documentaries, All 2018 Films, All Documentaries
Three Identical Strangers (2018) Three Identical Strangers — (USA, 2018, 96m) Three strangers are reunited by astonishing coincidence after being born identical triplets, separated at birth, and adopted by three different families. Their jaw-dropping, feel-good...
by Kimberly White | Sep 30, 2018 | 2018 Documentaries, All 2018 Films, All Documentaries
The Big House (2018) The Big House — (Japan/USA, 2018, 119m) With the capacity of 107,601, the massive University of Michigan football stadium dates back to 1879 and is the nation’s largest. In this documentary, shot against the backdrop of the 2016...
by Kimberly White | Sep 30, 2018 | 2018 Documentaries, All 2018 Films, All Documentaries
Soufra (2017) Soufra — (USA/Lebanon, 2017, 73m) Against the odds, a group of women who live in a 68-year-old Lebanese refugee camp near Beruit pursue their food-truck dreams in a documentary executive produced by Susan Sarandon. They are led by Marium Shaar, who...
by Kimberly White | Sep 30, 2018 | 2018 Documentaries, All 2018 Films, All Documentaries
Michelin Stars: Tales from the kitchen (2017) Michelin Stars — Tales From the Kitchen — (Denmark, 2017, 82m) Filmmaker Rasmus Dinesen follows 15 Michelin star-earning chefs over a two-year period to reveal the “greatness and flaws of Guide...
