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‘Breaking the Ice’ Review: Clara Stern’s Ice Hockey Drama Is A Focused But Minor Character Study [Tribeca]

June 12, 2022 11:54 am

A minor but affecting character study about buried family trauma, Clara Stern’s feature-length narrative debut “Breaking the Ice” works well as both a sports drama — focusing on an Austrian minor-league women’...

‘Freakscene: The Story of Dinosaur Jr.” Review: A Breezy & Lo-Fi Overview Of The Indie-Rock Band

Christian Gallichio

June 2, 2022 3:37 pm

News, Reviews

Compelling, breezy, and ultimately a little bit too-surface level, Philipp Reichenheim’s compact documentary “Freakscene: The Story of Dinosaur Jr.” is exactly what the title implies, an overview of the titula...

‘Look At Me: XXXTentacion’ Review: Hulu’s Music Doc Is More Overview Than Nuanced Exploration Of The Infamous Rapper

Christian Gallichio

May 26, 2022 11:15 am

News, Reviews

There’s a scene a little over halfway through Sabaah Folayan’s newest film, “Look at Me: XXXTentacion,” that speaks to the conflicting ideas presented in the Hulu documentary. The documentarian — presumably Fo...

‘George Carlin’s American Dream’ Review: A Comprehensive & Incisive Exploration Of Carlin’s Political Comedy

Christian Gallichio

May 24, 2022 9:00 am

News, Reviews, Television

No one would accuse Judd Apatow of being a concise writer or director. When he is at his best — “Knocked Up,” “Funny People” — his runtimes allow characters to develop and breathe, creating lived-in worlds. Ye...

‘Our Father’ Review: Netflix’s Newest True-Crime Doc Is A Frustrating, Salacious Watch

Christian Gallichio

May 16, 2022 4:33 pm

News, Reviews

The story of former fertility doctor Donald Cline is horrifying in its own right. Having used his own sperm to inseminate countless women, all the while lying about the origins of the sperm for decades — often...

‘Make People Better’ Review: A Fascinating Look At The Ethics Surrounding Human Genome Modification [Hot Docs]

Christian Gallichio

May 4, 2022 3:45 pm

Festivals, Reviews

Exploring the contentious debate surrounding germline editing within human embryos, Cody Sheehy’s documentary “Make People Better” is, like its subject, a complicated dive into the practicalities and ethics of...

‘Jeannette’ Review: A Subtle But Impactful Portrait of a Pulse Survivor [SFFILM]

Christian Gallichio

April 29, 2022 3:00 pm

Festivals, News, Reviews

Following its titular subject in the aftermath of the 2016 Pulse Nightclub Shooting, Maris Curran’s introspective documentary “Jeannette” is less about creating a comprehensive portrait of the massacre. Instea...

‘The Mystery of Marilyn Monroe: The Unheard Tapes’ Review: A Surface, Tabloid-y Dive Into Monroe’s Death

Christian Gallichio

April 29, 2022 2:12 pm

News, Reviews

Existing in the marginal space between conspiracy Twitter-thread and National Enquirer article, Emma Cooper’s Marilyn Monroe Netflix doc, the unwieldy “The Mystery of Marilyn Monroe: The Unheard Tapes,” is a 1...

‘Conversations With A Killer: The John Wayne Gacy Tapes’ Review: A Superficial Look at the Infamous Serial Killer

Christian Gallichio

April 26, 2022 3:33 pm

News, Reviews

Continuing his efforts to chronicle every American serial killer in brutal, fetishistic, detail, Joe Berlinger’s new Netflix series “Conversations with a Killer: The John Wayne Gacy Tapes” operates on the same...

‘White Hot: The Rise & Fall Of Abercrombie & Fitch’ Review: A Shallow Exposé On The Titular Fashion Brand

Christian Gallichio

April 18, 2022 12:24 pm

News, Reviews

Matching the surface-depth of an Abercrombie advertisement circa 1998, Alison Klayman’s “White Hot: The Rise & Fall of Abercrombie & Fitch” is a standardized and, unfortunately, scattered look at the t...

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