documentary
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Bill Cunningham New York
The reason that I sit in a movie theater as often as I do is my eternal hope that every movie I watch will be so near perfect that it will just blow me away. In reality it’s a rarity, but tonight was one such occasion. Watching ‘Bill Cunningham New York’, a wonderful moving and…
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IMELDA
Sometimes even obsessed cine-philes let a wee gem slip past them, and this is one from 2004 that I was so thrilled to catch up with. This Sundance award winning doc. about the infamous former First Lady of the Philippines is a sheer delight and shows what a consummate actor Imelda Marcos is. She believed…
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KINGS OF PASTRY
If watching grown men burst into tears over a tart that can ruin their lives is your idea of fun, then this is the movie for you. This truly captivating movie from award winning filmmakers D. A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegadus (‘The War Room’ ‘Moon Over Broadway’) follows three Pastry Chefs as they go into…
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RESTREPO
This extraordinary documentary is the ultimate in cinema verite and is the work of two intrepid and fearless filmmakers who chose to live through a grueling 14-month tour of duty with a company of American solders in one of the most dangerous parts of Afghanistan. They witness and record everything that happens: reconnaissance missions, constant…
