Super/Man: Broken but Not Defeated
Christopher Reeve. Photo: CNN Films While preparing for a TV movie called Above Suspicion in 1995, Christopher Reeve did some research. He was cast as a police officer who had…
G: 21 Scenes from Gottsunda
Director Loran Batti’s documentary is a return to the place where he grew up, and an attempt to capture its people and problems. Suburban Gottsunda is tormented by its gangs,…
President in Waiting
What comes with the job of being vice president of the United States? Not much, may be your gut reaction, based on what it’s been like ever since the republic…
Garbo: Leave Me Alone
A documentary that tries to capture the essence and mystery of one of the great screen icons. Tracing Greta Garbo’s beginnings in Sweden working as a salesgirl, then traveling to…
Occupied City
This documentary had the potential to become something great. Steve McQueen adapted his Dutch wife Bianca Stigter’s book that chronicled the war years in Amsterdam, creating a comprehensive guide to…
Music by John Williams
John Williams, the king of film music composers, gets the golden Hollywood treatment in this elegant, adoring documentary. Don’t look for any revelations of a thrilling personal life, aside from…
Israel Palestine on Swedish TV 1958-1989
An epic dive into the archives of Swedish public-service television, chronicling 30 years of the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians, beginning with the Jewish state celebrating its first ten…
Will & Harper
Things happen when we go on road trips; relationships might break down or new bonds could be forged. This is a good idea, having Will Ferrell and one of his…
Your Fat Friend
Perhaps a little too much time is spent here on crafting a compassionate portrait of its subject: blogger, author and podcaster Aubrey Gordon. Her career as an activist began when…
Little Richard: I Am Everything
His sexuality and the color of his skin made it easy for people to underestimate Little Richard throughout his career, but those two aspects of his life mattered a great…