Life Itself: Ebert’s Four-Star Journey

Roger Ebert. Photo: Magnolia Pictures I first approached this film because of my interest in movies and as a fan of Roger Ebert as a film critic. Would it appeal…

Room 237 

In nine chapters, this documentary offers a chance for five Stanley Kubrick enthusiasts to present more or less imaginative interpretations of his classic horror movie The Shining (1980). Is it…

Sarah Palin: You Betcha! 

Nick Broomfield, the filmmaker who inspired Michael Moore and Morgan Spurlock, takes on former Alaska Governor and GOP vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin, portraying one side of her by talking with…

The Queen and I: Behind a Monarch’s Veil

Queen Farah and Nahid Persson Sarvestani. Photo: SVT Nahid Persson Sarvestani grew up in the town of Shiraz, Iran in the 1960s and ’70s. Life was simple, but as a…

Gitmo 

When Swedish citizen Mehdi Ghezali was released from Guantanamo Bay, Swedish media adopted a suspicious attitude toward him. This upset filmmakers Erik Gandini and Tarik Saleh enough to go to…