Just like most people this year, I am unemployed and have devoured an unhealthy amount of visual content. A lot of that content has been documentaries. Because I don’t feel nearly as unproductive during the day if I at least learn something new. So, I thought I’d compile a list of all the documentary films and docu-series that I have watched and absolutely loved this … Continue reading My Year of Documentaries
I love a good documentary and this, my friends, is a good documentary. Three Identical Strangers is a film about three identical brothers who were separated at birth. Each was adopted and lived within 50 miles of each other. One went to a working class family, one to a middle class family, and one to an upper class family. They didn’t meet until 1980, when … Continue reading Three Identical Strangers (2018)
I have been wanting to see the documentary Won’t You Be My Neighbor? for what feels like forever now. Today, I woke up feeling more anxious than usual for reasons I could not quite pinpoint. So, to calm myself and give myself the good cry that I felt that I needed, I went to see this documentary about a television show that was so crucial … Continue reading Won’t You Be My Neighbor? (2018)
Man on the Moon is one of my top ten favorite films of all time. From the first moment I saw the film, I felt that Jim Carrey’s portrayal of Andy Kaufman was superb. For sure, nobody else could have played that part. It took a special understanding of Andy Kaufman to play that part, and, man, did Jim Carrey have that understanding. I knew, … Continue reading Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond — Featuring A Very Special, Contractually Obligated Mention Of Tony Clifton (2017)
