The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)

— Dysfunctional families are a favorite of mine and this one certainly has issues galore. Even better, it has a great script and unbelievable actors. The result is a more than interesting film, and a chance to eavesdrop on conversations that are funny from one perspective but sad from another. I thought it was very well done, but I tend to like Noah Baumbach’s way of seeing things which is always a mix of neurotic and selfish, featuring those who are scarred or those who scar. [Netflix]

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[2017, 112 min. Written and directed by Noah Baumbach. Starring Adam Sandler, Ben Stiller, Dustin Hoffman, Emma Thompson, Grace Van Patten, Candice Bergen, and Judd Hirsch.]
https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-meyerowitz-stories-2017

Love Means Zero

— (Shown at True/False Film Fest 2018.)

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[2017, 89 min. Directed by Jason Kohn.]
https://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/the-wrap/article/Love-Means-Zero-Review-Tennis-Documentary-12185718.php

Won’t You Be My Neighbor?

— A wonderful, beautiful, look at a man whose kindness and love changed a generation. The film reminds us that honesty, civility, and gentleness once existed and can’t help but make us yearn for it again. I loved this film. (Shown at True/False Film Fest 2018.)

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[2018. 94 min. Directed by Morgan Neville.]
http://www.indiewire.com/2018/01/wont-you-be-my-neighbor-review-mister-rogers-documentary-morgan-neville-sundance-2018-1201919762/

América

— (Shown at True/False Film Fest 2018.)

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[2018. 75 min. Directed by Erick Stoll & Chase Whiteside.]
https://www.voxmagazine.com/arts/true-false-film-review-am-rica/article_8fac87a2-1dce-11e8-b952-b74c68ff4f7c.html

Crime + Punishment

— (Shown at True/False Film Fest 2018.)

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[2018. 112 min. Directed by Stephen Maing.]
http://collider.com/crime-punishment-review-documentary-nypd-12/

Makala

— (Shown at True/False Film Fest 2018.)

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[2017. 96 min. Directed by Emmanuel Gras.]
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/feb/04/makala-film-review

The Price of Everything

— Nathaniel Kahn, son of famed architect Louis Kahn, takes on the question of why some art fetches such high prices and other work languishes in obscurity bringing bargain prices, focusing particularly on Jeff Koons and Larry Poons. Plenty of high profile collectors, auction house representatives, and artists talk about the various things that affect art value and the elusiveness of it, making for a very interesting look at a complex subject.(Shown at True/False Film Fest 2018.)

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[2018. 98 min. Directed by Nathaniel Kahn.]
http://www.amfm-magazine.com/sundance-2018-review-the-price-of-everything-is-market-driven

Three Identical Strangers

— An amazing story of discovery as triplets, separated at birth and unaware of each other for 18 years, realize they each have two siblings. It seems like an uplifting, funny glimpse of their life, almost like the feel-good story at the end of the newscast, but midway through it morphs into something more sinister, looking how they became separated and the ultimate affect on the three of them. (Shown at True/False Film Fest 2018.)

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[2018. 96 min. Directed by Tim Wardle.]
https://thefilmstage.com/reviews/sundance-review-three-identical-strangers-poses-fascinating-questions-with-little-staying-power/