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TALIBE: THE LEAST FAVORED CHILDREN OF SENEGAL (DVD)

By | July 2012

Ultimately, this is a strange but disappointing production, and it is easy to rue the absence of a more controlled creative artist behind the camera…

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TALIBE: THE LEAST FAVORED CHILDREN OF SENEGAL (DVD)

The Talibe referenced in the title of Daniela Kon’s documentary are young boys enrolled in dubious Islamic schools across Senegal. In order to finance...

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OUTBREAK: ANATOMY OF A PLAGUE

Jefferson Lewis offers a unique perspective in healthcare crisis by considering how contemporary society would react to a 19th century pandemic. In this...

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ISA: THE PEOPLE'S DIVA (DVD)

Nina Baker Feinberg and Ted Schillinger co-directed this moving documentary on the tumultuous life of Isa Kremer (1887-1956), a Russian-born soprano who...

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THE 39 STEPS: CRITERION COLLECTION (BLU-RAY)

If you want an introduction to the films Alfred Hitchcock made before moving from England to the United States, "The 39 Steps" is a good start, not only...

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KAFKA'S LAST STORY

Sagi Bornstein’s documentary traces the tortured route of Frank Kafka’s private papers, which culminated in a complicated Israeli legal battle. When...

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We're only a few weeks away from the 16th Annual Fantasia International Film Festival, running July 19 to August 7, 2012, and the fest has released a...

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THE DO-DECA-PENTATHLON

This review was originally published on March 28, 2012... I just need to get this off my chest. Ten years ago, my husband, then a man in his mid-twenties,...

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