The Bleeding Edge Is a Rage-Inducing Exposé on the Medical Device Industry
Kirby Dick’s documentary on the evils of the medical device industry is a shocking call to action, stressing the need for regulation in a field […]
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Review: Westwood Provides a Compelling Portrait of the Godmother of Punk
Showcasing her career from punk provocateur to a mainstay of English culture, Westwood is a love letter to one of fashion’s most iconic personalities Westwood: […]
All the Queens Horses Interview: Kelly Richmond Pope on Rita Crundwell and Documentary as Education
(This review and interview originally ran as part of On Tap’s previous run as its own separate feed. We’re re-running it here in conjunction with All […]
Won’t You Be My Neighbor? Review: A Beautiful Doc on the Life of Fred Rogers
Morgan Neville’s documentary about Fred Rogers is sweet, earnest, and filled with a wellspring of love for one of television’s kindest souls. Won’t You Be […]
That Summer Review: Illuminating New Areas of Grey Gardens
Cobbled from footage of a pre-Grey Gardens attempt to tell the tale of Big Edie and Little Edie, this documentary offers scintillating new footage of […]
Hitler’s Hollywood Review: Doc Explores Dark Periods of German Cinema History
Rudiger Suchsland’s second documentary on the cinema of Hitler’s Germany takes a fascinating, if surface-level, look at the ways entertainment gave rise to fascism. When […]
Chicago Critics Film Festival 2018: Capsule Reviews (Part 2)
Part two of our coverage of the Chicago Critics Film Festival features reviews for films about unwitting superheroes and a documentary about a girl’s tragic […]
RBG Review: A Comprehensive Portrait of American Law’s Great Dissenter
CNN Films’ documentary about the feminist pioneer (and progressive meme) is a straightforward but comprehensive overview of the iconic lawmaker’s life of women’s rights activism. […]
Ramen Heads Review: An Unbalanced Dish of a Documentary
Koki Shigeno’s documentary tries hard to be the next Jiro Dreams of Sushi; however, unlike a good bowl of ramen, the documentary is not as […]
MINISODE: CIFF 2016 Wrap-Up: The Handmaiden, Christine, The Eagle Huntress and More / Interview with Kaleidoscope’s Rupert Jones
It’s our second minisode covering the Chicago International Film Festival! Clint tells Jared about the latter batch of films he caught at CIFF 2016, including Park […]