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Chicago historian John Maloof bought a box of negatives at a auction, hoping to use them for a history project.…

Anthony Russo and Joe Russo’s “Captain America: The Winter Soldier”, a stylish, muscular action film set in the Marvel Universe,…

Philipp Kadelbach’s “Generation War” (the German title “Unsere Mütter, unsere Väter” translates to “Our Mothers, Our Fathers”) first aired on…

Ever since the success of “City Of God”, filmmakers in developing countries have been recycling its tropes in less effective…

First time feature director Javier Andrade’s “The Porcelain Horse”, Ecuador’s official Foreign Oscar submission, is an assured piece of work.…

Australian actor turned director Kim Mordaunt’s “The Rocket”, Australia’s foreign Oscar submission, is both a realistic view of rural Laos…

Randall Miller’s “CBGB” is the story of Hilly Kristal’s iconic Bowery club, which became the hive for the nascent punk…

Multi-award winning documentary filmmaker Mark Moro’s “Bette Page Reveals All” is the authorized autobiography of the curvaceous, raven-haired Queen of…

This is the season of award campaigns in Hollywood, with a frenzy of screenings, advertisements and lobbying, with novelty burning…

There have been some classic gastronomy documentaries in these days of Cuisine as Event: David Gelb’s 2009 “Jiro Dreams Of…