Filmmaker and showrunner Vikramaditya Motwani turns his attention to the true crime genre by adapting former prison warden Sunil Kumar…
Browsing: Biography
A biographical film often runs the risk of self-sabotage. The success of its actors in becoming their subjects could hijack…
When it was announced, “A Hidden Life” (2019) drew the skeptics out of the woodwork. Do we need another war…
Disability has often been presented as a barrier to achieving “normal” human experiences, but in “The Ride Ahead,” Samuel Habib…
Bryan Kristoffer Brazil’s “Lost Sabungeros” is a daring documentary that delves into one of the Philippines’ most unsettling unsolved cases…
With so much already documented about Donald Trump’s public persona—from his controversial business dealings to his tenure as president—any film…
James Baldwin (1924-1987) would’ve turned one-hundred this year, and in honor of his centennial, museum exhibits abound for the iconic…
The interiors set the mood in “Maria,” the latest gilded-edged biopic from Pablo Larraín. Crisp and sparkling, the look-don’t-touch aura…
Documentaries about the lives of rock legends usually fall under two main categories: those that are too effusive in their…
“Back to Black” is a biopic about Amy Winehouse that is treated as a love story in the hands of…