Where in the World Is Osama Bin Laden?
The first key to appreciating the follow-up to Morgan Spurlock’s Super Size Me is the title’s riff on Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? That ’80s educational video game had kids track a criminal...
View ArticleFilm Review: Heckler
Coarse, crass, and surprisingly smart, Heckler has a chip on its shoulder, but also has a lot on its mind. Inspired by coproducer Jamie Kennedy’s experience as an oft-mocked comedian, it’s a brisk...
View ArticleFilm: Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story
Boogie Man kicks off with a musical montage, intercutting footage of legendary Republican strategist Lee Atwater exuberantly jamming on guitar with clips of the presidents he helped elect taking the...
View ArticleFilm Review: Waltz With Bashir
In 1982, filmmaker Ari Folman served as a foot soldier in the Israeli Defense Forces during his country’s invasion of southern Lebanon. For more than two decades, he buried his memories of the...
View ArticleFilm: Burma VJ
It’s the rare documentary that thrills like an action flick, but Burma VJ had me cheering for fearless Burmese citizen journalists like they were Jason Bourne. Danish director Anders Østergaard...
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