Chris & Don: A Love Story

The 30-year-long love affair between writer Christopher Isherwood and artist Don Bachardy is lovingly documented.

"...went on, mostly happily, for another 30 years. The documentary, made after Isherwood’s death and with Bachardy’s enthusiastic participation,..."

Oct. 10, 2008 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

A Jihad for Love

What it's like to identify as both gay and Muslim is the topic of this brave documentary, which looks at the seemingly irreconcilable conflict.

"...that homosexuality is forbidden in the Muslim religion. Sharma's documentary, which visits 12 countries and several dozen gay Muslim..."

Aug. 8, 2008 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Dirt Road to Psychedelia

This documentary traces the changeover of Austin's youth culture from beatniks to hippies, folkies to rockers, and potheads to day-trippers – with side trips into all the music along the way.

"...Directed by: Scott Conn. Conn's vital documentary contribution to Austin cultural history weaves oral history from..."

Feb. 15, 2008 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Murderball

This doc about quadriplegic rugby entertains, informs, and inspires.

"...before viewers can settle in for a straightforward sports documentary, Murderball switches gears and takes us in unexpected directions...."

July 22, 2005 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Fearless Freaks

Documentary about the band the Flaming Lips – the crazy/bizarre Oklahoma outfit that, despite itself, rose to national prominence.

"...If that sounds like drivel to you, Beesley’s engrossing documentary is required viewing. Far from being the Butthole Surfers..."

April 15, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Anybody's Home?

The Texas Documentary Tour: Liz Lambert's 'The Last Days of the San José'

"...experiencing, only later deciding to turn it into a documentary), we step into the world of the motel before..."

Jan. 7, 2005 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

Stoked: The Rise and Fall of Gator

The rise and fall of Eighties skateboard king Mark "Gator" Rogowski.

"...not a crime, but the subject of this exhaustive documentary – infamous Vision Skateboards poster boy Mark "Gator" Rogowski,..."

Nov. 21, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Trials of Henry Kissinger

"...accord by former President Johnson in Paris. This BBC-produced documentary cleanly lays out the case against Kissinger, led by..."

Jan. 24, 2003 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition

"...be a fascinating story in itself, but this wonderful documentary benefits from the inclusion of unique archival footage that..."

Nov. 16, 2001 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Flies on the Wall With Attitude

Cinéma vérité pioneer Robert Drew, coming to town this Wednesday for the Texas Documentary Tour, speaks about the films he has made and the film style he helped create.

"...the father of American cinéma vérité, a style of documentary that emerged in the Sixties, throwing off what it..."

Feb. 16, 2001 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

Dark Days

"...-- it's the kind of compelling, relentless cinema vérité documentary that defines the genre. Singer's film follows a group..."

Nov. 10, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Family Drama

Filmmaker Jennifer Fox discusses the seven months she spent with Bill and Karen, an interracial couple at the center of her intimate 10-hour documentary.

"...A 10-hour documentary is a long documentary to watch. But then think..."

Nov. 12, 1999 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

Family Matters

The Texas Documentary Tour: Alan Berliner

"...Film Festival. As the central character of the experimental documentary Nobody's Business, the 79-year-old retired sportswear manufacturer has become..."

Jan. 9, 1998 Screens Feature by Jason Silverman

The Leopard Son

"...a Disney cartoon, the film is a G-rated feature-length documentary that tracks the growth of a newborn leopard in..."

Nov. 1, 1996 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Paradise Lost: The Child Murders of Robin Hood Hills

"...it's hardly the whole story as the fascinating theatrical documentary Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills..."

Oct. 18, 1996 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Hoop Dreams

Groundbreaking documentary follows five years in the lives of two promising high school basketball players from Chicago.

"...Directed by: Steve James. Hoop Dreams is an amazing documentary, nearly three hours long, that follows five years in..."

Dec. 23, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Kokomo City

Gorgeous documentary about Black trans sex workers in Black communities

"...As seems sadly predictable in a documentary about trans sex workers in America, Kokomo City begins..."

Aug. 4, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

It Ain't Over

Charming documentary honors Yogi Berra, the man and the player

"...him a more than worthy subject for charming biographic documentary It Ain't Over. His lifetime achievements as a player..."

July 7, 2023 Movie Review by Steve Davis

All That Breathes

The struggle by three men to save the endangered black kite

"...the night, All That Breathes is no spiritual nature documentary either. This 2022 Academy Award Best Documentary nominee is..."

March 31, 2023 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Loving Highsmith

Documentary about the acclaimed American novelist explores her past loves

"...is one of the more revealing moments in this documentary about the acclaimed American novelist who died an expatriate..."

Oct. 14, 2022 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, a Journey, a Song

Music documentary tries to sing two songs at once

"...Buckley, and the Unlikely Ascent of “Hallelujah,” and the documentary covers Cohen’s life pretty extensively though the early Nineties..."

July 22, 2022 Movie Review by Sarah Jane

SXSW Film Review: Boycott

The real victims of the GOP war on free speech

"...hopes to see their hometown featured prominently in a documentary about anti-speech legislation. Then again, these past few years..."

March 22, 2022 Screens Post by Matthew Monagle

Rooster Teeth Finds Some Common Ground

New documentary takes the politics out of the border

"...and intimate are very different things, and his new documentary, Common Ground, is definitely the latter...."

Nov. 2, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

God Knows Where I Am

"...the inside and shut out the world. This sad documentary explores how this unnecessary death came to pass...."

April 21, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Nuts!

Stranger-than-fiction doc about an eccentric doctor

"...The first sentence spoken by the narrator in the documentary Nuts! is defiantly unequivocal: “This is a film about..."

Sept. 2, 2016 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Hillary’s America: The Secret History of the Democratic Party

Another distorted salvo from Dinesh D’Souza

"...Uninterested in persuasion or education, this third documentary by Dinesh D’Souza is designed to aggressively reinforce prejudices..."

July 22, 2016 Movie Review by Louis Black

An Actress Plays Herself in the Role of a Lifetime

AFS Doc Nights: Actress

"...the relationship between "acting" and "being yourself" in a documentary...."

Feb. 6, 2015 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

America: Imagine the World Without Her

Another book by conservative political commentator Dinesh D'Souza gets the documentary treatment.

"...Essentially this “documentary” by noted right-wing pundit Dinesh D’Souza is review-proof. Designed..."

July 4, 2014 Movie Review by Louis Black

Fed Up

Most everything we've been taught about eating and exercising is wrong, and Katie Couric breaks it down for us.

"...This new documentary aims for something very difficult: It takes a tired..."

May 9, 2014 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Shepard & Dark

The turbulent but creative connection between theatre legend Sam Shepard and writer and collector Johnny Dark is explored in this documentary. The film also features the work of a couple of Austin film mavericks: editor Sandra Adair and musician Graham Reynolds.

"...the more revelatory. It’s a tone poem of a documentary, really, as rich, satisfying, and full of life and..."

Oct. 25, 2013 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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