Where to Invade Next: Documentary Review

European travelling with humour and thirst for knowledge.

Where to Invade Next is a refreshing documentary. One that informs while it entertains; one that looks forwards as much as it looks backwards, and one that is hopeful and honest in a very simple way. Its structure makes it easy-to-swallow, and its broad subjects make it very easy to sit back and watch. Director Michael Moore has an anger in many of his documentaries – an anger that in some people (like me) impassions, but for other people, just rubs them the wrong way.		2016 Directed by: Michael Moore Screenplay by: Michael Moore Starring: Michael Moore

How to Survive a Plague: Documentary Review

In some cases, words and actions can save a million lives.

“How to Survive a Plague” takes real footage from the 1980s and 90s fight for health among the homosexual community and allows us to accurately re-live the tragedy of the rise of AIDS worldwide and the political incompetence to do anything about it. Part of the excellence of this documentary is allowing the actual events to speak for themselves.		2012 Directed by: David France Screenplay by: David France, Tyler H. Walk and Todd Woody Richman Starring: Peter Staley, and Bob Rafsky
These activists had the foresight to record their conversations and protests, and these filmmakers had the foresight to know how to edit it to leave the power in the hands of those fighting.

The Art of the Steal: Documentary Review

The greatest theft ever committed.

“The Art of the Steal” is about not only the greatest art theft in the world, but probably the greatest crime ever committed. And at this point, let’s define “greatest”. In this sense, “great” means		2009 Directed by: Don Argott
comparatively large in size or number, unusual or considerable in power or intensity, and of an extreme or notable degree. It does not mean wonderful, first-rate, or good. This theft wasn’t even deemed a crime in the first place and was committed by mobsters, city of Philadelphia politicians, and educators.