Tunnel Vision
The Cave by George Wolf A mother wails in agony over her dead son. A child, sick from a chemical attack, cries for his mother. The bombs of the Syrian…read more →
documentaries
Pretty McFly (For a White Guy)
Fastest Delorean Part II by George Wolf When we last saw Adam Kontras and his record-setting Delorean, one of them was on the side of an L.A. freeway engulfed in…read more →
Read All About It
Scandalous: The True Story of the National Enquirer by George Wolf About 94 minutes into Scandalous, Mark Landsman’s completely engrossing documentary about tabloid journalism, you realize he’s buried the lede.…read more →
Can You Hear Me Now?
Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound by George Wolf Okay, reel talk: I’m a sound nerd, so I probably geeked out over Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound…read more →
Born in the Southwest USA
Western Stars by Hope Madden and George Wolf Back in 1985, with “Born in the USA”-mania raging, Bruce Springsteen’s small acting performance in the John Sayles video for “I’m On…read more →
The Long Way Home
Midnight Traveler by George Wolf “How do you say ‘help’ in English?” A harrowing first person account of one family’s flight from a death sentence, Midnight Traveler frames the refugee…read more →
The Shapes of Water
Aquarela by George Wolf “We swam out through the trunk!” Those are six of the very few spoken words in Aquarela, and they quickly establish the stakes in Victor Kossakovsky’s…read more →
Living Out Loud
Raise Hell: The Life & Times of Molly Ivins by George Wolf Even if you know nothing of Molly Ivins, you won’t be long into Raise Hell before you’re wondering:…read more →
One Is the Loneliest Number
One Child Nation by George Wolf A heartbreaking, sometimes devastating and absolutely necessary history lesson, One Child Nation turns a filmmaker’s very personal story into a profile of shared helplessness.…read more →
California Dreamin’
Echo in the Canyon by George Wolf For a musician and a record executive, it was the look of an old movie that led them down a path toward becoming…read more →