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“THE HOUSE I LIVE IN”: An Over-Long, Musing Episode of Frontline

By Gregory Crofton Eugene Jarecki’s “THE HOUSE I LIVE IN” has a similar feel to…

Filming from Up High: ‘AERIAL IRELAND’

Interested to know what the lands of the world look like from a helicopter? Smithsonian…

‘GASLAND PART II’: Repetitive and Over Long But Accomplished

By Gregory Crofton Josh Fox is smart. At least as smart if not smarter than…

‘DIRTY WARS’: Jeremy Scahill and the Perils of Drone Warfare

By Gregory Crofton High expectations for this film left me somewhat disappointed. The slightly hokey…

“WAITING FOR LIGHTNING”: Skateboarder Danny Way is the Real Superman

Only a documentary like “WAITING FOR LIGHTNING” makes your hands sweat. I’m not kidding. The…

THE OATH: Part Two of Laura Poitras’ Portrait of a Post 9/11 World

In light of the fact that last week documentary filmmaker Laura Poitras risked documenting Edward…