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‘After Porn Ends’: New documentary explores lives of actors post-career

December 20, 2019 By Brian W. Major

The documentary shines a light on the hypocrisy of a society that fantasizes about sex workers on one hand, then stigmatizes them for that work on the other.

The new Belorussian film ‘Debut’: Crime and punishment and art therapy

December 6, 2019 By Ed Rampell

A well-made, touching documentary.

‘Bikram: Yogi, Guru, Predator’: Oh! Kolkata, yogi bare and boo-boos

December 3, 2019 By Ed Rampell

As Eva Orner’s chilling Bikram: Yogi, Guru, Predator contends, Bikram Choudhury—who is now a fugitive from the U.S. but still teaching and cashing in elsewhere—is one of the latest in a long line of figures from...

‘The Edge of Democracy’ sheds light on Brazil teetering on the brink

June 17, 2019 By Ed Rampell

Unlike documentarians like Michael Moore, whose proletarian persona is a recurring part of his docs, Costa can’t keep up with her material.

Chelsea Manning and Rohingya Muslims featured in new documentaries

May 29, 2019 By Bill Meyer

The film "XY Chelsea" is often tragic in tone, showing the pervasive surveillance ominously growing in the U.S.