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Review

De Humani Corporis Fabrica

by David Jenkins

This human­ist por­trait of care, surgery and tech­nol­o­gy is Ver­e­na Par­avel and Lucien Castaing-Taylor’s most overt­ly social­ly con­scious work.

4
Anticipation
5
Enjoyment
5
In Retrospect
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Review

Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power

by Lillian Crawford

Nina Menkes’ broad-strokes, reac­tionary inves­ti­ga­tion of the male gaze is more inter­est­ed in cher­ry-pick­ing than it is insight­ful critique.

3
Anticipation
2
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
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Review

Little Richard: I Am Everything

by David Jenkins

The ​“Quasar of Rock” is the sub­ject of this juicy and insight­ful doc­u­men­tary which prizes deep cul­tur­al analy­sis over the usu­al bob­bysox­er hysteria.

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
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Review

Loving Highsmith

by Sophie Monks Kaufman

Eva Viti­ja’s thought­ful doc­u­men­tary is a mea­sured look at a sin­gu­lar, enig­mat­ic lit­er­ary voice.

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
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Review

Rebellion

by Adam Solomons

This fly-on-the-wall doc­u­men­tary is a dicey, dis­ap­point­ing look at the incen­di­ary eco-rebels known as Extinc­tion Rebellion.

3
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
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Review

Flee

by Ella Kemp

A gay Afghan man leaves his home for a new life in Den­mark in Jonas Poher Rasmussen’s mov­ing documentary.

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
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Review

Taming the Garden

by Emily Maskell

This obser­va­tion­al doc­u­men­tary is an ethe­re­al ode to nature and its fight to sur­vive in the hands of human greed.

3
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4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
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Review

Rebel Dykes

by Marina Ashioti

This fit­ting­ly rad­i­cal doc­u­men­tary chron­i­cles the fem­i­nist punk sub­cul­ture which sprung in Lon­don in the 1980s.

5
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
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Review

Sabaya

by Marina Ashioti

A som­bre and emo­tive doc­u­men­tary depict­ing the painful real­i­ties of the Islam­ic State’s reign of terror.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
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Review

Pray Away

by Emily Maskell

This dev­as­tat­ing doc­u­men­tary expos­es the shock­ing truth of one of the world’s largest gay con­ver­sion ther­a­py schemes.

3
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect