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Film Review: Bugs
BugsDirected by Andreas JohnsenRosforth FilmsOpening with a culinary feast involving bowls of soldier fly larvae, locust tabbouleh, and dung beetle stew, Andreas Johnsen’s fascinat…
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Film Review: Catching the Sun
Catching the SunThe Race for the Clean Energy FutureShalini Kantayya7th Empire MediaFor years, when we talked about solar power, it was either as some kind of hippy-dippy, bac…
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Film Review: Love Is a Verb
Love Is a VerbTerry Spencer Hesser and Stephan MazurekDark Sky FilmsThe Muslim thinker and academic Fetullah Gulen has been a controversial figure in his homeland of Turkey for&nbs…
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Film Review: The Professor: Tai Chi’s Journey West
The Professor: Tai Chi’s Journey WestBarry StrugatzFirst Run FeaturesIn 1964, a 63-year-old Chinese academic and doctor named Cheng Man-Ching moved to New York and began to teach t…
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Film Review: They Will Have to Kill Us First
They Will Have to Kill Us FirstJohanna SchwartzTogether FilmsJohanna Schwartz’s wonderful documentary begins with a blast of hip-hop describing the Jihadi takeover of Mali in 2012.…Film
Film Review: The Seer
The SeerA Portrait of Wendell BerryLaura DunnTwo Birds FilmDirector Laura Dunn’s documentary portrait of the legendary environmentalist, writer, and farmer Wendell Berry owes as mu…Film
Film Review: Paths of the Soul
Paths of the SoulZhang WangLETV PicturesChinese director Zhang Wang’s hypnotic film follows a small group of Tibetans as they make a months-long, physically grueling pilgrimage to …
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Film Review: The C Word
The C WordMeghan O’HaraZorro and Me FilmsThe “C word” is, of course, “cancer,” and Meghan O’Hara’s well-produced documentary offers a look at the ways that our unhealthy diets and …
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Film Review: He Named Me Malala
He Named Me MalalaDirected by Davis GuggenheimFox Searchlight PicturesThe terrifying plight of Malala Yousafzai, the teenaged Pakistani girl shot in the face by the Taliban in 2012…
