It’s baseball season and, though neither of us are avid sports fans, we’re all too familiar with the concept of “streaks” and “slumps.” After all, they’re not limited to sports. Sometimes they even occur in the realm of at-home viewing. With access to such a wide variety of films and programs we’re bound to select […]

As a filmmaker who has directed documentaries, and an academic who has taught theory classes about them, I watch programs that are labeled “non-fiction” with a wary and critical eye, aware of how audio-visual presentations can manipulate what we see, what we don’t see and how we see or don’t see events and claims presented […]

Watching the four episodes that comprise the documentary ALLEN V. FARROW is a wrenching experience, offering a searing indictment not only of Allen, but also the society, media and investigative agencies that allowed him to evade punishment for possible crimes. Allen and his enablers understood the cultural landscape that existed at that time and that […]