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• Gretel & Hansel

  Gretel & Hansel 2020

  

  eugenen ★★★★

  *Extremely* my jam, delivering on the promise of THE BLACKCOAT’S DAUGHTER and I AM THE PRETTY THING THAT LIVES IN THE HOUSE with a genuinely unsettling 90-minute plunge into the…

• Frozen II

  Frozen II 2019

  

  Ken Rudolph ★★

  A sequel of such mediocrity that it almost defies understanding. Sure, the Disney animation machine still functions at the top level artistically. But the lame story featuring sister princesses, and…

• 5B

  5B 2018

  

  Ken Rudolph ★★★★★

  In 1983, the first dedicated AIDS ward was established on the 5th floor of the San Francisco General Hospital. This emotionally resonant documentary tells the story of that ward from…

• The Standoff at Sparrow Creek

  The Standoff at Sparrow Creek 2018

  

  preston ★★½ 1

  Wanted to see this for two reasons, because it made the A.V. Club's list of 25 best films so far but also because it won a big script contest where…

• Document of the Dead

  Document of the Dead 1985

  

  Kent M. Beeson ★★★½ 1

  All documentaries get three stars, + 1/2 star if they include Romero's amazing Fantastic Voyage-inspired Calgon commercial, which is like Guy Maddin working in color.

• Skate Kitchen

  Skate Kitchen 2018

  

  Jeremy Heilman ★★ 1

  This is so low-stakes with such lazy attempts at dramatization (poor Elizabeth Rodriguez!) that you have to wonder why Moselle didn’t just make a documentary featuring the nonactors among the…

• Where Is Kyra?

  Where Is Kyra? 2017

  

  Michael Sicinski ★★★ 2

  This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

• The Mind's Eye

  The Mind's Eye 2015

  

  Steve Carlson ★★ 8

  I don't know why you'd make a whole-ass movie with actors and grips and a budget and everything just to announce that you’ve seen Scanners and The Fury, that's like…