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‘Searching for Sugar Man’, insightful and entertaining

Searching for Sugar Man Directed by Malik Bendjelloul Written by Malik Bendjelloul 2012, USA The less you know about Searching for Sugar Man, the better off you are. In fact I’d recommend not watching the trailer; and thus my review will be completely spoiler free. This is a film that relies on unexpected developments as …

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Best Documentaries of 2012 (Part Two)

[callout] The Imposter Directed by Bart Layton [/callout] [quote by=”Josh Spiegel”] Your mind play tricks on you all the time. You’re presented with a clear-cut fact, something that is immutably true, and you doubt it. You wake up in the middle of the night, but your mind convinces you that you’ve had a full night’s …

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Best Documentaries of 2012 (Part One)

Once considered by many as either high art, propaganda or educational videos, documentary film has developed into a popular and visible form of entertainment, sometimes breaking into the mainstream, and often having a greater effect on society. Every year it seems more and more docs are produced and thus not even our hard working staff …

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‘Searching for Sugar Man’ is an enjoyable portrait of an unsung artist; just don’t go Googling beforehand

Searching for Sugar Man Directed by Malik Bendjelloul UK/Sweden, 2012 One problem the modern narrative documentary faces in the time of instantaneous online information is that the various twists and turns they present may well already be known to a viewer beforehand, them having looked into basic details about the documentary’s subject prior to watching. …

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