Film Reviews

By Betsy A. McLane, Ph.D. The Scenario Huge storms pound the middle third of the United States. The Mississippi overflows it banks, flooding towns, killing and displacing people, destroying economies and ecosystems. The nation wonders what to do. A man—backed with respectable financing—steps forward to direct a powerful documentary film that reveals the essence of …

The River Runs Through It: The Lost Legacy of Pare Lorentz Read More »

One of the central questions incessantly asked of documentary film and video is, “Is that real?” People who think about film, and documentary in particular, generally reach personal conclusions about the veracity of what they see, at least to the extent that they can think about and share their own reactions to a film. No …

MY SECOND LIFE and DREAMWORLD film review Read More »