Mike D'Angelo's posts

A little over a month ago, Brett Kavanaugh sat in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee and delivered an angry,…

Margarethe von Trotta begins her documentary Searching For Ingmar Bergman with a personal anecdote, describing in…

A few years ago, legendary documentary filmmaker Frederick Wiseman made one of his occasional geographical…

In the decade (nearly) since Inglourious Basterds, Quentin Tarantino has directed two films—three, if you want to…

As a general rule, biopics fare better when they focus on a relatively thin sliver of the subject’s life, rather…

The opportunity to play Pablo Escobar—murderous cartel kingpin and (briefly, at least) duly elected government…

Any human life, examined thoroughly, would make a worthwhile subject. That’s true in theory, at least, and sibling…

In the tradition of William Castle, who enticed audiences with ostensible danger—taking out an actual life insurance…

With his unruly mop of hair and quizzical expression, teenager Rick Wershe, Jr. (Richie Merritt) resembles a…

On July 12, 1917, roughly 1,300 striking copper miners—most of them recent immigrants—in the town of Bisbee, Arizona…

Early in Operation Finale, a docudrama about the capture of fugitive Nazi Adolf Eichmann (played by Ben “Man Of A…

Set in a tacky Hooters-style sports bar called Double Whammies, Andrew Bujalski’s delightful new comedy, Support The…

Neither Romeo nor nudity makes an appearance in Juliet, Naked, a labored romantic comedy adapted from Nick Hornby’s…

Most films adapted from memoirs come across as stranger than fiction. It’s not Billy Moore’s fault that his…

Movies about the fantastic often begin by establishing a patina of normalcy, the better to rupture it later. Like…

The first and second murders in The Third Murder take place some 30 years before the movie begins, and are never…

Playing a quadriplegic represents a challenge for any able-bodied actor, but it must be particularly frustrating for…

It’s hard not to feel empathy for a child who finds herself abruptly sent back to a birth country she doesn’t even…

A familiar tale told with intense conviction, Clio Barnard’s Dark River depicts two adult lives still caught in the…

There are three different potential audiences for the documentary Three Identical Strangers: 1) people for whom that…