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Movie Reviews by Daphne Howland - Page 2 of 4

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Review of My Scientology Movie (2016)

By Daphne Howland (70) for Village Voice (8,525) on 08 Mar 2017

The film's a little choppy as Theroux takes side trips to interview other former Scientologists, but it comes together as a chilling look at…

Review of The Bad Kids (2016)

By Daphne Howland (70) for Village Voice (8,525) on 21 Dec 2016

Desert flowers can be hard to spot, but are often distinctly beautiful, and The Bad Kids has them in focus…

Review of Best and Most Beautiful Things (2016)

By Daphne Howland (70) for Village Voice (8,525) on 01 Dec 2016

The doc is gorgeously filmed, well edited, and works in close-up, but the result is more voyeuristic than revealing, except to show that desolation…

Review of Magnus (2016)

By Daphne Howland (70) for Village Voice (8,525) on 17 Nov 2016

Ree makes things easy for people who don't play chess, deftly pacing Carlsen's triumphs and failures and milking the suspense as the Mozart…

Review of All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone (2016)

By Daphne Howland (70) for Village Voice (8,525) on 02 Nov 2016

All Governments Lie is worthy testimony that many journalists are in it for the truth…

Review of A Billion Lives (2016)

By Daphne Howland (70) for Village Voice (8,525) on 26 Oct 2016

Demonstrating an egregious contempt for science, Biebert and his subjects attack the call for research into the effects of electronic cigarettes…

Review of The Uncondemned (2016)

By Daphne Howland (70) for Village Voice (8,525) on 18 Oct 2016

The film is a riveting feat of editing considering the material, the legalistic conundrums, and the profusion of detail…

Review of Theo Who Lived (2016)

By Daphne Howland (70) for Village Voice (8,525) on 04 Oct 2016

This film is valuable on account of its singular vantage point, and not just because of the firsthand description of the jihadist group’s…

Review of The Best Democracy Money Can Buy (2016)

By Daphne Howland (70) for Village Voice (8,525) on 23 Sep 2016

Palast slices through all the B.S., and while he may be over-the-top in his presentation, keep in mind, he’s got just the facts, ma’am…

Review of Seed: The Untold Story (2016)

By Daphne Howland (70) for Village Voice (8,525) on 21 Sep 2016

It's a wonder of photography, animation, and sound, and it's a testament to its editors that the many interviews with activists and scientists…

Review of Making a Killing: Guns, Greed and the NRA (2016)

By Daphne Howland (70) for Village Voice (8,525) on 17 Aug 2016

Making a Killing feels oddly static, like any fact-dense sermon to the choir…

Review of Hollywood Beauty Salon (2016)

By Daphne Howland (70) for Village Voice (8,525) on 27 Jul 2016

These are stories crafted with care, with glimpses of the filmmaking process — a chance to see the camera operators and director themselves…

Review of At the Fork (2016)

By Daphne Howland (70) for Village Voice (8,525) on 06 Jul 2016

Despite the complexities, though, it's enjoyable, thanks to the crew's substantial expertise…

Review of Killing Them Safely (2015)

By Daphne Howland (70) for Village Voice (8,525) on 24 Nov 2015

Footage of the now-wealthy Smiths being deposed is damning, the brothers' legal jiujitsu is appalling, and the stories of deaths are heartbreaking…

Review of Drone (2013)

By Daphne Howland (70) for Village Voice (8,525) on 17 Nov 2015

In her provocative documentary Drone, Tonje Hessen Schei shows how, actually, the U.S…

Review of Drone (2015)

By Daphne Howland (70) for Village Voice (8,525) on 17 Nov 2015

In her provocative documentary Drone, Tonje Hessen Schei shows how, actually, the U.S…

Review of Drone (2014)

By Daphne Howland (70) for Village Voice (8,525) on 17 Nov 2015

In her provocative documentary Drone, Tonje Hessen Schei shows how, actually, the U.S…

Review of Radicalized (2015)

By Daphne Howland (70) for Village Voice (8,525) on 24 Sep 2015

It's almost unbelievable how much people talk, in Slovick's two hours, without saying very much at all…

Review of Peace Officer (2015)

By Daphne Howland (70) for Village Voice (8,525) on 14 Sep 2015

The film suffers from some rookie problems…

Review of Rosenwald (2015)

By Daphne Howland (70) for Village Voice (8,525) on 10 Aug 2015

Kempner's film, which has an eat-your-vegetables quality, runs long and suffers from a lack of focus…

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Daphne Howland has written reviews for:

Village Voice (8,525)
L.A. Weekly (3,142)

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