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Review of Nobody Speak: Trials of the Free Press (2017)

By Nora Lee Mandel (401) for Maven's Nest (67) on 29 Jul 2017

Interviews Gawker editors extensively on personal toll of the suit and liabilities; reporters give inside look at the trial…

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Review of The Blood Is at the Doorstep (2017)

By Nora Lee Mandel (401) for Maven's Nest (67) on 29 Jul 2017

Extraordinarily detailed examination of police shooting of unarmed mentally ill African-American man and intimate portrait of devastating yet…

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Review of 500 Years (2017)

By Nora Lee Mandel (401) for Film-Forward.com (768) on 28 Jul 2017

Valuable and frequently moving overview...of cross-cultural coalitions...clear and accessible in presenting struggles and points of view of…

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Review of Menashe (2017)

By Nora Lee Mandel (401) for Film-Forward.com (768) on 27 Jul 2017

Sympathy is generated...but not sustained drama...Sensitive portrayal [but] such a respectfully realistic but modest story as Menashe can leave…

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Review of The Fencer (2015)

By Nora Lee Mandel (401) for Maven's Nest (67) on 20 Jul 2017

Athlete fleeing Stalin, war-weary waifs learning elite sport vs Soviets, based on true story, plus has a sweet romance, filmed in beautiful…

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Review of 13th (2016)

By Nora Lee Mandel (401) for Maven's Nest (67) on 14 Jul 2017

Brings facts and fury to wide audience...Interviews set in visually striking spaces...Very effectively repeats and juxtaposes 100 years of…

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Review of The Illinois Parables (2016)

By Nora Lee Mandel (401) for Maven's Nest (67) on 14 Jul 2017

Thematically linked experimental documentary suite uses strong resonant images, with some re-enactments, to show how the land and prairie landscape…

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Review of The Cinema Travellers (2016)

By Nora Lee Mandel (401) for Maven's Nest (67) on 14 Jul 2017

Rises above ethnographic interest to showcase universality and brotherhood of dedicated film fans...to document in verité style, with great…

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Review of City of Ghosts (2017)

By Nora Lee Mandel (401) for Film-Forward.com (768) on 06 Jul 2017

Not only has most of its footage [not] been seen before, but [RBSS] founders' narration of risks taken to bring out startling images adds important…

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Review of The B-Side: Elsa Dorfman's Portrait Photography (2017)

By Nora Lee Mandel (401) for Film-Forward.com (768) on 29 Jun 2017

Lovely portrait of a haimish artist, self-described nice Jewish girl, friendly and homey...most charming centerpiece is the montage of the…

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Review of The Grown-Ups (2017)

By Nora Lee Mandel (401) for FF2 Media (39) on 28 Jun 2017

Beautifully demonstrates paternalistic issues…

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Review of Complicit (2017)

By Nora Lee Mandel (401) for FF2 Media (39) on 28 Jun 2017

Heartbreakingly documents...migrant workers who flock from rural areas...as giggly teenagers...[and by] 23 have sick bodies weakened by pain...from…

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Review of Lost in Lebanon (2017)

By Nora Lee Mandel (401) for FF2 Media (39) on 23 Jun 2017

Documents psychological impact of war [and] the migrant crisis in N. Lebanon…

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Review of The Apology (2016)

By Nora Lee Mandel (401) for FF2 Media (39) on 23 Jun 2017

Expands public's knowledge about WW2-era comfort women enslaved by Japanese Army...Emotional wallop surmounts unclear political negotiations…

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Review of Dawson City: Frozen Time (2017)

By Nora Lee Mandel (401) for Film-Forward.com (768) on 22 Jun 2017

Beautifully interweaves three marvelous stories, and is a must for cinephiles, history buffs, and anyone who just loves a fascinating tale…

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Review of The Journey (2017)

By Nora Lee Mandel (401) for Film-Forward.com (768) on 15 Jun 2017

[H]opeful example that peace is possible between bitter enemies...makes this amazing transformation believable and holds them up as grown-up…

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Review of The Journey (2017)

By Nora Lee Mandel (401) for Film-Forward.com (768) on 15 Jun 2017

[H]opeful example that peace is possible between bitter enemies...makes this amazing transformation believable and holds them up as grown-up…

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Review of The Wedding Plan (2016)

By Nora Lee Mandel (401) for Film-Forward.com (768) on 02 Jun 2017

Transcends [a] gimmicky premise to find a genuinely poignant sweet spot...Key to the film's charm and sincerity is Noa Kooler ...Refreshingly,…

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Review of Ben-Gurion, Epilogue (2016)

By Nora Lee Mandel (401) for Maven's Nest (67) on 10 May 2017

Serviceable visual history lesson of 20th century Israel through the eyes of the man who was at the center of its founding...Film portrays…

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Review of The Zookeeper's Wife (2017)

By Nora Lee Mandel (401) for Film-Forward.com (768) on 30 Mar 2017

Gripping adaption…

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