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By Kimberly S (200) on 30 Sep 2016

This film was disturbing on so many levels but made such amazing use of archival material that I hung in there with it…

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By Zach Middleton (16) for Willamette Week (516) on 28 Sep 2016

In Author: The JT LeRoy Story, we see the elaborate (and possibly meta-artistic) plot Albert used to fashion her own fame out of whole cloth…

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By Stephen Silver (684) for EntertainmentTell (372) on 26 Sep 2016

It's a sordid tale, and Albert is not an especially sympathetic or reliable narrator. But the film is hugely entertaining (Splice Today)…

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By Noah Gittell (113) for Nerdist (550) on 21 Sep 2016

It succeeds for the questions it asks, not the ones it cheaply answers…

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By Kelly Vance (1,015) for East Bay Express (1,012) on 21 Sep 2016

Serves up a juicy cautionary tale about the machinery of idol worship…

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By Alexandra H (84) on 20 Sep 2016

I loved this film…

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By Matthew Lickona (530) for San Diego Reader (713) on 20 Sep 2016

While Feuerzeig makes good visual and narrative use of the world's adulation and outrage over LeRoy and his eventual outing, all those fireworks…

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By Kevin A (455) on 19 Sep 2016

Fascinating, thought provoking and mysterious in many ways, this hybrid exploration of the world of abandonment, gender identity, celebrity,…

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By Richard Brody (868) for New Yorker (1,403) on 18 Sep 2016

Feuerzeig's flashy narrative antics reduce a serious and substantial story to mere snippets of information…

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By Ray Pride (544) for Newcity (539) on 17 Sep 2016

A portrait of this level of deception, self-deception, of creative pathology, of narcissists giddily getting taken for a ride, is a rich and…

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By Lisa Rosman (132) for Signature (102) on 15 Sep 2016

It's about the identity politics that allowed Leroy to come to be in the first place -- about whether the literary talent for which Leroy was…

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By Mark Dujsik (2,093) for Mark Reviews Movies (2,037) on 15 Sep 2016

Author: The JT LeRoy Story excels when it presents the facts…

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By Stephanie Merry (410) for Washington Post (9,851) on 14 Sep 2016

We get Albert’s side of the story, and that’s clearly problematic…

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By Ty Burr (2,612) for Boston Globe (6,852) on 14 Sep 2016

These are some of the questions raised and left on the table in the fascinating but frustratingly murky Author: The JT Leroy Story, a documentary…

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By Leah Pickett (132) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 14 Sep 2016

This documentary is well crafted but suffers from a deeply unsympathetic protagonist…

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By Armond White (604) for National Review (314) on 14 Sep 2016

This documentary itself is a whirlwind of deceit, switching tenses at will, as if to legitimize Albert's particular delusions, still enjoying…

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By Colin Covert (1,936) for Minneapolis Star Tribune (2,416) on 14 Sep 2016

Sharply filmed, Author explores the appeal of even the most contrived myths, reminding us that even when Pinocchio hides his lengthening nose,…

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By Moira Macdonald (1,892) for Seattle Times (3,524) on 14 Sep 2016

Feuerzeig lets us put together the puzzle pieces of Albert’s story. The film’s final five minutes — a punch to the heart — make it all clear…

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By Marjorie Baumgarten (1,950) for Austin Chronicle (7,653) on 13 Sep 2016

Feuerzeig has made a fascinating documentary about a fascinating occurrence…

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By Michael D (2,363) on 10 Sep 2016

First Hit: Recalling the 2005 public outcry that JT LeRoy wasn't real, this film thoughtfully, engagingly and summarily tells the story behind…

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