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Beware of Mr. Baker
USA, 2012, 92 min.
If you loved this year’s doc breakout Searching for Sugar Man, then you will not want to miss Mr. Baker, a darker, but equally fascinating, journey into the soul of a musical genius, the legendary rock-n-roll/jazz drummer Ginger Baker.... more
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Bound by Flesh
USA, 2012, 95 min.
Riveting documentary about Daisy and Violet Hilton, conjoined twins who enjoyed and endured a rollercoaster show-business career in the first half of the twentieth century – including a stage act with the young Bob Hope. They also appeared in Tod Browning’s legendary horror film Freaks.... more
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Far Out Isn't Far Enough: The Tomi Ungerer Story
USA, 2012, 99 min.
A thoroughly engrossing documentary about “the most famous children’s book author you have never heard of”, whose subversive and brilliant work has won him legions of fans… and more than a few enemies.... more
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Iceberg Slim: Portrait of a Pimp
USA, 2012, 88 min.
An African-American writer’s authentic treatment of inner city street life sells 6 million books –Malcolm X? Alex Haley? James Baldwin? No. His name is Robert Beck, aka Iceberg Slim, and his story is truly remarkable and surprisingly moving.... more
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Joshua Tree, 1951: A Portrait of James Dean
USA, 2012, 93 min.
Influenced by the New Queer Cinema of the ’90s, Joshua Tree, 1951 imagines the pre-fame days of cinematic icon James Dean in all his bisexual glory. Inspired by facts, and maybe some fictions, about Dean’s short, tragic life, the movie is a poetic rumination on the dream of being a star and i... more
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Koch
USA, 2012, 95 min.
Love him or hate him, Ed Koch personifies the image of New York and the big city mayor. Granted unprecedented access, filmmaker Neil Barsky engages the still feisty 87-year-old Koch in a probing assessment of his life, career, and legacy.... more
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Marie Krøyer
Denmark, 2012, 103 min.
An exquisite period romance about the wife of acclaimed Danish painter P.S. Kroyer. At the peak of their marriage, Kroyer’s mental illness becomes more severe and Marie’s dream of a mutually supportive life as artists turns to frustration and sorrow.... more
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Nuala
Ireland, 2012, 90 min.
This warts-and-all documentary paints a vivid picture of Irish author/TV producer/columnist/cultural commentator Nuala O'Faolain’s remarkable life, bountiful talent and uncompromising death.... more
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Plimpton! Starring George Plimpton as Himself
USA, 2011, 89 min.
Take a thoroughly enjoyable ride with this American original – the writer, editor, journalist, raconteur, celebrity George Plimpton. Did I leave anything out, George?... more
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Smiling Through the Apocalypse - Esquire in the 60s
USA, 2012, 98 min.
An intimate and engaging portrait of Harold Hayes, the brilliant editor of Esquire magazine in its 1960s peak, who fostered the leading lights of the New Journalism, including such talents as Tom Wolfe, Gore Vidal, William F Buckley and Norman Mailer.... more
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