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Movie Review: ‘The Pathological Optimist’

By Arden Fitzpatrick October 22, 2017

★★★★☆ Whatever your preconceived notions of the anti-vaccination movement are, “The Pathological Optimist” will make you question them entirely. Directed and produced by Miranda Bailey,...

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Movie Review: ‘Dina’

By Alexandra Brunjes October 20, 2017

★★★★☆ Telling an ordinary story with extraordinary subjects, “Dina” boldly defies the conventions of nonfiction film. The winner of the U.S. Grand Jury Prize for documentaries at the...

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Movie Review: ‘Spielberg’

By Maddie Finn October 4, 2017

★★★★☆ HBO’s “Spielberg,” directed and produced by Susan Lacy, is no ordinary documentary. The film is as much a documentary about famed director Steven Spielberg’s life as it...

Speaking the Language of Laughter in Jordan

By Reilly Dowd March 6, 2015

I didn't realize it at the time, but the C+ that ticked me off in my senior year in the School of Foreign Service would turn out to be an important lesson. So, too, was a comment a professor made to me...

Movie Review: ‘She’s Beautiful When She’s Angry’

By Grace Wydeven February 20, 2015

★★★★☆ As the opening credits flicked by, the screen suddenly went black and moments later white words appear: “There are still states that restrict a woman’s right to choose. A right...

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Movie Review: ‘Finding Vivian Maier’

By Rita Chang April 25, 2014

★★★☆☆ In 2007, Jeff Maloof bid on a box of negatives that he never ended up using for a book on his Chicago neighborhood. Two years later, he developed the shoved-away negatives out of...

Alum to Document Surging Violence in Syria

By Sarah Kaplan August 28, 2012

When Matthew VanDyke (GRD ’04) returned to the United States after being detained for six months in a Libyan prison, he was already planning his next trip to the Middle East. “I’m going...

Documentary Shines Light on Struggle Within the Military

By Peter Brigham June 7, 2012

Steeped in tradition and boasting a history of national service, the United States Armed Forces are viewed as honorable and disciplined institutions, composed of hardworking, humble and idealistic men...

Shining Light on a Revolution

By Margaret Viator February 9, 2012

Revolution. Dismantlement. Recovery. Election. This is the way much of the world has viewed the political upheaval in the Middle East, particularly in Egypt: like a never-ending newsreel, one event after...

9:30 Club History, Culture Documented

By Anne Skomba February 11, 2011

On Wednesday evening, the D.C. Music Salon screened an unreleased documentary on the eclectic musical past of the city's popular venue, the 9:30 Club. The documentary, titled "9:30 F Street" after the...

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