Note By Note

Note By Note

★★★★ Director: Ben Niles Year: 2007 This is a fascinating documentary, even for someone like me who never learned to appreciate classical music, read music, nor how ...

Dr. Bronner’s Magic Soap

Dr. Bronner’s

★★★ Director: Sara Lamm Year: 2006 We started using Dr. Bronner's soap when M. was a baby as we were told this 'magic soap' would get out ...

ESPN 30 for 30

ESPN 30 for 30

★★★★ Director: Reggie Rock Bythewood, Bill Couturié, and 10 more credits Year: 2009-2010 What an incredible series of films. Even if you're not a sports fan, these ...

Religulous

Religulous

★★★ Director: Larry Charles Year: 2008 This was surprisingly really good. I used to watch Bill Maher's show but always got frustrated because it wasn't that he would ...

We Live in Public

We Live in Public

★★★★★ Director: Ondi Timoner Year: 2009 Thanks Diego for recommending this documentary. For anyone who lived through the dot-com days, especially in NYC and saw all of this ...

Glenn Gould: Genius Within

Glenn Gould: Genius

★★★ Director: Michèle Hozer, Peter Raymont Year: 2009 Pretty interesting documentary on Glenn Gould. I had no idea about his life other than his Goldberg Variations. But there's ...

Justin Bieber: Never Say Never

Justin Bieber: Never

★★ Director: Jon M. Chu Year: 2011 Now, this site and my eclectic viewing habits are what makes me so unpredictable. But I can seriously enjoy watching an ...

F for Fake

F for Fake

★★★★★ Director: Orson Welles Year: 1973 Absolutely incredible! I didn't know what to expect other than, it must be good if there's a Criterion collection of it. The ...

90 Degrees South

90 Degrees South

★★★★ Creator: Alan Ravenscroft Year: 1933 Gotta love documentaries, especially something from so long ago. Not only is the footage just spectacular, but the witty narration is great ...

Waiting for Superman

Waiting for Superman

★★★★ Creator: Davis Guggenheim Year: 2010 An amazing view into the America public school system. It'll frustrate you, but in the end, it made me want to rally ...

Inside Job

Inside Job

★★★★★ Creator: Charles Ferguson Year: 2010 This is a film everyone must watch. Then again, it got me really pissed off. It's sad, frightening and just aggravating to ...

Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child

Jean-Michel Basquiat

★★★ Creator: Tamra Davis Year: 2010 If you've seen and enjoyed Julian Schnabel's Basquiat, then you should definitely watch this documentary. Tamra Davis's documentary follows video footage she ...

Kings of Pastry

Kings of Pastry

★★ Creator: Chris Hegedus, D.A. Pennebaker Year: 2009 So while I was sick, I just browsed Netflix for whatever types of films I was in the mood for ...

It Might Get Loud

It Might Get Loud

★★★★★ Creator: Davis Guggenheim Year: 2008 Thanks to Jan for recommending this film. Even if you don't like Jimmy Page, The Edge, nor Jack White (like me), you'll ...

Bus 174

Bus 174

★★★ Creator: José Padilha, Felipe Lacerda Year: 2002 This documentary is shot and edited so well that it feels like you were actually in Rio when the people ...

GasLand

GasLand

★★★ Creator: Josh Fox Year: 2010 This film is nominated for best documentary in this year's Oscars. The story itself is absolutely fascinating as it's something I wasn't ...

Between the Folds

Between the Folds

★★★★★ Director: Vanessa Gould Year: 2008 We watched this based upon a recommendation from Eugenie and John and it was absolutely incredible! First, Vanessa Gould did an amazing ...

Last Train Home

Last Train Home

★★★ Director: Lixin Fan Year: 2009 What a depressing film, documenting the story of migrant factory workers in China.  Most of these factory workers work in towns over ...