Documentary

7.3

Review: Reel Redemption

March 4, 2020

Reel Redemption does a solid job parsing its way through the history of Hollywood, highlighting Christianity's complicated relationship to the medium along the way.

by Tyler Hummel

9.2

8.2

Scorsese reached something of a career peak in the 1980s. During this period he wrote and directed some of his best and most interesting works. He started the decade with Raging Bull and filled it in with movies like The King of Comedy, After Hours, The [...]

by Tyler Hummel

9.5

Review: The Amazing Johnathan Documentary

August 17, 2019

When a documentary filmmaker decides to follow an illusionist and serial prankster, his journey (unsurprisingly?) goes horribly awry, with hilarious results. One thing is clear: this isn’t your average documentary!

by Juliana Purnell

Flawed Faith: Meekness, Faith, and Mr. Rogers

September 21, 2018

And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose. —Romans 8:28 Thus far Flawed Faith has been a series I’ve wanted to use to discuss films that aren’t traditionally [...]

by Tyler Hummel

6.7

Review: The Devil and Father Amorth

July 25, 2018

Distributor: The Orchard Director: William Friedkin Writers: William Friedkin & Mark Kermode Starring: Gabriele Amorth & William Friedkin Genre: Documentary Rating: Not Rated In 1973, director William Friedkin shocked the world with his terrifying [...]

by Tyler Hummel

8.7

Review: The Heart of Man + Participant’s Guide

July 8, 2018

Distributor: Unearthed Pictures Director: Eric Esau Writers: Eric Esau, Jason Pamer, Jonathan Sharpe (co-writer) Composer: Tony Anderson Starring: Robert Fleet, Serena Karnagy, Justin Torrence, William Paul Young, Jackie Hill Perry, Dr. Dan Allender [...]

by Juliana Purnell

8.5

Review: Right Between Your Ears + Q&A with Director Sheila Marshall and Neuros...

March 7, 2018

Distributor: Java Films Director: Sheila Marshall Writers: Sheila Marshall & Kris de Meyer Composer: Jorge Puig Starring: John-Christian Bateman (voice), Michael Bertenshaw, Nick Edison, Harold Camping. Genre: Documentary Rating: Not Rated Right [...]

by Juliana Purnell

7.6

Review: Mully

October 8, 2017

Distributor: Fathom Events Director: Scott Haze Writer: Scott Haze Starring: Charles Mully, Esther Mully, Lucky Hassan, Jennifer Ndunge Mukwata Genre: Documentary Rating: NR “Faith as small as a mustard seed.” I remember that line being repeated ad [...]

by Tyrone Barnes

Boom, Bust, or Meh – July 2017

July 2, 2017

What up, GUG fans? Hope you are staying cool this summer because we have some cool films for you (terrible pun, I know). Welcome to this month’s edition of Boom, Bust, or Meh, where we focus on five films of the month and the predictions we have for [...]

by Trey Soto

7.2

1.7

Review: I Am Heath Ledger

May 12, 2017

Distributor: Spike TV, Network Entertainment Director: Adrian Buitenhuis, Derik Murray Writer: Hart Snider Starring: Heath Ledger, Naomi Watts, Ang Lee, Ben Mendelsohn Genre: Documentary – biography Rating: Not Rated Even before The Dark Knight was [...]

by Juliana Purnell

Thank You For Playing Coming to Select Theaters and Digital Release in March

February 29, 2016

This morning we learned via Twitter that the documentary based on That Dragon, Cancer titled Thank You For Playing is being released in select theaters on March 18th followed by a release to digital services on the 29th. Two independent filmmakers have [...]

by L.J. Lowery

6.6

4.8

Review- GameLoading: Rise of the Indies

May 4, 2015

Distributor: Kickstarter Directors: Anna Brady, Lester Francois Writer: Lester Francois Stars: Zoe Quinn, John Romero, Davey Wreden, Christine Love Genre: Documentary Rating: Unrated After the market supersaturation of CoD, Halo, Gears of [...]

by Maurice Pogue

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