There are countless documentaries and films that have been made about Queen Elizabeth II. But I was intrigued by Portrait of the Queen as it’s told from the perspective of the Queen’s photographers. Not to be confused with Elizabeth: A Portrait in Parts released last year by Roger Michell. It’s exactly a year and a …
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Documentary Review: The Restless Hungarian (2023) – a filmmaker’s heartfelt journey to uncover the truth about his father’s secret
Documentaries are often a great way to get insights into worlds that are foreign to us, that’s why I was intrigued by the offer to view this documentary by Tom Wiedlinger. It’s both a historical as well as personal film about his enigmatic father, the acclaimed structural engineer Paul Wiedlinger who fled Europe just ahead …
#MSPIFF42 Double Reviews: The Hamlet Syndrome (documentary) + Dancing Queen
We're now past the halfway point of MSPIFF and I've seen about nine movies so far… wish I had seen more of course but hey, I'll take whatever I can get as I'm juggling a 40-hour workweek. These two films couldn't be more different from one another, but both are definitely worth your while. The …
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Good Night Oppy Review – a heartfelt and uplifting doc about a robotic explorer
If Oppy were a human being, one would likely say 'what an overachiever!' So Oppy is an affectionate nickname for Opportunity, the Mars Exploration Rover built by NASA scientists. Oppy was originally expected to live for only 90 days but she ended up exploring Mars for nearly 15 years. When I first saw the poster, …
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TCFF 2021 Documentary Reviews: After Antartica + A Fire Within
After Antartica The title of Legendary Polar Explorer is not a title easily earned. Minnesota-born educator, author and lecturer Will Steger earned that title when in the years between 1989–1990, he was the first to dogsled traverse Antarctica, and the International Arctic Project. Then in 1995, he became the first and only person to dogsled …
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TCFF 2021 Reviews: A Northwest Passage + Everything In The End + Drunk Bus
These film are currently available online throughout the entire Twin Cities Film Fest - Oct 21-30. A Northwest Passage Shot entirely in the neighborhood of Northeast Minneapolis, A Northwest Passage tells the story of its residents, neighbors, business owners & employees, and activists who call that part of the largest city in Minnesota their home …
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FlixChatter Review: The Lost Leonardo (2021)
I vaguely remember reading about a painting being sold for a record-breaking $400+ million a few years ago, but I didn’t remember exactly which painting it was. Well, this documentary by Danish filmmaker Andreas Koefoed traced the 12-year journey of the Salvator Mundi (Latin for Savior of the World) that was originally discovered at a …
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