Tag: best documentary 2013

Documentary Review: ‘The Act of Killing’ by Joshua Oppenheimer

Posted: August 14, 2013 at 6:16 am   /   Featured, Local, Movie Reviews

“In 1965, the Indonesian government was overthrown by the military. Anybody opposed to the military dictatorship could be accused of being a communist: union members, landless farmers, intellectuals, and the ethnic Chinese. In less than a year, and with the direct aid of western governments, over one million “communists” were murdered.” Those are the words […]

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Movie Review: ‘Blackfish’ Documentary on Whales and SeaWorld Opens Today at Landmark Plaza Frontenac

Posted: August 2, 2013 at 10:17 am   /   Featured, Local, Movie Reviews, St. Louis Movie Theaters

“When you look into their eyes, you know somebody is home. Somebody’s looking back.”    – John Jett, Former SeaWorld Trainer Those words, spoken by a former trainer in Blackfish, drive home a point that many, many people can easily forget – this is not a person in a costume, not an animatronic figure that is […]

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