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fromIndieWire
2 days ago

Netflix's 'Manosphere' Dares to Ask: Should Men Make Documentaries About Sexism? - Opinion

The contentious film has been brewing in the background of its subjects' notoriously sexist social media accounts for the past year as Theroux pieced his documentary together behind the scenes. The result has sparked major controversy since hitting Netflix, having promised viewers a vital look behind enemy lines and instead delivering a half-baked survey of Andrew Tate-era misogyny.
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fromThe Verge
2 weeks ago

The AI Doc is an overwrought hype piece for doomers and accelerationists alike

Focus Features' AI documentary has excellent access to industry leaders but fails to provide meaningful insights or substantive analysis about generative AI's societal impact.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
2 weeks ago

The Dinosaurs review Morgan Freeman's narration is so soothing, you could use this as a relaxation aid

Dinosaur documentaries increasingly rely on familiar narrative tropes and visual effects that have become clichéd, combining predictable animal behavior patterns with sensationalized predator encounters.
fromWashingtonian - The website that Washington lives by.
1 month ago

Decoding "Melania": An Expert Reads Between the Lines - Washingtonian

Brett Ratner's new documentary about Melania Trump is long and glossy yet largely unrevealing-critics have said it has " the feel of a soothingly looped AI screensaver" and that it is " compelling as dental floss," " short on substance," and " a personality-study of a person who doesn't actually have one." They've used words like " hagiographic," "unimaginative," " Sphinxlike," and " stultifying." The Bulwark called it a "pure and naked instrument of graft and propaganda" that "preaches to the faithful with great reverence."
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