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Make It Real
Make It Real: Notes on Nonfiction Camp
By
Eric Hynes
September 5, 2018
In
The Gospel of Eureka
, the humor and fabulous pageantry are more than just for laughs
Make It Real: Evidence of a Life
By
Eric Hynes
July 2, 2018
Wang Bing’s
Dead Souls
does justice to the few who lived to tell the tale of mass atrocity
Seeing in the Dark
By
Eric Hynes
May 1, 2018
Making something out of nothing, some filmmakers use blank screens to fill our minds
All Things Reconsidered
By
Eric Hynes
February 22, 2018
Revisited and reshaped, old footage fuels new reflections in two Sundance documentaries
Make It Real: No Place I’d Rather Be
By
Eric Hynes
January 3, 2018
Our nonfiction critic singles out his favorite screenings of 2017, where audience, film, and venue met their match
Make It Real: Star Tours
By
Eric Hynes
November 3, 2017
Brushes with fame are easy to market, but the best portraits of artists and celebrity go deeper
Make It Real: Acting Out
By
Eric Hynes
September 4, 2017
In two new documentaries, the subjects are playing for the camera—and what’s wrong with that?
Make It Real: Give and Take
By
Eric Hynes
July 3, 2017
Laura Poitras’s
Risk
and Mark Grieco’s
A River Below
grapple with trust and truth
Make It Real: Living Proof
By
Eric Hynes
May 3, 2017
Melding screening and performance, filmmakers like Travis Wilkerson search for new paths to intimacy and spontaneity
Make It Real: See Through Me
By
Eric Hynes
March 3, 2017
A new crop of documentaries use the “first-person” approach to move beyond the self
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