Resynator movie review & film summary 2024

Directed by Felicity Morris, the documentary tells the story of a man who allegedly used Tinder to pose as a wealthy bachelor and charm women, lavishing gifts and attention on them, only to con them out of large sums of money and then ghost them. Two people find love, glory, and tragedy — all underwater — in Laura McGann’s gripping 2023 documentary. Alessia Zecchini and Stephen Keenan met through free diving, a perilous sport in which divers go deep underwater while simply holding their breath, instead of breathing through an apparatus like scuba divers. McGann followed Zecchini, a champion free diver, as she tried to set a new world record with the help of Keenan, a safety diver, on a notoriously dangerous dive in Dahab, Egypt. In addition to its deeply human story and thrilling extreme-sport element, the film features extraordinary footage of the depths of the ocean. Newsreels at this time were sometimes staged but were usually re-enactments of events that had already happened, not attempts to steer events as they were in the process of happening.

The love for Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood lives on in the hearts and minds of those who grew up learning life lessons from its cardigan-clad host. This archival footage documentary centers on the life of Fred Rogers and the guiding sense of decency that he infused into the beloved children’s program. Won’t You Be My Neighbor smartly demonstrates Rogers’ empathetic approach while also depicting his fight to keep his show on the airwaves. As EW’s critic puts it, the documentary is “a security blanket for our troubled times,” and a reminder of the inherent value of kindness in a world that needs it now more than ever. Martin Scorsese blurs the line between fiction and reality in this glimpse into Bob Dylan’s eponymous 1975 tour. The director blends archival footage with modern interviews from those who were in the singer’s circle, including Joan Baez and Sam Shepard, as well as from fictional characters, played by the likes of Sharon Stone and Michael Murphy.

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Besides the connection to our favorite NFL team, the movie offers other connections to Kansas. Babudar claims to have graduated in 2016 from Kansas State University, although no one in the documentary seems to believe that. Babudar often visits Kansas casinos, making wagers on the Chiefs and, the FBI alleged, laundering the money from his bank robberies. The documentary veers away from a silly sports romp that you might have anticipated when you clicked on something called “Chiefsaholic” with promotional images featuring a football fan costumed as a wolf. Only Babudar’s mother, Carla Baduban, and her other son keep the camera distant — but alluringly so. Through the telephoto lens, Carla seems a tragic and withered woman who lives a nomadic and troubled life.

• When Mats Steen died of a degenerative muscular disease at the age of 25, his parents were surprised to receive condolences from numerous strangers who knew their son well — as his World of Warcraft avatar, named Ibelin.
• In addition to its subject himself, the doc features commentary from other artists and friends of Stallone’s, including Arnold Schwarzenegger, Talia Shire, and Quentin Tarantino.
• Lagueria Davis’ 2024 documentary, produced by Shondaland, revisits the development and release of the doll, celebrating her legacy as a cultural icon whose launch marked an essential step forward for representation and a landmark moment in the history of the Barbie brand.
• After that, Huskins was kidnapped for ransom before being released 48 hours later.

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Some of Flaherty’s staging, such as building a roofless igloo for interior shots, was done to accommodate the filming technology of the time. The Oscar-nominated documentary Virunga is one of the prime examples of a documentarian shifting perspectives dramatically to follow the more interesting story. Filmmaker Orlando von Einsiedel set out to document the preservation efforts of workers at the Democratic Republic of Congo’s Virunga National Park to protect endangered gorillas. Shortly into filming, a rebellion by the military group M23 took place in the region, adding further dimension to Einsiedel’s original plan.

Balancing warmth with the urgency of its message, Crip Camp gives a more three-dimensional view of this marginalized community than most films, emphasizing the power of advocating for one’s rights. As EW’s critic writes, “Like most good storytelling, it takes care to make the political personal.” —K.J. The most revealing scene with Babudar comes as he watches the 2023 Super Bowl. But then, fueled by the Chiefs gear he is wearing and the game on the TV, his persona swerves as he revs up to game mode. For the benefit of the camera and thousands of miles from the actual game, he is “Chiefsaholic” again, announcing his return on social media.

Often, a battery of techniques, many borrowed from fiction or avant-garde films, are used. Performative docs often link up personal accounts or experiences with larger political or historical realities. If you’re in any doubt as to why trans representation is so important, then watch Disclosure immediately. Featuring interviews with the likes of Laverne Cox and Jen Richards, this documentary dives deep into the history of transgender people in film and TV, revealing the disturbing stereotypes that the industry continues to perpetuate to this day.

Seeing her from a distance, we viewers speculate about how Xavier Babudar’s upbringing with her might have led to his federal jail cell. The swirl of people surrounding Babudar further enriches the documentary. We meet Michael Lloyd, the mercurial and indefatigable bondsman who is on the hook for $80,000 if he can’t track down the suspect. The woman who stood at the end of Babudar’s fake pistol during his final bank robbery in Oklahoma, Payton Garcia, is a vulnerable and moral counterweight to the sports-fueled bravado of Chiefsaholic and his fellow self-proclaimed superfans. He is the founder and editor-in-chief of The Spool, as well as a Senior Staff Writer for Consequence.

The movie follows Batiste and his wife, writer Suleika Jaouad, throughout a year in which the couple faces the sweetest triumphs and darkest fears. As Batiste celebrates success at the 2022 Grammy Awards and works on composing a symphony Living Without Money bound for Carnegie Hall, Jaouad struggles with the return of leukemia, with which she was first diagnosed in 2011. The two artists share in each other’s joy and pain, and Heineman’s film about them becomes an affecting portrait of a couple navigating life together.

The first observational docs date back to the 1960s; the technological developments which made them possible include mobile lightweight cameras and portable sound recording equipment for synchronized sound. Often, this mode of film eschewed voice-over commentary, post-synchronized dialogue and music, or re-enactments. The films aimed for immediacy, intimacy, and revelation of individual human character in ordinary life situations.

He’s also a published author and is currently penning his debut novel which chucks fantasy, mythology and humanity into a great big melting pot. The documentary drops on Netflix on December 31, with Norman’s Rare Guitars saying it “will be available on other streaming platforms in the coming months”. The trailer reveals just some of the all-star names who will star in the film, with Bonamassa guesting alongside the likes of Boyz II Men’s Shawn Stockman, the late Taylor Hawkins, actors/musicians Kiefer Sutherland, Malcolm McDowell, and former manager Mark Agnesi, who now works at Gibson. An official trailer has been released for the upcoming Norman’s Rare Guitars documentary, which will be streaming on Netflix next week.

The doc features various talking heads from former employees of these social media sites, who explain their companies’ insidious practices. Additionally, the film presents a dramatization of an average family of five to demonstrate social media addiction in various forms. After watching The Social Dilemma, which presents its thesis in sobering fashion, it will be hard not to think twice before mindlessly scrolling Facebook or Instagram again.

Constitution abolished slavery and involuntary servitude, but this searing documentary argues that both have only taken on different forms in the years since its adoption. In another scene, Garcia, the bank teller who was threatened by Babudar, explains her frustration at people supporting Chiefsaholic by believing his innocence. She wonders how people could so easily jump online to glibly assert his innocence, after he had threatened her life.