Daily Archives: October 17, 2022

Movie Review: A Dark German Dream of Debates and Morality — “The Last City”

Veteran German documentarian Heinz Emigolz’s “The Last City” is an interlocking series of conversations with actor/characters taking us from Israel and Serbia to Greece, China and Brazil in a quintet of vignettes that seem to have only the loosest connections. … Continue reading

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Movie Review: A Japanese Religious movement makes a movie about removing curses via “The Divine Protector: Master Salt Begins”

Let’s resist the urge to judge a new Japanese religious movement with the label we slap on every faith new enough to invite ridicule — “cult.” Instead, let Happy Science explain itself via a movie it has released, although maybe … Continue reading

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Documentary Review: Celebrating “Mr. Disney (World),” “Billy Flanigan: The Happiest Man on Earth”

Next time you’re in Orlando, Planet Earth’s Vacationland, drop the name “Billy Flanigan.” Just don’t try to find somebody with anything bad to say about him. That’s an exercise in futility that would eat up your whole visit. “Mr. Disney,” … Continue reading

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Documentary Preview: “God Forbid” details the dirt in the Falwell/Trump/Evangelical Sex Scandal

Nov. 1, this film from the director of “Cocains e Cowboys” comes to Hulu. The pool boy, the rich and entitled rich religious hustlers, the New York con artist, all here. And Tom Arnold. Remember how he helped expose this?

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