The 15-film “short list” for this year’s Best Documentary competition in the Academy Awards has provoked more than the usual shock and outrage, and with good reason. Every year, there’s a certain level of white-noise griping about Oscar “snubs.” This year’s list, though, isn’t just lackluster — there’s something fundamentally off about it. It’s almost perverse. Compiled by a star chamber of Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences voters (it’s not specified how many of the 151 documentary branch members actually watch the films and produce the final roster), the list omits far too many of the documentaries — like, nearly all of them — that were sought out by audiences and acclaimed by critics. It ignores too many of the movies that were seen, praised, and loved.
I’m talking about films like Anvil: The Story of Anvil (pictured above), The September Issue, Tyson, and It Might Get Loud. These were movies that, unlike 90 percent of the ones on the list, struck at least something of a chord in the culture. But that isn’t all they have in common. The passionate, adventurously crafted, and highly praised movies that were left off the list are, in every case, not about well-meaning social and political themes — and that, I believe, is what really doomed them. They fell victim to a kind of self-defeating aesthetic of granola documentary correctness.
Let me be clear about something up front. The fact that a documentary becomes a relatively high-profile indie hit does not, in itself, render it worthy (e.g., the old-folks-sing-rock-tunes novelty doc Young@Heart, which was corny, appealing, and not very well made). The fact that a documentary fails to gain traction in the marketplace doesn’t mean that it shouldn’t be considered for an Academy Award, or even win one. That would be exactly the sort of knee-jerk, popularity-is-God reductionism that I’ve always argued against as a critic. I’ve seen most of the 15 films on this year’s short list, and I should say that a handful of them are quite good. My personal favorite documentary of the year made the cut: Food, Inc., the galvanizing, ingeniously directed look at what the stuff we eat in America is really made of. I also revered Agnes Varda’s song of herself The Beaches of Agnes, the backstage Chorus Line portrait Every Little Step, and The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers.
Yet as I look over this list, I see far too many movies that don’t belong there — and, frankly, too many that made it because they were about subjects that rendered them “worthy.” Take, for instance, Under Our Skin, a documentary about Lyme disease that embraces, with bits and pieces of skimpy evidence and a whole lot more paranoid leftist fervor, the notion that “chronic Lyme disease” is a condition that the medical establishment is locked in a conspiracy to deny the existence of. The filmmakers actually bungle what should have been their real subject (that the belief in chronic Lyme disease has become something of a cult, one that can ruin the lives of the people who think they have it). But the bottom line, to me, is that Under Our Skin is not a very well-made movie. It played in theaters for about two minutes, and frankly, that’s more or less what it deserved.
Other films on the list are better, but not necessarily exceptional. And once again, it’s the subject matter that’s king: Burma VJ (citizen reporters fighting, via videotape, the repression in Burma), Garbage Dreams (homeless kids living in the squalor of Cairo), The Cove (dolphin slaughter in Japan), and Mugabe and the White African (a white farmer in Zimbabwe takes a stand against President Robert Mugabe’s land reform). I’m sorry, but this sounds like the program for the Mother Teresa Film Festival. It’s a list of movies that the selection committee deemed good because they’re good for you.
Look, I see and I praise — at times on a weekly basis – documentaries that seek to make a difference in the world. I believe in that kind of mission filmmaking. Yet part of the extraordinary renaissance of documentary filmmaking in our time has been, more than ever, to liberate the art of nonfiction from the furrowed-brow imperatives of social justice. Yes, Hoop Dreams (1994) is a great film, but it was really Crumb (1995), arguably the most haunting documentary of its era, that pushed the form toward an almost novelistic dimension.
It’s that quality that’s noteworthy, and often remarkable, about the films that got left out this year. A movie like Anvil: The Story of Anvil, about the middle-aged persistence and comeback of the greatest heavy metal band you’ve never heard of, will never be embraced because of its “importance.” Yet as Anthony Lane pointed out in The New Yorker, the power of the movie is that it isn’t ultimately about rock & roll — it’s about time, and about what time does to all of us. Tyson just about puts you inside Mike Tyson’s head (a profound, scary, and mesmerizing place to be), and The September Issue peeks behind Anna Wintour’s sunglasses to discover the glossy-magazine fashion world as a place of ardent conflict and commerce dancing with art. It’s a game of puritan delusion to pretend that movies like these, which speak to our passions far more than they do our “principles,” are less automatically award-worthy.
Okay, the short list does include one sensational fashion documentary — Valentino: The Last Emperor. So it’s not all medicine. And do you notice that I haven’t even mentioned Michael Moore? His movie this year, Capitalism: A Love Story, received a mixed response, both commercially and critically, so I have no problem with it being left off the list. More than any one specific film, what’s missing from this overly rarefied group of movies is a vision that documentaries can and should be enthralling dramatic experiences. Dare I use the F-word? They should be fun. This list just isn’t.
So which documentaries have you seen this year that you think should be nominated for the Oscar?
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This is an interesting assessment as to why some great docs were left off the list, but it seems a bit strange considering last year’s winner by a long run, Man on Wire, was hardly about any important hot topic, but rather the portrait of a grand, daring deed told in a form considered by many to not even be considered documentary. I’d like to think that voters don’t think in the need for social justice sphere, with last year as proof, but your point is well made and seems to hold true in many cases. When most people hear the term documentary, they’re more likely to name a documentary on a hot topic or some social cause (particularly Michael Moore’s movies).
Man On Wire may have been the portrait of a grand, daring deed, but it was a grand, daring deed that involved the World Trade Centre. That was enough to make it newsworthy.
Brilliant column. Couldn’t agree more. I’m glad the Academy skipped the hype of Capitalism: A Love Story, but saddened they omitted The September Issue, which has far more social relevance than it’s been credited with.
Anvil being left off the list is criminal and does the Academy no favors.
I agree. It is like the Academy wants to dig down and become as niche as possible.
It is such a shame. Anvil was so endearing. It would have worked no matter what genre the band played in.
The Academy is clueless and are so easy to manipulate. How pathetic.
Who cares about the frickin Academy. Anvil WAS the documentary of the year. Everybody who matters already knows this. I hate heavy metal and I was absolutely blown away by this film. Heavy metal took second stage to the true themes of the movie: brotherhood and aging. Case closed.
You know what makes me laugh about all of this is that whether a documentary is widely seen is really based upon how much money is backing it. So because one documentary was widely seen means nothing to me except that it had more financial backing. It’s politics as usual and there are many films out there that are great films but because of the politics involved do not receive the financial backing. What the Academy did was look beyond the numbers which is what they should do. These awards should be based on the BEST movies, not the most widely seen.
You obviously have not suffered from, or have a loved one with Lyme Disease. The movie is not just about Chronic Lyme Disease, it is about medical guidelines meant to ignore people for profit. As it says in the Documentary, the Doctors who wrote the guidelines on how to diagnose and treat Lyme Disease profit personally through patents and huge grants from Big Pharm.
There was an anti-trust lawsuit filed against those Doctors. I cannot even sue my ex-doctors for malpractice and/or misdiagnosis because they were following the “guidelines”.
I’m sorry you didn’t get a laugh out of it… Well maybe that’s because it’s not funny.
When people who are being diagnosed with MS, ALS, Parkinson’s, Alztheimer’s, Autism, and a hundred other conditions instead of Lyme Disease which is what many have… The word must get out indeed.
R.L., thanks for taking the time to climb on a soapbox and go on about the issues you’ve had regarding Lyme Disease, instead of concerning yourself even in the slightest with the actual topic of this post. I don’t think anyone commenting here wanted to have a discussion about film or documentaries or the Oscar nominating system. Nope, we wanted to know about the legal ramifications of having Lyme Disease, and thankfully, you were here to provide that to us. Please be sure to tell us more about any other chronic illnesses you suffer from when EW does its Holiday Movie Preview. We’re looking forward to it.
Rick G
R.L.’s post was most probably a response to the frustration of a film being denied it’s importance due to Owen’s personal belief that the film didn’t deserve the recognition because he doesn’t believe in chronic lyme disease, not because of the quality of the film. It was a well made documentary that opened the eyes of many to a very real problem. To call those who have chronic lyme disease a “cult” is just as ridiculous as calling those with MS a cult. It’s a real disease, and the documentary highlights real issues with diagnosis and treatment. Your post was a perfect example of the lack of respect that those with this illness see on a daily basis. Fortunately, your ignorance is so obvious that those who know will have sympathy for you and hope that you never find yourself in a position to have a family member or loved one who will suffer. R.L.’s post was relevant and eloquently stated.
Your welcome Rick! Arguing against the comment “(that the belief in chronic Lyme disease has become something of a cult, one that can ruin the lives of the people who think they have it).” Is on topic.
“Think they have it” what kind of uneducated opinion is that anyway? That’s the point of the documentary… Lyme Disease is not psychosomatic. It is real, and being ignored.
I am also looking forward to your Bah Humbug reviews this holiday season as well.
Thank goodness for Joanna Kerns (Growing Pains) who campaigned for this movie to be nominated. It is because of her, that this film got noticed.
Rick, Your sarcasm towards R.L. could be seen as you on a soapbox yourself. Please, don’t attack someone for listing a comment. If you want to talk about “the Oscar nominating system,” then you can do that. R.L.’s comments are appropriate because of what Owen said about “Under Our Skin.” He made it personal when he said, “that the belief in chronic Lyme disease has become something of a cult, one that can ruin the lives of the people who think they have it.” THAT is not about the films quality, nor is it appropriate at all.
Hey Gleiberman:
I have an infection which has been documented by tests considered accurate by the CDC. My bug went undiagnosed for 5 years which were very difficult for me. During that time, I did not know of Lyme disease nor did I know anyone with it – if I was in a ‘cult,’ it was one of ignorance and I was all by myself in it as far as I knew. But I appreciate your denigrating the experience even I didn’t know I was having.
Looks like has no one complimented your ability to dangle a participle in print – mighty fine job of that! Wow!
Now everyone leave Rick G alone. I used to be just like him until I got Lyme Disease. I’d gladly trade him my disease for his health to help educate him. I’m pretty tired of the Hell that is Lyme. What do you say, Rick? Would you like a very real education? The same offer goes to Owen Gliberman as well. Owen, a leftist documentary? I’m about seventeen clicks to the right of you, my friend. A good dose of Lyme would help you to understand that Lyme Disease itself knows no politics.
HI Rick.. I think what might help is if you could try to understand what Lyme disease does to a person.. I have been undiagnosed for 25 years have now passed it to my 2 children. Antibiotics did not work for me or my oldest daughter so we are left coping with a diease that may kill us. I have been told it is in my heart and brain now. I live in the Uk so I am not under any particular Lyme Consultant that is part of the politics in the USA. I have a proper certified NHS UK test to prove I have Neuro Borreliosis, we do not have the whole insurance issue here with a lot of different lab tests there is only ONE test in the UK. It is also in my CNS ( central nervous system), I nearly died after the bite when I was in a coma, yet not one professional linked the bite to the coma or the symptoms after. That can be forgiven seeing it was 1984 but the 25 years of misdiagnosis afterwards is difficult to deal with. The documentary is not perhaps the most cohesive I agree. I know I would have made it differently. I would not have styled it in the way Under Our Skin was. I am unsure if I feel Under Our Skin completed its job for me. I feel I can critique the film from a different point of view as myself and my two daughters suffer from this disease. I agree that it was not the best it could have been. However the use of the word cult, in this review was provoking. Possibly it was meant to be and I think this is what has caused the reactions for people who genuinely do have this disease. I am an ordinary mom watching her kids suffer from a disease noone thinks of as a possible diagnosis it is heartbreaking on a daily basis. My Doctors who have known me since I was born feel guilty they missed it. Please remember that in the Uk we do not have the same sort of health care system. That said I understand why people think the Lyme Disease issue is not applicable to them. Hopefully awareness can be raised through the film regardless of whehter we think it is artistically perfect or argues its case with 100% eloquence. That for me is more important.
Sorry, T-Rex, I just have to jump on the Pound-Rick-G-and-Owen bandwagon… I think both of them should go down to Salinas, spend a day laying peacefully in a nice, sunny meadow, and then don’t shower that night… when the red bull’s eye appears a couple of weeks later, just ignore it because its probably a spider bite and who goes to the doctor for that? And then when the flu symptoms hit a couple of months down the line, just walk it off… you’re both tough guys and heck, if you GO to the hospital, you’ll probably catch swine flu from someone else and come back even sicker… and now you’re almost “part of our cult”… when you start loosing your sense of direction, or being unable to concentrate or perform simple tasks, or reason logically, then you can go to the doctor… but they won’t find anything wrong, they’ll just wink at you politely and hand over the red pills and suggest that you take them until the end of your days, because hey, you’re at THAT age now, don’t you know?
And if you DO manage to get treated by one of the five or six lyme literate doctors in the state of California, your insurance company won’t shell out even one shiny new dime, and there goes your life savings…
Go on, Rick and Owen! Step into that sunny meadow… you aren’t afraid of a little tick, are you?
Yes, Rick, thank you for showing everyone out there what those of us dealing with Lyme disease have to put up with daily from those who are as ignorant as yourself. I am CDC positive for Lyme, was reported to my state and still told by the IDSA physician I didn’t have Lyme. Do me a favor, Rick, start having seizures, headaches, muscles so sore they feel as though you have fresh bruises when they are touched, cramped calves that prevent your former gymnast self from doing even one calf raise without pain, severe fatigue, burning pain into your hands and feet, brain fog so bad you can’t even remember to remember to look at your calendar, nauseau, vomiting, several UTIs in one year, rib soreness, white matter lesions on your brain, daily ringing in your ears, chest pain and anorexia because you literally cannot eat and eventually a dilated aorta from that undiagnosed chest pain they kept calling GERD — and that’s the short list — and then repeat your insensitive comment. It’s a little hard for those of us suffering from this disease to sit back and let an ignorant critic not only call us a cult but call us all leftists as if this disease is one sided! I’m a Republican! If I were a hypochondriac, I am certainly intelligent enough to come up with a disease that I might have a chance of having a doctor believe. And if I wanted to join a cult, why in the world would I choose Lyme? That is the most ridiculous comment I have ever heard.
It is not only discouraging, but insulting to have people here make statements about a disease that is destroying my family,that they know nothing about except what was FED to them by ?, is recognized and treated in every other country in the world, and obviously makes many people feel very threatened if it is even mentioned. It is an extremely well made documentary, addresses the extreme pain and abandonment of so many people (200,000 per year CDC predictions)This “non-disease” caused a unanimous law to be passed in Conn. to prevent witch-hunts of doctors treating the tens of thousands or more suffering in that State, and still we get people making statements like this. As a sufferer, I am telling you, PRAY that you do not get a tick on you. Pray that you do not get the disease that President Bush was treated for with ONE MONTH of heavy-duty antibiotics as soon as the bite was found….Pray that your karma does not come back to ‘bite’ you on your ***.
If the following sentence wasn’t in the review, you wouldn’t be hearing from anybody.
“The filmmakers actually bungle what should have been their real subject (that the belief in chronic Lyme disease has become something of a cult, one that can ruin the lives of the people who think they have it).”
Let’s substitute for a moment…
Let’s say “that the belief in CANCER has become something of a cult, one that can ruin the lives of the people who think they have it.” Let’s say “that the belief in DIABETES has become something of a cult, one that can ruin the lives of the people who think they have it.” Doesn’t that just sound ridiculous? So then, why should Lyme Disease be any different?
Looks like ol’ Owen has a great big scandal on his hands once again. I’m starting to wonder whether he does boneheaded things like this on purpose just to keep up with EW’s other-gendered-yet-just-as-anathematic movie reviewer Lisa Schwarzbaum. This reminds me of the time he skewered the movie Let the Right One In and faced the wrath of the entire movie-going world (Google it, the comment section is a gas!). Of course in his follow-up mea culpa he proceeded to knock the movie all over again. Perhaps he’ll follow this article up by cursing Lyme Disease sufferers AND their mothers.
thankyou for your reply people do not understand the severity of this disease and there is so much suffering i know i have it and i have suffered alot as well as my children so it makes me so mad that people do not find it worthy enough that people are being ignored as i was for five years i am much better thanks to god and my antibiotics but it has taken a long time and i still deal with effects of this disease.
The comments on “Under Our Skin” reflect the lack of knowledge of this medical condition and the way it is currently treated. From our experience, the movie is very accurate in many ways. It shouldn’t take fighting the medical system to get an accurate diagnosis while the years tick away in trying to get treated. This documentary is truly a revelation about the lack of knowledge and lack of good treatment for this very obvious chronic ailment that our son has been suffering from for 8 years total. Finally diagnosed after 2 years of extensive medical testing. Very sad when it doesn’t have to be that way.
Sue
Very well stated.
This guy is an idiot on his opinion of Under Our skin. if you have not suffered from this disease, you can not relate to it. all i can say is I hope you get the chronic form and then try to get help for it. is the earth still flat. it’s ignorant people like you that are not looking into this further. the rress can make a differance 7 you certainly are not. i am a buisness owner, intenational athlete, highly educated. almost lost my life to this. thank God I found a doctor who saved my life.
I love the documentary form in its myriad of shapes and sizes: fun,reflective, thought-provoking and/or informative – as long as it is well-made. And that is mainly why I am surprised – scratch that – annoyed not to see American Casino (far better look at the financial crisis than Michael Moore’s “Capitalism”), The September Issue, Anvil!, and It Might Get Loud in the mix.
But, there is still some fun in there: Valentino and Every Little Step have a strong sense of love and joy for the forms they represent. I would love to see both get into the top five, It would be some vindication against the earnest worthiness masquerading as “important” that hobbles some of the other thirteen titles in the short list (Food Inc, excluded).
“The word must get out indeed.”
Uh…yeah, considering the doc failed miserably in that task of “getting the word out,” I’d say Mr. Gleiberman would be correct in saying it doesn’t belong on a Best Documentary list.
Anvil didn’t make the list? I understand that it had no chance of winning, but it not even have a chance? That seems absolutely ridiculous. Is there a way to have a write-in campaign?
I think 2007’s “The King of Kong” is another perfect example of what you are talking about — a great film that was overlooked by the Academy because it wasn’t about something “serious”.
doopey, you’re so right about “King of Kong”. I don’t even really like video games, but it was amazing. Compelling characters, great story, and excellent editing. But I guess no one is going to save the world playing Donkey Kong…
Doopey – bang on! King of Kong was the best documentary this year and definitely one of the top five documentaries of the last five years. Although being a retro video game fanatic (in your face! Call of Duty), I could be a bit biased.
The best documentaries always get the shaft, clearly this year’s no different. I don’t know what system they’re using, but it ain’t working!
I think their system is “Oh crap, I didn’t see any of these documentaries… which will make me look artsy, serious, and smart? Ok, I will vote for that one then” Then you insert a vote for a ’smart’ but boring documentary and call it a job well done.
Your review of the documentary “Under our Skin” should review the quality of the movie, not the subject matter. You do a disservie to ppl who suffer from this disease. Unles you have a MD degree and experience diagnosing and treating this illness, you have no right to disparage the content. I therefore must disregard your entire evaluation.
“But the bottom line, to me, is that Under Our Skin is not a very well-made movie.” Owen addressed the quality of the movie. Pay close attention to the words “the bottom line.”
Which was one line of the paragraph Gleiberman wrote about Under Our Skin, wherein he makes assertions about Lyme Disease that he fails to back up with evidence. I contend that Mr. Gleiberman has no idea what he’s talking about.
What exactly are “the guidelines” of movie making? I always thought film was more like art, and the beauty was in the eye of the beholder. I know plenty of film lovers and too many of their opinions are generally based on what entertained them rather than what actually gave them cause to think or move them to action. They simply don’t want to see films that have any meaning whatsoever. It’s the shallow society we live in. We live in a selfish society where people for the most part concern themselves with only things that are self fulfilling. Too many people lack empathy nowadays. Oscars are great, but in the end the real reward in life will be what you did to help others. I’m sorry that so many people in this country lack empathy for others because I know one thing for sure, one day they will understand but by that time it will be too late.
I’ve been struggling with Lymn disease for 50 or so years. Unless you experience the effects yourself, you can never understand what it is like. I am so ill and so angry about how hard it has been to get a diagnosis and treatment!!! I’m really suffering and have no advocate to assist me. It really angers me when a uninformed person sanctimoniously expresses disbelief and trashes a sincere, consientious, accurate publication about an illness that has been ignored by the majority of medical professionals. After all, it is really about money and greed. Shame! Shame! Shame on all of you! Leaving those of us who are infected to twist in the wind, hopeless, helpless, without regard.
It’s a shame that without empathy, one is unable to relate, without physically experience this illness for themselves, before they go embarrassing themselves by exposing their ignorant, elitest, narrow-mindedness!!!
Believe me when I say that I have stories about the failures of our “medical system” that are more than chagrin.
If I had the money I would go to where the Oscar ceremony is going to be held (I assume LA) and protest! I would walk back and forth with a HUGE sign and picket! I would love to arrange a HUGE rally of people to picket the Oscars this year!
Could you picture the scene? – The red carpet is out, all the limos are pulling up and the stars are getting out, and amongst all this glam and glitter a GREAT BIG, SUPER LOUD Anvil! The Story of protest. I don’t ever recall such a protest for and excluded movie. That would be HUGE. The press would be all over that. It would make news all around the world.
It’s about time the PEOPLE had their say in such matters. For TOO long awards have been given out for anything BUT the right reasons (political, influential, A list, partial, flavor of the month, monetary gain, etc), while ACTUAL DESERVING films are left in the dust. The Oscar committee is made up mostly of a bunch of rich windbags.
Oprah Winfry is on the Oscar committee. Guess who has a film up for Oscar nomination this year? I bet Oprah’s movie makes the short list. Clint Eastwood is on the committee as well. How many Clint Eastwood directed films get nominated and win? Things that make you go hmmm……..
If a person is on the Oscar committee and a film they are involved in is up for nomination, they are not allowed to vote on their own projects. But c’mon, how much pull does Clint Eastwood have, even if he can’t vote on his own movies? To me it is a conflict of interest for any person to be on a voting committee if they have some of their own work involved, even if they can’t vote on it.
It’s time for the PEOPLE to stand up and let it be known they are not going to take this bullshit any longer! I believe if enough people stand up and rally at all award shows (The Oscars, Emmys, CMA’s AMA’s Grammy’s) and show their disapproval changes can be made to flush out the bullshit and bring the integrity back into the industry awards and make them honest again. Hopefully.
That in itself would be a worthy documentary. I would call it: How The People Fought Back and Won
That’s my 2 cents on the issue.
How the hell where you able to write so much. I thought there was a 500-character limit. And for good reason as it appears..
I think Disneynature: Earth, Tyson, Capitalism: A Love Story, and Michael Jackson’s This is It should all have made the cut
It was already widely reported that “This is It” was not eligible because it wasn’t released early enough in the year.
Which is ridiculous in and of itself, isn’t it? So a documentary that’s released between, what, October and December can’t be eligible for Best Documentary? So the Best Documentary is only selected from 3/4 of the year? Isn’t the whole reason why the Oscars used to be in March so that movies released up until the last week of the year could be eligible? And I know, I know, there’s the whole “short list” semi-final thing, but come on. How much longer could that possibly take? The Oscars are just so poorly run. (Don’t get me started on how it’s OK to be nominated for multiple projects in every category except the acting ones… yet they insist the awards are for the individual performances, not the actors themselves! Ugh.)
RubyBaby is right: American Casino is one of the best documentaries of the year, a far better film dealing with the same subject matter than Michael Moore’s Capitalism: A Love Story. Leslie and Andrew Cockburn’s lively, if depressing film (given that the subject matter deals with the financial devastation of Americans across the U.S.), ‘Casino’ takes an effective, and moving, look at how the Wall Street meltdown has impacted working class Americans. And it wasn’t nominated? Outrageous!
If the academy’s sick of Michael Moore, whatever. But leaving Anvil off is a disgrace. That’s one of the best movies period I’ve seen this year.
Under Our Skin is a documentary that has been needed for some time. It is painfully obvious that author of this article is in dire need of learning about the conspiracy and agony that surrounds Lyme. Maybe take the time to actually watch the film before knocking it.
The Oscars should not (though they often are) be used as a political platform. While it’s important to inform people of injustice, the documentaries should win because they are well-made in addition to being thought-provoking.
And “Under Our Skin” happens to be well made, thoroughly researched, and very thought provoking. It is also timely considering the debate we are having over health care in this nation and related corporate forces that are corrupting the process.
I would question whether the author even bothered to watch this award winning documentary before launching into his fact free condemnation of it.
Tell that to Michael Moore.
It is a sad day when a movie critic will make comment on such a well made, important, informative and much needed film just because he favored another. It is obvious that he hasn’t seen the film and doesn’t do the job he is paid to do with honesty and integrity…then again, Hollywood has that reputation doesn’t it?
THE SEPTEMBER ISSUE absolutely belongs on the short list. CAPITALISM: A LOVE STORY deserves consideration. What a shame that they were left out.
Anvil is the best documentary of the year, let alone worth for a top ten potential nomineee list. Failure at the Oscars, again.