‘Batkid Begins’

  Gordon: “I never cared who you were.” The Batman: “And you were right.” Gordon: “But shouldn’t the people know who saved them?” The Batman: “A hero can be anyone. Even a man doing something as simple and reassuring as putting a coat around a young boy’s shoulders to let him know the world hadn’t […]

‘The Central Park Five’

  Here’s another ‘must see’ if it’s somehow slipped through the cracks (as it had for me until this weekend…) ‘The Central Park Five’ is another great documentary by Ken Burns.  This one focuses on the case of the five black and brown teenagers in New York City who were tried and convicted of assaulting […]

Bobby!

  Always the low key ones you have to watch for when you find their passion bucket. This made me smile quite a bit…

’13th’

  I want to stay away from the obvious cliches when I judge this film on its own and within the long view of Ava Duvernay’s career (‘this is an important film’), so I’ll try to find the right words at the end… The conceit of this documentary is that while the 13th Amendment abolished […]