Documentaries

My 12-year-old was riveted by this one. He couldn’t understand how they could let something so unfair happen. It was a good chance to reinforce that bad calls will happen during his games and reacting with a sly smile will go further than an exasperated helmet toss.

We also recently watched Free Solo (which I saw when it came out and wrote about after interviewing Jimmy Chin prior to the premier) and it also grabbed him. It’s one of my favorite docs ever.

 

May have been commented on before. "Loopers" is a doc on caddies. Kind of light and hints at details. There are some details about The Masters.

The thing that gets me is the doc highlights a caddie scholarship fund in the Midwest ,but never mentions Francis Ouimet. How can you do a story about caddies and not include the local kid who won the US Open?

 

"Going Clear,' the terrific doc that came out of Lawrence Wright's New Yorker story and eventual book on Scientology, is on Netflix now. Highly recommend (the book is truly excellent), but you'll never watch Tom Cruise in a movie the same way again.

 

Bigger cult, MAGA or scientologists?

 

Watched "Unfit," a program about Donald Trump and his should-be candidate-canceling issues, followed by "Capitol Riot: Minute By Minute," on Amazon Prime Video last night.

Wow. Every would-be voter should see them, and both should be required viewing in schools. They really bring home the issues with Trump and candidacies and Presidency.

 

Watched the new Netflix doc “Return of the King” about the Elvis 1968 TV special. Pretty good interviews - Conan, Bruce, Wright Thompson and Baz Luhrmann. It doesn’t touch his drug use or Priscilla’s age of consent but it’s just amazing that he basically didn’t perform live for 10 years.