Category: Documentary
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Come See Me in the Good Light: Ending on a Make
THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS. Come See Me in the Good Light (2025) Ryan White My fingers are crossed that today’s my last snow day so I can go back to school tomorrow, but that snow just isn’t melting. I’ve been grateful, though, for the time I’ve had to put a significant dent in my Oscars Death Race, which continued today with Come See Me in the Good Light, a documentary with…
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The Perfect Neighbor: Rage Against the Political Machine
THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS. The Perfect Neighbor (2025) Geeta Gandbhir With Oscars nominations being announced this morning, my second ever Oscars Death Race attempt has begun! In comparison to last year at this time, I’m a little bit behind because films that I thought were shoe-ins for a nom (like Wicked: For Good and No Other Choice) were snubbed, so the next seven weeks or so are going to be a grind. The…
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Selena y Los Dinos: Celebrating Selena With Style
Selena y Los Dinos (2025) Isabel Castro Selena is one of the many musicians that I’ve fallen in love with since I began teaching my students about her, and I’m a little sad that I didn’t check out this documentary until after my 4th graders had finished their Selena unit already. Suffice it to say that Selena y Los Dinos (the doc, not to be confused with the band) only solidified my…
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Deaf President Now!: A Movement Worth Hearing
Deaf President Now! (2025) Nyle DiMarco and Davis Guggenheim Deaf President Now! was another Sundance film that I had wished Morgan and I picked over Bubble & Squeak, and now that I’ve seen both films, I can say I was totally right in wishing we had picked it. I’m not sure why we didn’t—sign language and the Deaf community have always been a big interest of mine (I’ve taken numerous sign language…
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Not Just a Goof: Not Just a Cult Classic Bootlicking
Not Just a Goof (2024) Eric Kimelton and Christopher Ninness Rarely do I chomp at the bit for a documentary—I have no idea how someone prefers a documentary over a fictional narrative—but I was itching to get home from school from my first class to watch Not Just a Goof. I had seen plenty of good things about it and I’m still on my A Goofy Movie high from yesterday, so thank God…
