Favorite Documentaries of 2013

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Hi. How are you? If you’ve been following along, then you know I’m scrambling to catch up on 2013 movies. If there’s one thing I can take away from working in film distribution, it’s that watching films outside of your company’s is rare. Why? Because you watch the same clips and the same films over and over (a four-year-old’s dream) to strategize how to get as many butts in the theater seats as possible, and sometimes, after calling it a day, it’s nice to just go home and read, eat peanut butter, or do anything that doesn’t involve turning on your television. (That’s not easy for a guy like me: movies are my life. I love escaping from the real the world for 90+ minutes.)

In time, however, you learn to balance that, shut down the brain, and do what you love most: watch movies. Over the last few months, I managed to watch a handful of documentaries I’ve been wanting to see and below are my favorites. In no particular order, of course. 

BLACKFISH - Trailerimage

CALL ME KUCHU - Trailerimage

CUTIE AND THE BOXER - Trailer image

THE PERVERT’S GUIDE TO IDEOLOGY - Trailer
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SHEPARD & DARK - Trailer
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NARCO CULTURA - Trailer image

SOUND CITY - Trailer image

STORIES WE TELL - Trailer image

THE ACT OF KILLING - Trailer image

THE PUNK SINGER - Trailerimage

TV JUNKIE  - Trailer
(Note: TV JUNKIE played at Sundance in 2006 but never released on home video until this year.)image

Docs I have not seen when this article was written (but wanted to): 

BLOOD BROTHER

THE SQUARE

20 FEET FROM STARDOM

AFTER TILLER

CRASH REEL

THE MACHINE WHICH MAKES EVERYTHING DISAPPEAR 

DIRTY WARS 

GOD LOVES UGANDA

LET THE FIRE BURN