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An Honest Liar 2014
Documentary
An Honest Liar tells the incredible story of the world-famous magician, escape artist, and world-renowned enemy of deception, James 'The Amazing' Randi. The film brings to life Randi's intricate investigations that publicly exposed psychics, faith healers, and con-artists with quasi-religious fervor. A master deceiver who came out of the closet at the age of 81, Randi created fictional characters, fake psychics, and even turned his partner of 25 years, Jose Alvarez, into a sham guru named Carlos.
The sides of An Honest Liar
- A stage magician who exposed psychics and faith healers
- A fake guru named Carlos on Australian TV
- A secret kept by his partner Jose
Good for you if
- you like a magician's true story full of real hoaxes.
- you like a story about tricks that plays a few on you too.
- you like a portrait of James Randi, a showman who made his name unmasking others.
Bad for you if
- you find old 1970s TV clips dated.
- you'd rather keep believing in the mysterious than see how the trick is done.
About: deception · truth · love · skepticism
Stories We Tell 2012
Documentary
Canadian actress and filmmaker Sarah Polley investigates certain secrets related to her mother, interviewing a group of family members and friends whose reliability varies depending on their implication in the events, which are remembered in different ways; so a trail of questions remains to be answered, because memory is always changing and the discovery of truth often depends on who is telling the tale.
The sides of Stories We Tell
- Sarah Polley questioning her own family
- A mother who died when Sarah was young
- Home movies, some of them restaged
Good for you if
- you like siblings and fathers each telling a mother's story their own way.
- you like a film that keeps changing what you thought was true.
- you can be moved by a daughter looking for her mother's secret.
Bad for you if
- you need things to happen, and this is people remembering.
- you want one clear version of the truth at the end.
About: memory · truth · family secrets
Exit Through the Gift Shop 2010
Documentary
Banksy is a graffiti artist with a global reputation whose work can be seen on walls from post-hurricane New Orleans to the separation barrier on the Palestinian West Bank. Fiercely guarding his anonymity to avoid prosecution, Banksy has so far resisted all attempts to be captured on film. Exit Through the Gift Shop tells the incredible true story of how an eccentric French shop keeper turned documentary maker attempted to locate and befriend Banksy, only to have the artist turn the camera back on its owner.
The sides of Exit Through the Gift Shop
- A French shopkeeper filming street artists at night
- Banksy turning the camera around
- A huge art show built from nothing
Good for you if
- you like an eccentric who becomes an art star almost by accident.
- you like never being sure whether it's all a prank.
- you like night footage of graffiti artists at work.
Bad for you if
- you need to know a documentary is telling the truth. Many suspect a hoax.
- you need suspense to stay hooked. It's interviews and night footage of artists painting walls.
About: art · fame · authenticity
The Imposter 2012
Documentary
In 1994, a 13-year-old boy disappeared without a trace from his home in San Antonio, Texas. Three-and-a-half years later, he is found alive in a village in southern Spain with a horrifying story of kidnap and torture. His family is overjoyed to bring him home. But all is not quite as it seems.
The sides of The Imposter
- A Texas boy missing for three years, found in Spain
- A family welcoming him home
- A man telling the camera how he lied
Good for you if
- you like a story that gets stranger every ten minutes.
- you like an investigation where the questions keep changing.
- you like hearing a con man explain his con himself.
Bad for you if
- you can't take a real missing child and a grieving family.
- you can't stand not knowing who to believe. Each witness tells the story their own way.
About: identity · lies · grief
Tabloid 2011
Documentary
One of America's top documentary filmmakers turns his attention to the outrageous and nearly unbelievable story of Joyce McKinney, a former Miss Wyoming beauty queen who gained a great deal of notoriety after being accused of kidnapping a young Mormon missionary, restraining him in chains and raping him in 1977 England. The unbalanced McKinney is extensively interviewed, particularly about her ambition to write a memoir telling her side of the tale.
The sides of Tabloid
- A former beauty queen telling her side
- A Mormon missionary who vanished in 1977 England
- British tabloids racing for the scoop
Good for you if
- you like laughing at a true story so strange it sounds invented.
- you like a real 1977 scandal and the British tabloids that fought over it.
- you can't look away from Joyce McKinney telling her version with total conviction.
Bad for you if
- you need to know at the end who was telling the truth.
- you can't hear a kidnapping and rape accusation told as a strange, funny story.
About: obsession · the press · truth
Memento 2000
Película
Leonard Shelby sigue la pista del hombre que violó y asesinó a su mujer. Sin embargo, la dificultad de localizar al asesino de su esposa se ve agravada por el hecho de que padece una forma rara e intratable de pérdida de memoria a corto plazo. Aunque puede recordar detalles de la vida antes de su accidente, Leonard no puede recordar qué ha pasado hace quince minutos, adónde va o por qué.
Las caras de Memento
- Un hombre que no puede crear recuerdos nuevos
- Notas, fotos y tatuajes
- Una historia contada al revés
Buena para ti si
- te gusta armar una historia al revés.
- te gusta un hombre que investiga el asesinato de su esposa con Polaroids y tatuajes.
- te gusta una película que hay que ver dos veces.
Mala para ti si
- quieres saber con certeza quién miente. Ni siquiera el final te lo dirá.
- necesitas algo de esperanza. La búsqueda de Leonard del asesino de su esposa nunca puede terminar.
Temas: la memoria · la venganza · el autoengaño
The Staircase 2004
Documentary
Academy Award-winning documentary filmmaker, Jean-Xavier de Lestrade, presents a gripping courtroom thriller, offering a rare and revealing inside look at a high-profile murder trial. In 2001, author Michael Peterson was arraigned for the murder of his wife Kathleen, whose body was discovered lying in a pool of blood on the stairway of their home. Granted unusual access to Peterson's lawyers, home and immediate family, de Lestrade's cameras capture the defense team as it considers its strategic options. The series is an engrossing look at contemporary American justice that features more twists than a legal bestseller.
The sides of The Staircase
- A writer charged with his wife's death
- His defense team at work, filmed from inside
- A murder trial in North Carolina
Good for you if
- you want to weigh the evidence in a real death yourself.
- you like a camera inside a real defense team during a murder trial.
- you can live with never knowing what happened on that staircase.
Bad for you if
- you can't watch a family grieve a real death.
- you need momentum, and courtroom procedure loses you.
About: justice · doubt · family
Voyeur 2017
Documentary
Legendary journalist Gay Talese unmasks a motel owner who spied on his guests for decades. But his bombshell story soon becomes a scandal of its own.
The sides of Voyeur
- Gay Talese, a famous journalist
- A Colorado motel owner who spied on his guests
- A magazine story that turned into a scandal
Good for you if
- you like a true story about how a big article gets made.
- you like not knowing which of the two men to believe.
- you like watching a reporter and his source get tangled together.
Bad for you if
- you can't sit with a man calmly describing years of spying on strangers.
- you need things to happen, and this is mostly interviews.
About: privacy · truth · journalism
Predestination 2014
Película
En su último trabajo, un agente del tiempo debe dar caza a un escurridizo criminal. La persecución se convierte en una sorprendente exploración en las distintas épocas del tiempo.
Las caras de Predestination
- Un agente temporal que trabaja de barman
- La historia de una vida contada entre copas
- Un dinamitero que escapa una y otra vez a través del tiempo
Buena para ti si
- te gusta que el suelo se hunda bajo tus pies más de una vez.
- te gusta una paradoja temporal que armas después de los créditos.
- te gusta una vida larga y triste contada por un desconocido en un bar.
Mala para ti si
- quieres una película de policías del tiempo llena de persecuciones y tiroteos.
- necesitas ritmo desde los primeros minutos.
Temas: el destino · la identidad · la soledad
They'll Love Me When I'm Dead 2018
Documentary
As his life comes to its end, famous Hollywood director Orson Welles puts it all on the line at the chance for renewed success with the film The Other Side of the Wind.
The sides of They'll Love Me When I'm Dead
- Orson Welles making his last film
- The Other Side of the Wind
- Years of chaotic shooting and money troubles
Good for you if
- you want the real story behind a film shot over years and left unfinished.
- you like a portrait of a stubborn filmmaker late in life.
- you love old Hollywood and the era of Welles.
Bad for you if
- you need a story told in order, without a flood of archive footage.
- you want a warm, easy watch rather than a chaotic shoot.
About: ambition · legacy · art
The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley 2019
Documentary
With a magical new invention that promised to revolutionize blood testing, Elizabeth Holmes became the world’s youngest self-made billionaire, heralded as the next Steve Jobs. Then, overnight, her 10-billion-dollar company dissolved. The rise and fall of Theranos is a window into the psychology of fraud.
The sides of The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley
- Elizabeth Holmes and Theranos
- A blood test machine that never worked
- A ten billion dollar company that collapsed
Good for you if
- you want the true story of Theranos and its blood test.
- you like watching hype and investors carry a company to ten billion dollars.
- you want to understand how Elizabeth Holmes convinced so many people.
Bad for you if
- you need more than interviews and boardroom footage.
- you want surprises, and you already know how Theranos ended.
About: fraud · ambition · hype
La gran estafa americana 2013
Película
La película cuenta la historia de Irving Rosenfeld, un hombre muy inteligente que, junto con su atractiva compañera Sydney Prosser se ve obligado por un agente del FBI a trabajar en un complicado y peligroso caso. El agente les empuja a un mundo lleno de mafiosos situado en Nueva Jersey donde deben cumplir una misión.
Las caras de La gran estafa americana
- Dos estafadores obligados a trabajar para el FBI
- Un falso jeque
- Peinados y vestuario de los años 70
Buena para ti si
- te gustan los actores que se divierten en grandes papeles.
- te gustan los estafadores que montan un engaño a políticos y a la mafia.
- te gusta una banda sonora de los 70.
Mala para ti si
- una trama enredada te pierde.
- más de dos horas es demasiado para ti.
Temas: el engaño · la supervivencia · reinventarse
Trust No One: The Hunt for the Crypto King 2022
Documentary
When the young founder of a collapsing cryptocurrency exchange dies unexpectedly, irate investors suspect there's more to his death than meets the eye.
The sides of Trust No One: The Hunt for the Crypto King
- A crypto exchange founder dead at thirty
- Investors who lost their savings
- Online sleuths chasing the missing money
Good for you if
- you like a question that won't go away: is the founder really dead.
- you like following where hundreds of millions in crypto went.
- you want the real story of QuadrigaCX told by the people who lost money.
Bad for you if
- you need a clear answer by the end.
- you want a thriller, not interviews and screens full of transactions.
About: greed · trust · money
Inside Job 2010
Documentary
A film that exposes the shocking truth behind the economic crisis of 2008. The global financial meltdown, at a cost of over $20 trillion, resulted in millions of people losing their homes and jobs. Through extensive research and interviews with major financial insiders, politicians and journalists, Inside Job traces the rise of a rogue industry and unveils the corrosive relationships which have corrupted politics, regulation and academia.
The sides of Inside Job
- The 2008 financial crisis, from Iceland to Wall Street
- Bankers, regulators and economists in front of the camera
- Professors who can't answer a simple question
Good for you if
- you want to know who made money from the crash and who paid.
- you like a case built with real figures, real names and real interviews.
- you like interviews where the person in the chair starts to squirm.
Bad for you if
- you don't want to follow derivatives and credit default swaps for an evening.
- you want a reassuring ending. Here almost nobody goes to jail.
About: greed · corruption · the economy
Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse 1991
Documentary
A chronicle of the production problems — including bad weather, actors' health, war near the filming locations, and more — which plagued the filming of Apocalypse Now, increasing costs and nearly destroying the life and career of Francis Ford Coppola.
The sides of Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse
- The shoot of Apocalypse Now in the Philippines
- Footage filmed by Eleanor Coppola
- A typhoon, a heart attack and a director near breaking point
Good for you if
- you like seeing how a famous film almost never got made.
- you like watching Francis Ford Coppola stake everything on one film.
- you like the strange scenes of Brando improvising in the dark and Dennis Hopper rambling.
Bad for you if
- you want the battles of the film, not the chaos behind them.
- you find grainy 1970s home footage dated.
About: obsession · art · ego · madness
The Five Obstructions 2003
Documentary
In 1967, experimental filmmaker Jorgen Leth created a striking short film, The Perfect Human, starring a man and women sitting in a box while a narrator poses questions about their relationship and humanity. Years later, Danish director Lars von Trier made a deal with Leth to remake his film five times, each under a different set of circumstances and with von Trier's strictly prescribed rules. As Leth completes each challenge, von Trier creates increasingly further elaborate stipulations.
The sides of The Five Obstructions
- Jørgen Leth remaking his own short film
- Lars von Trier inventing the rules
- One remake made as a cartoon
Good for you if
- you like a game between two directors that keeps getting stranger.
- you're fascinated by Lars von Trier trying to break his mentor.
- you enjoy two filmmakers sparring across a table.
Bad for you if
- you won't read subtitles for the Danish parts.
- you need to know at the end who won the game between the two men.
About: creativity · constraints · mentorship
Derek DelGaudio's In & of Itself 2020
Documentary
Storyteller and Conceptual Magician Derek DelGaudio attempts to understand the illusory nature of identity and answer the deceptively simple question 'Who am I?'
The sides of Derek DelGaudio's In & of Itself
- A magician alone on a small stage
- Audience members choosing who they are
- Card tricks that turn into confessions
Good for you if
- you like magic that leaves you quiet rather than clapping.
- you can watch one man hold a room with stories and cards for ninety minutes.
- you'd rather keep a question like "who am I" than get it answered.
Bad for you if
- you roll your eyes at a stage show that asks you to be moved.
- you need momentum. Most of it is one man speaking softly on a small stage.
About: identity · illusion · being seen
Origen 2010
Película
Dom Cobb es un ladrón hábil, el mejor de todos, especializado en el peligroso arte de extracción: el robo de secretos valiosos desde las profundidades del subconsciente durante el estado de sueño cuando la mente está más vulnerable. Esta habilidad excepcional de Cobb le ha hecho un jugador codiciado en el traicionero nuevo mundo de espionaje corporativo, pero al mismo tiempo, le ha convertido en un fugitivo internacional y ha tenido que sacrificar todo que le importaba. Ahora a Cobb se le ofrece una oportunidad para redimirse. Con un último trabajo podría recuperar su vida anterior, pero solamente si logra lo imposible.
Las caras de Origen
- Sueños dentro de sueños
- El equipo del golpe
- Un hombre que no puede soltar
- Ciudades que se doblan y esa música
Buena para ti si
- te gusta una trama que hay que tener en la cabeza, capa por capa.
- quieres imágenes que nunca has visto, como una ciudad que se pliega sobre sí misma.
- te gusta descubrir en la segunda vez lo que se te escapó en la primera.
Mala para ti si
- necesitas que todas las preguntas tengan respuesta antes de los créditos.
- casi dos horas y media son demasiado para tu noche.
Temas: los sueños · el duelo · la culpa · las ideas
Betting on Zero 2016
Documentary
Controversial hedge fund titan Bill Ackman is on a crusade to expose global nutritional giant Herbalife as the largest pyramid scheme in history while Herbalife execs claim Ackman is a market manipulator out to bankrupt them and make a killing off his billion dollar short.
The sides of Betting on Zero
- Bill Ackman's billion dollar bet against Herbalife
- Families who lost their savings
- A fight over what a pyramid scheme is
Good for you if
- you like watching billionaires fight over money and influence.
- you want the real Wall Street battle over Herbalife.
- you like a bet where every share price move counts.
Bad for you if
- you can't watch families losing everything they saved.
- you want something light, and this stays serious.
About: greed · the American dream · finance
Mr. Robot 2015
Serie
Sigue a un misterioso anarquista que recluta a un joven programador de computadoras (Malek) que sufre de un trastorno antisocial y se conecta a la gente pirateándolos.
Las caras de Mr. Robot
- Un hacker solitario en una empresa de seguridad
- Un grupo de hackers llamado fsociety
- Un plan para borrar todas las deudas
Buena para ti si
- te gusta ir armando pieza a pieza un ataque informático contra la gigante E Corp.
- te gusta que a Elliot se le caiga el suelo bajo los pies.
- te gusta vivir dentro de la cabeza de un hombre atormentado.
Mala para ti si
- no soportas ver drogas, trauma y depresión en pantalla.
- necesitas ritmo, y algunos episodios se quedan en el silencio de Elliot.
Temas: la soledad · la realidad · la revolución · el trauma