Tina Kakadelis 10/21/26 Tina Kakadelis 10/21/26

“The Morgue Twins” Finds Empathy in Death

They’re no strangers to death, can discuss it in a truly clinical sense, but they also know that loss will always have a profound effect on the living.

Tina Kakadelis 10/17/26 Tina Kakadelis 10/17/26

“You Can See Everything” Proves Secrets Hide in the Open

You Can See Everything is a fever dream of a documentary, a masterpiece that is unyielding in its pursuit of something, anything, real, but only finding that the chasm between fact and fiction is wider than any of us realized.

Tina Kakadelis 10/16/26 Tina Kakadelis 10/16/26

“Baby Doe” Asks How We Got Here

Jessica Earnshaw has made something painful and urgent with Baby Doe, something that should encourage meaningful change to the healthcare system of our contemporary society.

Tina Kakadelis 10/14/26 Tina Kakadelis 10/14/26

NYFF: “For the Moon” Shows the Scrappy Creativity of Art

For the Moon offers the viewer the point of view of young people as they process their lives and the world around them through the art of filmmaking.

Tina Kakadelis 10/13/26 Tina Kakadelis 10/13/26

“Galicia!” Looks at the Apocalypse Through Home Movies

Galicia! is a bizarre magic trick, one that could only have come from the minds of Maguire and Greenberg.

Tina Kakadelis 10/12/26 Tina Kakadelis 10/12/26

“Clown Panic” Looks Beyond Fear

Clown Panic is not sensationalist. It’s grounded in the distinctly human knee-jerk reaction to fear with a mob mentality.

Tina Kakadelis 8/7/26 Tina Kakadelis 8/7/26

“The Best Pizza is in LA” is a Cheesy Love Letter to the City of Angels

The Best Pizza Is in LA is a love letter to a city, one delicious bite at a time.

Tina Kakadelis 6/24/26 Tina Kakadelis 6/24/26

“The Last Guest of the Holloway Motel” Looks at Fear’s Impact on Connection

The Last Guest of the Holloway Motel is a thoughtfully intimate documentary about life’s ebbs and flows, and the metaphorical boat we build to weather these highs and lows.

Tina Kakadelis 6/19/26 Tina Kakadelis 6/19/26

Tribeca: “Spin Wars” is Spinning Out

Like the Beanie Babies and Cabbage Patch Kids documentaries, Spin Wars is about an industry that makes little sense from the outside, but for those who found spiritual awakening in a sweaty spin studio, it was everything.

Tina Kakadelis 6/17/26 Tina Kakadelis 6/17/26

DC/DOX: “School for Defectors” Teaches a Way Forward

School for Defectors is an act of love for the kids who finally have the opportunity to fall in love with life and their parents who risked death for a chance at a brighter future. Perhaps it’s best to let one of the students sum up the film: “Love has a way of turning fear into courage.”

Tina Kakadelis 6/16/26 Tina Kakadelis 6/16/26

DC/DOX: “The Second Life of Freddie Nole” is a Life-Changing Ride

The Second Life of Freddie Nole is much like the man himself. No frills, empathetic, and light-hearted. A verité look at one man’s mission to use his newfound freedom to encourage others to use their lives for similar pursuits.

Tina Kakadelis 6/15/26 Tina Kakadelis 6/15/26

DC/DOX: “baby/girls” is an Empathetic Look at Teen Pregnancy

baby/girls is profoundly vulnerable. It’s an act of bravery to share such deeply personal moments with the rest of the world in the hope of capturing their reality to ask for change.

Tina Kakadelis 6/14/26 Tina Kakadelis 6/14/26

DC/DOX: “Hell’s Army” Captures Investigative Journalism’s Power

Hell’s Army is difficult to watch, but it needs to be recognized and amplified.

Tina Kakadelis 6/14/26 Tina Kakadelis 6/14/26

DC/DOX: “The Siege of Paradise” Asks What Kind of Tourist We Should Be

The Siege of Paradise may only focus on Cinque Terre, but this is happening all over the world. The documentary is not only a carefully constructed critique of what it means to be a tourist, but also a deeply compelling character study of humans in the summertime.

Tina Kakadelis 6/10/26 Tina Kakadelis 6/10/26

Tribeca: “4000 Days” Finds Resilience and Lasting Change in Loss

4000 Days is a vital piece of filmmaking that highlights resilience in the time of a profound loss that no one should ever experience.

Tina Kakadelis 6/9/26 Tina Kakadelis 6/9/26

Tribeca: “Death Boom” Empathetically Reflects on Mortality

Death Boom has an empathetic and sometimes gently comedic look at death, which is perhaps how all of us should start thinking about the end of the road.